{"id":49433,"date":"2026-11-06T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/stranger-things-is-getting-a-live-action-spinoff-called-other-worlds\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T14:34:56","slug":"stranger-things-is-getting-a-live-action-spinoff-called-other-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/stranger-things-is-getting-a-live-action-spinoff-called-other-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things is getting a live-action spinoff called Other Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/andrew-webster\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Webster<\/p>\n<p>is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pok\u00e9mon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix isn\u2019t done with Hawkins, Indiana just yet. The streamer just announced a live-action spinoff of <em>Stranger Things<\/em> which is expected to debut in 2028. It\u2019s called <em>Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There aren\u2019t a lot of details, but the show will be going back in time quite a bit. According to Netflix, <em>Other Worlds<\/em> is \u201ca prequel set in the 1950s, before <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and before the stage play <em>Stranger Things: The First Shadow.<\/em>\u201c Franchise creators the Duffer brothers are back on board, and <em>Stranger Things<\/em> veteran Kate Trefry will serve as showrunner. British director Joe Wright is set to helm the first three episodes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Duffers described the series as \u201c<em>Stranger Things<\/em>, 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<p>It\u2019s been clear that Netflix has been looking for ways to keep its most impactful series alive ever since <em>Stranger Things<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/streaming\/853133\/stranger-things-finale-theater-scene-report\">wrapped up with its final season last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/entertainment\/1028608\/other-worlds-a-stranger-things-adventure-netflix-announce-trailer\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pok\u00e9mon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. 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:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1419,36,1342,108,970,1558],"class_list":["post-49433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-entertainment","tag-mixtv","tag-netflix","tag-news","tag-streaming","tag-tv-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}