Netflix unveils its new series Stranger Things: first teaser

With Other Worlds, the franchise will take us back to 1955 and leave Indiana for Nevada.

“Before Hawkins, there was Marion.”

The Stranger Things universe continues to expand. On the occasion of Stranger Things Day, celebrated every November 6 – in reference to the disappearance of Will Byers on November 6, 1983 – Netflix has officially ordered a new series derived from its franchise phenomenon. Its title: Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. Expected in 2028, it is already revealed in a first teaser which takes us to a small town in Nevada, which is reminiscent of that of Indiana…

As its slogan suggests, this new adventure will take the form of a prequel.

Direction 1955, in the small town of Marion. Plot details are still under wraps, but the Duffer brothers previously explained that this spin-off would explore the events preceding Henry Creel’s exposure to the otherworldly substance that gave rise to his powers. The story will also be set before the events of the Broadway play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which looked back on the past of the man who would become Vecna.

This is the fourth project to see the light of day in the Stranger Things universe, after the original series, completed at the end of 2025, the play The First Shadow and the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85.

Other Worlds A Stranger Things Adventure was created by Matt and Ross Duffer with Kate Trefry, writer of the original series and the stage play. She will also be the showrunner.

English filmmaker Joe Wright (Come Back to Me, Dark Hours) will direct the first three episodes. Production will still be handled by Shawn Levy.

Filming is planned in New Mexico.

The Duffer brothers are already rejoicing and explain:

“We have been dreaming of this series The Other Worlds for many years. Seeing it come true is both unreal and exhilarating.”

Ilk promise a series faithful to the spirit of the franchise, but with “a new setting, new heroes and new villains”. The two creators also made a mysterious appeal to fans: “Keep an eye on the sky, geeks!”