Duffer Brothers and Kate Trefry to helm series set in the 1950s
Netflix has commissioned a Stranger Things prequel series, to be helmed by The Duffer Brothers and Kate Trefry.
Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, also produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, out of New Mexico, will be set in the 1950s.
Long-time Stranger Things writer Trefy will serve as showrunner, writer and exec producer while the Duffer Brothers will exec produce via their Upside Down Pictures.
Pride and Prejudice and Darkest Hour director Joe Wright will helm the first three episodes, while other exec producers include Shawn Levy, Paul Dichter, Shelley Meals, Andrea Sperling and Pavlina Hatoupis.
The series, which is set to land in 2028, will have a new setting and new heroes and villains, according to Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers.
They said: “We’ve been dreaming of Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure for many years now, and to see it become a reality is surreal and exhilarating.
“We’re so grateful to our incredible team of collaborators: our showrunner Kate Trefry, who has been in the trenches with us since Season 2 and wrote Stranger Things: The First Shadow; and our director, Joe Wright, a brilliant artist whose work we’ve long admired.”
Netflix head of scripted series, US & Canada, Jinny Howe said: “Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure takes us to the 1950s with new heroes and all the heart, mystery, and spectacle of the original series.
“We’re proud to keep building this world with the Duffers, Kate, Shawn Levy, and Joe Wright, and we can’t wait for fans to see what’s next.”
Trefry added: “With the support of Netflix and 21Laps, we have had the time of our lives returning to all the horror, wonder and mystery of the flagship, while also telling a wholly new story, one we hope will blow your minds and break your hearts all over again.”
Stranger Things, which is set in the 1980s, debuted in 2016 and last year’s fifth and final season delivered the streamer’s biggest English-language premiere week globally. The two-hour long conclusion of the series reached 6.7m UK viewers after 28 days.
The finale followed two tranches of episodes released across November and December, with the second batch reaching over 4m viewers within the first week.
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