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Paramount, below new possession, has made some huge swings out of the gate, and undoubtedly, their two largest strikes up to now have been choosing up UFC rights and poaching away The Duffer Brothers and their firm Upside Down Footage away from Netflix. Though the duo might be shifting their total deal to Paramount in 2026, that doesn’t imply all their current tasks at Netflix are being canceled.
To recap, Netflix struck an total take care of Upside Down Footage (beforehand Monkey Bloodbath Productions) in September 2019, which runs via to April 2026. That deal was for all movie and TV tasks, however the pair have been snapped up for a take care of Paramount, reuniting them with Cindy Holland, who first labored with them at Netflix on Stranger Issues. Their new deal runs via 20230 and is predicted to cowl theatrical movies, one thing they weren’t permitted or didn’t do at Netflix.
Stranger Issues Season 5
Standing: Put up-Manufacturing
STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) David Harbour as Jim Hopper and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025
Stranger Issues, as a present, is likely one of the uncommon unfortunate exhibits that managed to bear the brunt of two main disruptions in Hollywood. Season 4 was severely delayed and impacted by the pandemic of 2020-21, whereas season 5 was largely affected by two main strikes in 2023, which prevented filming.
Filming did get underway, and the sequence, which is undoubtedly one among Netflix’s largest in its total library with solely Squid Recreation and Wednesday forward of it, returns in three elements, which is able to conclude the story that first hit Netflix again in 2016. So far, Stranger Issues is the one delivered mission that hit our screens and that received’t be altering till 2026. It’s additionally the mission that the Duffers themselves are most concerned with, serving as writers and administrators, roles they’re not essentially in for Netflix’s different output.
We’ve acquired extra on Stranger Things in our full preview, and we received’t rehash all of the season 5 particulars right here, but it surely’s secure to say that the present intends to do something however exit with a whimper.
Half 1, consisting of 4 episodes, is ready to premiere on November 26, 2025. Half 2, consisting of the subsequent 3 episodes, will premiere December 25, 2025, whereas Half 3, the finale episode, will premiere December 31, 2025.
Stranger Issues: Tales from ’85 & Different Stranger Issues Tasks
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Stranger Issues is ready to broaden past the principle sequence. There’s been a live-action sequence confirmed to be within the works with the Duffers set to government produce on the very least, however past that, particulars are slim to none…
The one mission we all know is arising in 2026 is Stranger Issues: Tales from ’85. Set within the winter of 1985, between seasons 2 and three of the mothership sequence, Eric Robles, who labored on Glitch Techs streaming in full on Netflix proper now, is showrunning with the Duffers EP’ing. The animated sequence, which has already been renewed for season 2, sees the unique characters, plus the brand new addition Nikki, combating new and acquainted monsters and unraveling a mystical thriller terrorizing their city.
So far, we nonetheless don’t have first appears on the new sequence, with the closest being reference artwork by Instagram person Meybis Ruiz Cruz. We acquired that intel (and a bunch extra in regards to the present) through the Annecy Movie Pageant Netflix showcase. You could find all of the details about that new series here, however in case you have a look at a number of the works from Flying Bark, the animation studio headquartered in Australia, you’ll get some thought of what to anticipate.
Whereas with regards to Stranger Issues animation, there’s nonetheless a lingering query about whether or not that is the only animated mission within the works. As you might recall, in December 2022, we acquired intel that Netflix was creating an anime-style sequence known as Stranger Things: Tokyo. Based mostly on idea artwork showcased at Annecy Movie Pageant, it could be the case that the mission was redeveloped into Tales from 85 or maybe that is nonetheless ongoing elsewhere… The tasks are fully completely different in scope and story, so fingers crossed we’ll in the future discover out the reply.
Past these, The First Shadow stage play is now taking part in on Broadway in New York and within the West Finish of London for the foreseeable future. We’re informed there are not any present plans to convey a recorded copy of that to Netflix, though it’s been steered to us that this might change if/when the stage exhibits finally come to an finish.
One thing Very Unhealthy Is Going To Occur
Standing: Confirmed for 2026 Launch / Put up-Manufacturing
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Though at one level scheduled for launch in 2025, One thing Very Unhealthy is Going to Occur will now premiere in 2026, having been filmed within the first half of 2025 in Mississauga, Canada. The Duffers are EP’ing this specific mission with Haley Boston firmly behind the steering wheel as creator, showrunner, and author.
Dubbed as an atmospheric horror, the sequence is initially set at a marriage, following the bride and groom within the week main as much as their ill-fated nuptials. Sequence regulars embrace Gus Birney, Zlatko Burić, Karla Crome, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ted Levine, Jeff Wilbusch, Adam DiMarco because the Groom, and Camila Morrone because the Bride.
We’ve acquired extra on Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen in our full preview.
The Boroughs
Standing: Confirmed for 2026 Launch / Put up-Manufacturing
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The opposite of two confirmed sequence tasks with The Duffers serving solely as government producers is The Boroughs, with Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews helming the mission. Filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, between September 2024 and early 2025, the sequence is ready in a picturesque retirement neighborhood within the New Mexico desert, the place a bunch of unlikely heroes should band collectively to cease an otherworldly risk from stealing the one factor they don’t have… time.
Some early footage and stills for this specific present had been proven off at Subsequent on Netflix in early 2025, and it actually has a definite aesthetic that will be tied to Stranger Issues’ DNA.
The Savage, Noble Dying Of Babs Dionne
Standing: Energetic Growth
Probably the most not too long ago introduced mission to be within the works was introduced within the Summer time of 2025. Set to be a sequence, tailored from a novel by Ron Currie, who additionally serves as a author on the sequence alongside associate Joshua Mohr, it’s set within the small city of Waterville, Maine.
The story follows Babs Dionne, a proud Franco-American girl who’s a doting grandmother and the formidable crime matriarch of the city. She controls the drug commerce within the space, assisted by her loyal teenage girlfriends and her eldest daughter, Lori, a Marine veteran battling habit. The plot thickens when a drug kingpin, noticing a decline in his numbers within the higher northeast, dispatches a mysterious and malevolent determine generally known as “The Man” to research, all whereas Babs’s youngest sister has gone lacking.
Dying Be aware
Standing: Unknown
Netflix formally introduced in July 2022 that Matt and Ross Duffer will government produce a brand new live-action Dying Be aware sequence, a whole reboot unconnected to Netflix’s 2017 Dying Be aware movie, which at one stage was attributable to get a sequel that has been lengthy since canceled.
Based mostly on the Japanese manga and anime of the identical identify, the sequence would observe a vivid teenager who discovers a mysterious black pocket book that offers him supernatural energy over life and demise.
Following that preliminary announcement, it was introduced in late 2022 that Halia Abdel-Meguid can be writing and government producing on the mission. On Abdel-Meguid’s website, it nonetheless lists the sequence within the current tense. One other good signal is that Dan Lin, who now serves as Netflix’s head of movie and beforehand labored at Rideback, was connected as a producer lengthy earlier than his huge leap as much as Netflix.
The Talisman
Standing: Unknown
First introduced for Netflix back in March 2021, growth remains to be ongoing for Netflix’s sequence adaptation of The Talisman, a e-book by Stephen King and Peter Straub. Steven Spielberg, via Amblin Tv, was introduced to be producing the sequence, though there was no vital growth since that preliminary announcement. The one connection to the current leap to Paramount is that in initial press releases to the series, Paramount Tv was cited as being one of many manufacturing companions.
On the web site for Halia Abdel-Meguid, it mentions how she beforehand (observe in previous tense) labored on staffing gigs for Netflix’s The Talisman.
The sequence can be a mixture of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Right here’s a rundown of the sequence story: “To save lots of his mom from sure demise, younger Jack Sawyer enters a parallel world generally known as the Territories seeking a robust talisman.”
Per SlashFilm, Amblin has had the everlasting rights to the e-book since 1982, though an adaptation has by no means come to fruition for one cause or one other. That was confirmed by the Duffers in an interview with Deadline in mid-2022, saying, “It might be the final nice ’80s Stephen King e-book that has not been beforehand tailored, and that’s solely as a result of Amblin and Spielberg have held onto it for so long as they’ve. They personal the rights, and so they haven’t allowed any model to get made as much as hopefully now.”
The continued, “It’s an enormous e-book, it’s actually lengthy, and I don’t assume it might ever have actually labored successfully as a film. Till not too long ago, I don’t assume it might have labored as tv. It’s like we’re on this new period now the place there’s a type of merging of tv exhibits that look and feel like films as a result of they’re getting these fairly huge budgets behind them. So, one thing like Talisman that even 5 years in the past was not doable, may be very doable now.”
Past an Easter Egg in Stranger Things season 4, the place Lucas learn The Talisman novel on display screen, the watch for The Talisman continues…
A earlier version of this article from 2023 can be found here.
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