While the whole world waits for the premiere of the fifth and final season of stranger things, at Netflix they work to continue exploring new plot arcs. For this reason, from the streaming platform they announced that their successful original series will have a spin-off animatedrun by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer.
In this way, the creators of stranger things they will continue to open narrative threads outside of what is expected in the framework of the main production. In any case, the details regarding this new project are scarce, if not null.. It still does not have a release date, nor have images of the art or the type of animation that it will present have been released.
“We always dream of a stranger things animated in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons we grew up loving, and to see this dream come true is absolutely exciting,” the Duffers said. Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Eric Robles will also executive produce alongside the creators of the Serie.
According to those responsible for stranger things, the script and the art of the new Netflix animated series are “incredible”. Anyway, we will have to keep waiting to know more about this release. For now it is not known when a preview of the new production will be released, as well as how will it connect featuring the central story arc of the hit original series live action.
stranger things add a new spin-offin this case animated
The new animated series of the Duffer brothers will not be the first spin-off of stranger things. In fact, in the middle of last year the creators of the series announced the founding of their own production company. called Upside Down Pictures. Through it, they undertook to develop a new story based on Stranger Things in format live actionas well as a stage adaptation.
The latter will open in London this year under the title Stranger Things: The First Shadow. It will be a prequel devised by the Duffers, written by Kate Trefry —one of the screenwriters for the Netflix series— and Jack Thorne. It will be directed by Stephen Daldry, seconded by Justin Martin.
It is clear that, beyond what happens with the fifth season of the main series, stranger things is the goose that lays the golden eggs of Netflix. And the platform does not want to miss out on the opportunity to explore new arguments or to make the most of the possibilities offered by its science fiction proposal, now turned into a franchise.
While we wait for more details on the new animated series based on stranger thingsIt is important to remember that the fifth season of the series does not yet have a release date. The most optimistic rumors suggest that could arrive during the second half of this yearalthough it is not ruled out that it could arrive directly in 2024.
What is already known is what will the first episode of the next season be called. Last November, Netflix confirmed that the chapter that will inaugurate the fifth installment of the series will bear the name The Crawl.