The otherworldly mud has settled on season 4 of Stranger Things, which simply wrapped up with a blockbuster pair of episodes. While The Duffer Brothers, who created the present, have yet another season of the Netflix megahit to make, they’re waiting for future tasks.
Matt and Ross Duffer have arrange a brand new manufacturing firm as a part of their partnership with Netflix. Fittingly sufficient, it is known as Upside Down Pictures. The studio, which shall be run by Ozark and Orphan Black producer Hilary Leavitt, will “aim to create the kind of stories that inspired the Duffers growing up — stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism,” Netflix mentioned.
The firm and the Duffers additionally revealed a few of the tasks they’ve within the pipeline. For one factor, they’re engaged on a stage play set on the planet of Stranger Things. Emmy- and Tony-award winner Stephen Daldry, recognized for his work on The Crown and Billy Elliot, will direct the play. A live-action Stranger Things spin-off sequence can be within the works.
Intriguingly, Netflix is taking one other stab at adapting the traditional manga and anime sequence Death Note with the assistance of the Duffers. Unlike the poorly obtained 2017 film, this shall be a live-action present.
Also within the works below the wing of Upside Down Pictures are a sequence from Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews and an adaption of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s The Talisman. The production company and Netflix have teamed up with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Paramount Television for the latter sequence.
Stranger Things is definitely one among Netflix’s largest successes. Fans have already collectively seen greater than a billion hours of Stranger Things 4 alone. After Squid Game, it is solely the second season of a Netflix present to hit that milestone inside 28 days of launch.
As such, it isn’t an excessive amount of of a shock that Netflix desires to broaden the Duffers’ remit to (hopefully) work their magic on extra exhibits and flicks. The firm is having a tough 12 months and is in determined want of extra massive hits to attract in new subscribers and hold present ones on board.