Stranger Things is getting a prequel to assist make the await season 5 somewhat simpler — although to test it out, you’ll want to move to London. At the moment, Netflix introduced Stranger Issues: The First Shadow, a stage play that can premiere on the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West Finish beginning in “late” 2023 and that serves as an origin story of types.
Stranger Issues creators the Duffer brothers will function artistic producers, whereas the story was penned by Kate Trefry, a author on the present since season 2. The story follows youthful variations of characters like Hopper and Joyce as they take care of the early days of the darkness that haunts Hawkins, Indiana. Right here’s the official premise:
Hawkins, 1959: a daily city with common worries. Younger Jim Hopper’s automotive gained’t begin, Bob Newby’s sister gained’t take his radio present significantly and Joyce Maldonado simply desires to graduate and get the hell out of city. When new scholar Henry Creel arrives, his household finds {that a} contemporary begin isn’t really easy… and the shadows of the previous have a really lengthy attain.
Except for some Saul Bass-inspired art work (pictured above), there aren’t any photographs of the manufacturing but. It additionally sounds just like the play might have some robust story implications, with Netflix saying within the announcement that “this gripping new journey will take you proper again to the start of the Stranger Issues story — and should maintain the important thing to the top.” You’ll be able to register for precedence entry to tickets proper here.
The fourth season of Stranger Issues, which was cut up into two parts, wrapped up on Netflix final summer season. There’s no phrase but on when season 5 would possibly debut.
