Just when you think you’re out of the Upside Down, Netflix pulls you back in. On this “Stranger Things Day”—November 6, which marks the date when Will Byers first went missing back in season 1—Netflix announced the first live-action spin-off of its juggernaut hit Stranger Things. On November 6, Netflix formally announced Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, with a teaser that confirmed the show will be a prequel set in 1950s Nevada.
More specifically, April 19, 1955, in Marion, Nevada. (This also dates the show just before the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, per Netflix’s press release.) The series is currently slated to premiere in 2028. Netflix revealed little else about the series, except for its creative personnel. The Duffer Brothers are back as executive producers, along with Kate Trefy, who has worked with the Duffers on the original Stranger Things and co-wrote the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
Director Joe Wright, whose feature credits include Pride & Prejudice (2005), Darkest Hour (2017), and Cyrano (2021), will direct the first three episodes. Production is scheduled to take place in New Mexico. You can watch the teaser below, which shows a child’s bicycle, a portable radio on the fritz, and ominous dark skies over a restricted area.
In other words: It’s Stranger Things, just a little bit older. So, you thought Netflix was done with Stranger Things? The hit show’s finale, which premiered on New Year’s Eve earlier this year, straight-up crashed the streamer due to a huge spike in user traffic.
That’s despite fans and critics feeling split over the show’s resolution and fatigued by its years-long, drawn-out resolution. This also isn’t new news. The Duffers have publicly discussed spin-offs before, including in an interview with Polygon in December 2025.
The news today isn’t “It’s happening,” but confirmation of its title and period setting. Will Other Worlds captivate audiences like its predecessor? Between this and It: Welcome to Derry, we’ve maybe had enough of spooky things scaring the bejeezus out of suburban kids on bikes.
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