Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure is Netflix’s live-action prequel set in the 1950s – Netflix has announced Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a live-action Stranger Things spinoff from the Duffer Brothers and Kate Trefry. The series, also produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, is set to debut in 2028.
Netflix revealed the series on Stranger Things Day, the annual fan celebration held each year on November 6. It is a prequel set in the 1950s, before the events of Stranger Things and before the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
It is the latest expansion of the franchise since the original series ended its run with a fifth and final season. Earlier this year, TV Central also covered the animated spinoff in Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 on Netflix date announcement.
Watch the Other Worlds announcement
The announcement video opens on a title card reading “April 19, 1955, Marion, Nevada” before revealing the series logo and its 2028 debut.
Who is making Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure
BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning director Joe Wright will direct the first three episodes. Production will take place in New Mexico.
- Co-creator, showrunner, executive producer and writer: Kate Trefry, a longtime Stranger Things writer and the playwright behind the award-winning Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Co-creators and executive producers: The Duffer Brothers via Upside Down Pictures
- Executive producer and director: Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Darkest Hour)
- Executive producers: Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps, Paul Dichter, Shelley Meals, Andrea Sperling and Pavlina Hatoupis
What Netflix and the Duffer Brothers said
Jinny Howe, Netflix Head of Scripted Series, US & Canada, said the new series would give fans a new dimension of the universe.
Stranger Things has always belonged to the fans, and their passion made it a worldwide phenomenon. Today, on Stranger Things Day, we’re honored to partner again with Matt and Ross Duffer and Kate Trefry to give fans a new dimension of this universe to step into. 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.
Jinny Howe, Netflix Head of Scripted Series, US & Canada
Meanwhile, Matt and Ross Duffer said casting was the next step.
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. We can’t wait for you to see what they’re cooking up. It’s Stranger Things, but also thrillingly fresh, with a new setting, new heroes and villains, and new… actually, we’re not allowed to say any more. Now, on to casting. In the meantime — watch the skies, nerds!
Matt and Ross Duffer
Kate Trefry and Shawn Levy on the new chapter
The Duffer Brothers gave me my first paying job in Hollywood, and it has been a joy and a fever dream ever since. Now, it is my insane honor and privilege to be bringing this new chapter of Stranger Things to life alongside them and our incredible director Joe Wright. 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. There are so many more mysteries to explore. Welcome to Other Worlds.
Kate Trefry
All of us at 21Laps are thrilled and privileged to be continuing the storytelling legacy of Stranger Things. With Other Worlds, the Duffer Brothers and Kate Trefry craft a new ensemble and adventure that is imbued with the DNA of our flagship series while exploring a new era, setting and all-new characters, themes and mythology — the seeds of which may have been planted in Hawkins, but now venture into other worlds of spectacle, action and emotion.
Shawn Levy
The Stranger Things phenomenon
Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 and became a global phenomenon, with more than 1.2 billion views across Seasons 1–4.
According to Netflix, the fifth and final season delivered its biggest English-language premiere week. That placed it alongside Season 4 on Netflix’s Most Popular List. It also pushed Seasons 1–4 back into the Global Top 10 for eight weeks and drove record New Year’s Day viewership.
Rooted in ’80s nostalgia, the series famously sent Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and Prince’s “Purple Rain” back onto the charts. It has also earned more than 70 awards globally, including Emmys and a SAG Award for Drama Ensemble.
Beyond the screen, the franchise spans the animated series Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, the Olivier and Tony-winning stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a series of books, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, Stranger Things: The Diner and immersive experiences at Netflix House.
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