Overview
- Netflix marked Stranger Things Day by releasing first-look images and a behind-the-scenes featurette for the animated spinoff.
- The story returns to Hawkins in the winter of 1985 as the gang confronts new threats in a gap between the show’s second and third seasons.
- Brooklyn Davey Norstedt (Eleven), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Max), Luca Diaz (Mike), EJ Williams (Lucas), Braxton Quinney (Dustin), Ben Plessala (Will) and Brett Gipson (Hopper) lead the new voice cast, with Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo and Lou Diamond Phillips in additional roles.
- Flying Bark Productions handles animation, with executive producers Matt and Ross Duffer, Hilary Leavitt, Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen alongside showrunner Eric Robles.
- The series is slated for 2026 with no exact premiere date, as Netflix continues the live-action finale rollout on Nov. 26, Dec. 25 and Dec. 31 and debunks viral AI images claiming Upside Down effects in London while staging limited U.K. screenings.