{"id":955036,"date":"2026-11-06T18:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/955036\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:50:12","slug":"stranger-things-is-getting-a-live-action-spinoff-called-other-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/955036\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things is getting a live-action spinoff called Other Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Netflix isn\u2019t done with Hawkins, Indiana just yet. The streamer just announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things which is expected to debut in 2028. It\u2019s called Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">There aren\u2019t a lot of details, but the show will be going back in time quite a bit. According to Netflix, Other Worlds is \u201ca prequel set in the 1950s, before Stranger Things and before the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow.\u201c Franchise creators the Duffer brothers are back on board, and Stranger Things veteran Kate Trefry will serve as showrunner. British director Joe Wright is set to helm the first three episodes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In a statement, the Duffers described the series as \u201cStranger Things, but also thrillingly fresh, with a new setting, new heroes and villains, and new\u2026 actually, we\u2019re not allowed to say any more. Now, on to casting.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix isn\u2019t done with Hawkins, Indiana just yet. The streamer just announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":955037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,435,44,2708,427,7475],"class_list":["post-955036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-streaming","tag-tv","tag-tv-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/955037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}