Stranger Things Season 5 will be the final entry in the series. However, a spin-off is currently in development. Unfortunately, Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer shared a disappointing update regarding the spin-off’s release date.

What is the Stranger Things spin-off show release date update?

During a profile in Variety, the Duffer Brothers expressed patience with plans for the spin-off. They did not reveal a release date or a timetable for when the spin-off will enter production.

The idea for the spin-off remains under wraps. Matt said the spin-off will not “expand what could become an insanely convoluted mythology” after Season 5. The new series will “live in a different world” but have “connective tissue” to the flagship Stranger Things series.

The Duffers are keeping the spin-off’s plot details under wraps. Not even Shawn Levy, a director and executive producer on Stranger Things, knows about where the Duffers will go with the spin-off.

“They’ve been very protective of spin-off talk, and I understand that the Matt-Ross bubble is sacred,” Levy added. “I’m excited to extend the storytelling life of ‘Stranger Things’ — I’m not going to call it a ‘universe,’ because that would be obnoxious. The ‘STU’? Too soon? Shit, I know you’re going to use that!”

How does Netflix feel about the Duffers’ slow approach to the spin-off?

“Netflix has been surprisingly patient,” Matt explained. “I feel that patience wearing thin a little bit, with the show coming to an end. But they’re understanding.”

Netflix’s chief creative officer, Bela Bajaria, confirmed that the spin-off has no definitive start date.

“I’d always love more Stranger Things,” Bejaria said to Variety. “When they’re ready, we’ll be ready.”

The Duffer Brothers recently signed a lucrative deal with Paramount, ending their partnership at Netflix. The Duffers will still be “heavily creatively involved” in the spin-off, but not as showrunners.

“But we’ll, hopefully, be writing and directing something new in the meantime, helping shepherd it along,” Ross said.

The first four episodes of Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 5 stream globally on November 26, 2025.