(Los Angeles) The Upside Down fans rejoice: a spin-off series Stranger thingsNetflix’s smash hit is being developed by its creators, the Duffer Brothers, the site announced Wednesday.
Published yesterday at 7:34 pm.
The highly-watched saga on Netflix mixes science fiction, horror and teenage adventure in a small American town in the 1980s, where a group of teenagers find themselves fighting monsters that have arisen from a parallel dimension.
Its recently aired fourth season topped the site’s ranking for English-language works, which measures how many hours a series was watched within 28 days of its release.
Season 4 of Stranger things It already has 1.15 billion hours on the clock, and this number should increase further since the last episode was released only last week.
In the world, the only South Korean series Squid game Could do better.
Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, creators and directors of the series, plot Stranger things The fifth season will definitely end. But they piqued the interest of fans by writing in an open letter, “There are still so many amazing stories in the world that have not been told. Stranger things “.
On Wednesday, Netflix confirmed a “spin-off series.” Stranger things Based on an original idea by the Duffer brothers” is being developed.
The Dark and Strange universe was also the subject of a theatrical adaptation with Stephen Daltry (crown) to the platform.
The company founded by the Duffer brothers, Upside Down Pictures, also has a live-action adaptation of the famous Japanese manga on its shelves. obituaryAnd another from the novel AmuletCo-authored in the 1980s by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
News of the deal between Netflix and the Duffer brothers comes as the platform comes under pressure from financial markets after losing subscribers for the first time this year after a long period of stagnant growth.
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