A blue bicycle lying in a scrubby field at dusk with a vintage radio strapped to its rack, a frame from the official Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure teaser

Entertainment 9 November 2026

Other Worlds takes Stranger Things back to 1955 Nevada, with Joe Wright behind the camera

Netflix's live-action prequel, Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, opens on 19 April 1955 in Marion, Nevada. Kate Trefry, who wrote the Tony-winning play The First Shadow, is showrunner. It's due in 2028, and nobody has been cast yet.

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Netflix picked Stranger Things Day, 6 November, to say the show isn’t done. It’s just going back further than anyone expected. The new live-action series is called Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, it’s a prequel, and Netflix’s official announcement is up on its YouTube channel. It lands in 2028.

When does Other Worlds come out, and where is it set?

2028 is as precise as it gets for now. The teaser opens on a title card reading “April 19, 1955, Marion, Nevada”, with The Chords’ “Sh-Boom” crackling out of a radio strapped to a bike. A heavy sky, and that’s it. Fans are already convinced they’ve glimpsed another version of the Upside Down, but Netflix hasn’t confirmed a single plot point.

The timeline is clear, though. Other Worlds sits before the original series and before The First Shadow, the Tony-winning stage play about a young Henry Creel.

Who is making the Stranger Things prequel?

The Duffer Brothers co-created it with Kate Trefry, who runs the show day to day. That’s a logical hire, since Trefry wrote The First Shadow. Shawn Levy, who has been with the franchise from the start, is back as an executive producer.

The eye-catching name is the director of the first three episodes. Joe Wright made Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, and handing the 1950s to a period-film director says a lot about the look Netflix is after.

Has Other Worlds been cast?

Not yet. The Duffers say casting comes next, which goes some way to explaining a premiere two years out.

Meanwhile the franchise keeps spreading sideways: the animated Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, the books, the play, and the live experiences at Netflix House. Netflix has been doing the same with other worlds it already owns, as with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ second season, and TheWrap has the full detail of the announcement.

By Lucy Bennett

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