Overview
- Netflix revealed the live-action prequel Other Worlds on Stranger Things Day (Nov. 6), positioning the series before both the original show and the stage play and setting its premiere window for 2028.
- A brief teaser establishes the date April 19, 1955 and Marion, Nevada, and shows 1950s imagery plus a sky disturbance that signals a supernatural link to the Upside Down.
- Kate Trefry, a longtime Stranger Things writer and author of the stage play, is co-creator, showrunner and executive producer while Joe Wright will direct the first three episodes.
- Matt and Ross Duffer are credited as co-creators and executive producers through their Upside Down Pictures banner, a carve-out from their Paramount overall deal, and 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy also executive produces.
- Production is scheduled to begin next year in New Mexico, and reporting notes the series is expected to explore backstory tied to Henry Creel/Vecna and material introduced in The First Shadow, which could bridge the franchise’s stage and TV projects.