Confirmed: A 'Strangers Things' Netflix Spinoff and Stage Play Are Officially in the Works

The Duffer brothers, aka Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross, have made a deal with their streaming god — and more time pondering Hawkins, the Upside Down, eerie monsters and all things 80s is now firmly in everyone's futures. Fancy adding a new Stranger Things spinoff to your Netflix queue? Keen to see how Stranger Things might turn out as a stage play? Like Kate Bush-loving teenagers battling demons, these things are now happening.

Just days after the final two episodes in Stranger Things' fourth season arrived — aka just days after everyone tried to binge them so quickly that Netflix crashed for around half an hour — the Duffers and the streamer have revealed what's coming next. We already knew that there'll only be one more season of Stranger Things itself, with the show set to end after season five. Now, we have a couple of still-strange things to look forward to once the OG series says farewell.

First, the spinoff — which comes as zero surprise given that Netflix has also announced that Stranger Things 4 is now in the number-one spot on the platform's all-time Most Popular English TV list. So, it's committing to leaping back into the show's world, via a new live-action series based on an original idea by the Duffers. As for other details, such as the storyline, cast and release date, they're as scarce right now as a drama-free day in Hawkins.

Theatre-loving Stranger Things devotees can also rejoice, with a new stage play set within the world of the series also in the works. Who it'll be about, when it'll arrive and where it'll premiere also hasn't been unveiled as yet, but it'll be produced and directed by Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader).

Netflix and the Duffer brothers also revealed a few bits of non-Stranger Things news, if you're keen to see what the latter does next beyond creeping viewers out via Demogorgons, Vecna and the like. On their list, courtesy of the siblings' new production company Upside Down Pictures: a live-action TV adaptation of Japanese manga and anime series Death Note, a new original show from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance's Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, and a series that adapts Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman.

And yes, back to Stranger Things hitting the stage, that has already happened before — but as an unofficial musical parody. In fact, that satirical song-filled show is coming to Australia this year, playing Melbourne in November.

Until more news about Stranger Things' Netflix spinoff and stage play arrives, check out the trailer for the second half of Stranger Things season four below:

Stranger Things is available to stream via Netflix. Read our full review of Stranger Things season four volume one.

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