The brand new Paramount owned by Skydance has made it official that Stranger Issues architects, the Duffer brothers and their Upside Down Photos label, are formally coming over to the Melrose Ave lot in a wide-ranging four-year, unique deal for characteristic movies, tv, and streaming initiatives. We instructed you in regards to the new huge deal for the David Ellison led Paramount final week.
The massive plus right here for the Duffers is that they now get to make films for the massive display.
Their new deal at Paramount begins on the finish of their present cope with Netflix in April 2026. On the finish of their Netflix deal, the Duffers will stay concerned in Stranger Issues and different present initiatives in improvement on the OTT service.
The multi-Emmy nominated Duffers will write, direct, and produce characteristic movies, TV, and unique sequence for Paramount Photos, Paramount Tv, and Paramount Direct-to-Client. Their Upside Down Photos manufacturing firm is led by producing companion and president, Hilary Leavitt. It’s no coincidence that the primary huge deal beneath the David Ellison led Paramount is with the Duffers because the duo have labored with Cindy Holland, Paramount’s Chair of Direct-to-Client and Matt Thunell, President of Paramount Tv, at Netflix.
Stated Matt and Ross Duffer: “We couldn’t be extra thrilled to be becoming a member of the Paramount household. David, Josh, and Dana are captivated with bringing daring, unique movies to the massive display. To be a part of that mission is not only thrilling – it’s the achievement of a lifelong dream. And to take action at a studio with such a storied Hollywood legacy is a privilege we don’t take flippantly. We’re additionally excited to reunite with our pals Cindy and Matt, who have been among the many very first to consider in us and an uncommon little script we wrote that turned Stranger Issues. They took an opportunity on us in 2015, they usually’re taking an opportunity once more – we are able to’t wait to create new tales collectively.”
“Our time at Netflix has been unbelievable. Ted, Bela, and Peter have given us the sort of artistic freedom and help that artists dream of however so not often obtain. A decade in, they’re household. We’re excited to proceed collaborating – not solely on the upcoming launch of Stranger Issues 5, but additionally on exhibits we’re deeply proud to be producing, together with One thing Very Unhealthy Is Going to Occur and The Boroughs. And we stay up for constructing out the way forward for Stranger Issues collectively – there are lots of extra tales to inform past Hawkins, and we are able to’t wait to share them,” the brothers added.
“I’ve had the privilege of understanding Matt and Ross for over a decade and labored with them from their earliest phases via their deserving world success. Now we have seen firsthand their extraordinary artistic imaginative and prescient and distinctive present for storytelling,” mentioned Cindy Holland, Paramount’s Chair of Direct-to-Client. “We couldn’t be extra excited to reunite and welcome them to Paramount.”
“We’re thrilled that the incomparable Duffer Brothers are becoming a member of our Paramount household,” mentioned Dana Goldberg, Co-Chair of Paramount Photos and Chair of Paramount Tv, and Josh Greenstein, Co-Chair of Paramount Photos and Vice Chair of Platforms. “Their singular expertise for creating tales and worlds that form tradition units them aside, and this partnership is a superb instance of the brand new Paramount in motion – our movie, tv, and streaming companies united to supply Matt and Ross the complete energy of our platforms to inform their greatest and most bold tales but.”
New Paramount Movement Image heads Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein instructed the press final week that there are plans for 15 to twenty films to be launched yearly. Paramount already has manufacturing pacts with such expertise as Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Damien Chazelle, Temple Hill and Walter Hamada’s style studio 18hz.
