Overview
- Netflix released a first-look featurette and images on Stranger Things Day that preview the animation style and new creatures.
- The story returns to Hawkins in the winter of 1985 as the gang confronts new monsters and a paranormal mystery.
- Brooklyn Davey Norstedt (Eleven), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Max), Luca Diaz (Mike), Elisha “EJ” Williams (Lucas), Braxton Quinney (Dustin), Ben Plessala (Will) and Brett Gipson (Hopper) headline the recast.
- Additional voices include Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo and Lou Diamond Phillips.
- Eric Robles serves as showrunner with Flying Bark Productions, while Matt and Ross Duffer, Hilary Leavitt, Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen executive produce; no exact premiere date is set beyond 2026, with the reveal timed to the live-action finale rollout.