Matt and Ross Duffer handle whether or not a 10-year Stranger Issues reunion particular may very well be on the playing cards following the present’s collection finale. After debuting in 2016, the hit Netflix collection got here to an finish earlier this week after 5 seasons, concluding the saga with a blockbuster-sized episode.
The Duffer Brothers have been adamant that the finale marks the definitive finish for the present’s story, and so they now forged doubt on a Stranger Issues reunion episode down the street. Talking with THR, the creators clarify that, for them, the present was all the time a coming-of-age story, and catching up with the characters in maturity simply is not as compelling to them. Try Matt Duffer’s clarification under:
We actually don’t know. I imply, Mike’s closing the basement door. We’re closing the door on the story. That’s one motive we had the closing credit the way in which that we did, as a result of it was a approach of claiming: That is finite. That is the top of their story. It’s the top of the story of Mike [Finn Wolfhard] and Eleven [Millie Bobby Brown] and Joyce [Winona Ryder] and Hopper [David Harbour]. So, no, there’s no plan or intention to inform the story as a result of it’s a coming-of age story. In the end, that’s what it’s purported to be. That’s what the present all the time was.
When he closes the door to the basement, he’s closing the door on his childhood and he’s shifting onto maturity. I imply, I suppose a sequel may very well be a couple of midlife disaster. That simply sounds actually uninteresting! (Laughs.) Grandpa Hopper? I don’t know the way that might learn as something however a gross money seize to me.
Whereas the core forged of characters might not be coming again after the Stranger Issues collection finale, Duffer does tease that the “spirit” of the present will return in an upcoming spinoff, despite the fact that it’s going to function an all-new story with new characters:
I want I may speak a little bit bit extra in regards to the spinoff, however I’m not allowed to but. However Ross and I are actually enthusiastic about exploring new characters and a brand new mythology, however nonetheless very a lot are excited about telling a narrative within the spirit of Stranger Issues. It appears like with this remaining season, we completed saying every thing we wished to say about these characters, this story and the Upside Down.
Matt Duffer’s remark seemingly closes the door on a story continuation of the story for the principle Stranger Issues characters, but it surely would not essentially imply a reunion particular is off the desk. As an alternative of telling a brand new story, a reunion may comply with within the footsteps of the Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts particular.
Launched in 2022, this particular featured Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, amongst others, reuniting for a TV particular to reminisce about their experiences making the saga. There are clearly many variations between Harry Potter and Stranger Issues, given one is a blockbuster film franchise and the opposite is a streaming TV present, but it surely’s one choice that may very well be of curiosity to viewers.
The spinoff Duffer mentions can be completely different from the Stranger Issues: Tales from ’85 spinoff, an upcoming animated collection that options the return of the core Hawkins crew in a narrative that takes place between seasons 2 and three. It is price mentioning that this present additionally options new actors voicing these characters.
This different spinoff can be live-action, however who it’ll comply with and the place and when it’ll happen stay unknown. The Duffers did not too long ago affirm in an interview with ScreenRant, nevertheless, that it’ll function “a very completely different story in a very completely different location with fully completely different actors,” suggesting audiences should not count on a lot crossover with the principle present.
The Stranger Issues collection finale, then, seemingly marks a definitive finish level for a present that turned one in all Netflix’s hottest choices. Whereas the live-action spinoff may actually recapture this magic, it is sounding very very like it will likely be a major departure.
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2016 – 2025-00-00
- Community
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
- Administrators
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Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont, Nimród Antal, Uta Briesewitz
- Writers
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Kate Trefry, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Jessica Mecklenburg, Alison Tatlock