Netflix celebrated Stranger Things Day by announcing an official prequel series titled Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. The show will take fans back to the 1950s, placing it before both the original series and the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow. That timeline gives the franchise room to explore the origins of the Upside Down in a way viewers have never seen on screen.
The prequel was co-created by Matt and Ross Duffer alongside Kate Trefry, the playwright behind The First Shadow. Joe Wright, known for films like Atonement, will direct the first three episodes, which will be shot in New Mexico. No cast has been announced yet, and the series is slated to premiere in 2028.
A 1950s setting means a whole new aesthetic for the Stranger Things universe, and fans are already speculating about what the decade could reveal about Hawkins and the forces lurking beneath it. With the original series wrapping and a stage play expanding the mythology, Other Worlds signals that Netflix is investing in the franchise for the long haul.
What’s your biggest theory about the 1950s timeline? Tell us in the comments.
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