The primary particulars about Stranger Issues: Tales From ’85 have been revealed.
Whereas Stranger Issues followers anxiously await the ultimate season of the Netflix sequence, an animated present set in Hawkins can be at the moment within the works. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer are government producing Stranger Issues: Tales From ’85, whereas Eric Robles will function showrunner.
What will we learn about Stranger Issues: Tales From ’85?
On the 2025 Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant, per The Hollywood Reporter, it was revealed that the brand new present is ready “within the stark winter of 1985,” which means it’s going to happen between the occasions of Stranger Issues Season 2 and Season 3.
Stranger Issues: Tales From ’85 options “the present’s unique characters — with one new version, Nikki, a troublesome, mohawk-wearing gal — preventing new monsters and unravel[ing] a magical thriller terrorizing their city.”
Robles informed these in attendance on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant that the present’s tone is impressed by Eighties cartoons like Masters of the Universe, Scooby-Doo, Dungeons and Dragons, and The Actual Ghostbusters, which all had a couple of episodes that have been “actually darkish and actually creepy.”
The article additional notes, “The ultimate design landed a world away from these exhibits, drawing from CGI stylings of Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse and Arcane, the spookiness of the traditional Goosebumps e-book covers, and character designs from Meybis Ruiz Cruz (Entergalactic). New monsters, together with pumpkins, zombies, and a toothy snow shark, come courtesy of creature designer Carlos Huante.”
Robles, Hilary Leavitt, Shawn Levy, and Dan Cohen additionally function government producers with the Duffer Brothers, whereas Australia’s Flying Bark is the animation studio.
Stranger Issues: Tales From ’85 doesn’t but have a premiere date, although it’s anticipated to reach on Netflix in 2026. The ultimate season of Stranger Issues, in the meantime, begins this November.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.