Netflix has ordered a live-action Stranger Things prequel called Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure for 2028. The company announced the series on Stranger Things Day, November 6, which marks the date Will Byers vanished in the original show's story. The new show moves the story into the 1950s and introduces a different group of characters, decades before the events that first brought the Hawkins kids together.
The announcement teaser establishes a year and a mood. The opening card dates the footage to April 19, 1955, in Marion, Nevada. A radio transmission, a fence and an abandoned bicycle set the scene. Netflix has yet to announce the cast or say how that sequence fits into the plot. The imagery gives the series its first setting on screen and leaves the identities of the people at the center of the story open.
The prequel takes place before the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which explores Henry Creel's past in Hawkins in 1959. Other Worlds can draw on that shared history while beginning earlier and following its own ensemble. Netflix describes the new show as a chance to explore a different setting and develop more of the franchise's mythology.
Kate Trefry, a writer on the original series and the playwright behind The First Shadow, is co-creator, writer and showrunner. Matt and Ross Duffer are co-creators and executive producers. Joe Wright, whose credits include Atonement and Darkest Hour, will direct the first three episodes and executive produce. Shawn Levy and 21 Laps are also involved as executive producers.
Production is planned for New Mexico. The 2028 window is the only release timing Netflix has announced so far. The gallery shows archival photographs of members of the creative team.
Gallery photographs by Gage Skidmore, used under CC BY-SA 2.0. Gallery and profile versions are resized.
