Duffer Brothers Reveal “Clear Slate” Strategy

With the ultimate season of the hit Netflix collection on the horizon, the Duffer brothers are sharing new perception into the in-development Stranger Issues spinoff.

In anticipation of season 5’s November premiere, Selection interviewed the Duffer brothers to speak concerning the sci-fi/horror franchise’s future. When requested concerning the in-development live-action Stranger Issues spinoff, the duo confirmed that they are approaching it in another way in comparison with “one thing like Star Wars”, explaining that constructing out the universe “does not actually work like that” for them.

Matt Duffer: [It will have] youngsters, adventures, sci-fi/fantasy, relatively than more and more broaden what may grow to be an insanely convoluted mythology.

Ross Duffer: They’re going to dwell in a little bit of a distinct world. There’s going to be connective tissue, however you’re virtually anthologizing in a manner. As a result of we’re not Star Wars. We will’t be like, “Oh, now we’re on this planet.”

Matt Duffer went on to clarify that, had they taken an identical strategy to the Lucasfilm franchise, they might’ve felt “too boxed in” with growing the Stranger Issues spinoff. As a substitute, he says they’re beginning with a “clear slate” on the present, describing the writing course of as being “so enjoyable” and confirming they’re “beginning with new characters” to keep away from being “tied up into any [canonical] knots“:

Matt Duffer: There’s one thing refreshing about it. The hope is you’re not simply doing one thing to only do it. And Netflix has been surprisingly affected person, though I believe now, I really feel that persistence carrying skinny a little bit bit with the present coming to an finish. However they’re understanding.

One factor that got here as a shock amid the present’s behind-the-scenes improvement was the announcement that the Duffer brothers inked a serious first-look take care of Paramount Footage, shifting away from Netflix as they appear to provide and direct theatrical movies. Nevertheless, Ross Duffer assures the pair are “closely creatively invovled” within the Stranger Issues spinoff and are “serving to shepherd it alongside“, even when they will not be its showrunners.

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