The Stranger Things universe is getting bigger! Netflix on Monday announced an untitled animated series set within the Stranger Things universe. Stranger Things ranks as Netflix's most popular English-language series of all time. As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, the plot details for the series are being kept under wraps. However, Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer said it would be in the vein of 'Saturday morning cartoons.' Stranger Things: Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour’s Show Gets an Animated Series at Netflix!
The Duffer brothers will exec produce the series alongside their 'Stranger Things' collaborator, Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps. "We've always dreamt of an animated Stranger Things in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream realized has been absolutely thrilling," Matt and Ross Duffer said in a statement. Stranger Things 5: David Harbour and Winona Ryder Will Be Paid $9.5 Million Each for Netflix’s Sci-Fi Series – Reports.
Stranger Things Goes Animated:
#StrangerThings is getting animated with a straight-to-series order for a new "Saturday morning cartoons"-style show on Netflix #THRNews pic.twitter.com/I8OCYh0Vfa
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 11, 2023
The animated series is the latest Stranger Things offshoot to stem from the Duffers' Upside Down Pictures banner, which is based with a rich overall deal at Netflix. In addition to the upcoming fifth and final season of the original series, the siblings recently announced a London stage show, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and have another untitled live-action spinoff of the flagship series in the works.