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When Stranger Things ended in 2025, we all knew it wasn’t really the end of the franchise. After all, Netflix had a few spin-offs planned, including an animated series titled Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 and a prequel that promised to answer a couple of lingering questions that weren’t addressed in the main show.

Netflix has officially announced a new live-action Stranger Things spin-off, taking fans back to the 1950s, decades before the events of the original series.

Netflix is turning things Upside Down again: The streamer has ordered a “Stranger Things” prequel spin-off, TVLine has learned.

NBC Universal, Inc. Mike Gavin of NBC Local asks cast members from “Stranger Things” — including Caleb McLaughlin, Maya Hawke and Jamie Campbell Bower — to pick their characters’ best looks.

A new live-action prequel series, Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, is coming to Netflix in 2028 — but fans shouldn’t expect stars like Millie Bobby Brown or Finn Wolfhard to return.

The new series will be called “Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure,” the streaming company announced on Friday. PrevNextScott A Garfitt/Invision/AP Joe Keery poses for photographers upon arrival at the Stranger Things Season 5 Premiere in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Add Scripps News as a Google Preferred Source

STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix

The new series will be called “Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure,” the streaming company announced on Friday. PrevNextScott A Garfitt/Invision/AP Joe Keery poses for photographers upon arrival at the Stranger Things Season 5 Premiere in London, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Add WXYZ as a Google Preferred Source

Netflix has unveiled a prequel spin-off from Stranger Things, nearly a year on from the finale of the smash-hit show.

As Stranger Things fans continue to hope for an additional episode or even an additional season following the season 5 finale last New Year’s Eve (known as Conformity Gate), the Duffer Brothers have just confirmed an entirely different Stranger Things project coming to Netflix. Already, Netflix has put out Stranger Things and Tales From ’85,…