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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Shahana Yasmin

New Stranger Things series announced featuring original characters

  • Netflix announced an animated Stranger Things spinoff, Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, scheduled for release in 2026.
  • The series will revisit Hawkins in the winter of 1985, set between seasons two and three of the live-action show, featuring original characters battling new monsters.
  • New voice actors will portray the characters, with Eric Robles as showrunner and original creators Matt and Ross Duffer as executive producers, aiming for an '80s cartoon aesthetic.
  • This announcement preceded the premiere of the fifth and final season of the live-action series, which will conclude with episodes released on 26 November, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve.
  • Other Netflix 2026 content includes Steve Howey joining the drama Ransom and Sara Waisglass starring in the film adaptation of 'Into the Deep Blue'.

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