After season five of Stranger Things the franchise isn’t over yet. Netflixis reportedly already working on a standout spin-off called StrangerThings: Tokyo. And that’s not all.
Last November, the Duffer Brothers shared a photo of the script from StrangerThings season five, episode one. The beginning of the end, because the hitseries will stop after that season. The recordings will start in early 2023.
Stranger Things season five
In any case, it will be tough to top season four. The brothers behind theNetflix Original showed with that season that you can make a show go fromhighlight to highlight for four seasons. So the bar is high.
On one plane Stranger Things anyway defeated. The brand new hit passedearlier this month Wednesday namely Stranger Things as the best-watchedEnglish-language series on Netflix. Ever.
Perhaps the makers will succeed Stranger Things season five to ascend thatthrone again. And hey, that’s not the last chance. Stranger Things theseries may be nearing its end, but Stranger Things as a franchise, not yet.It’s one of Netflix’s most iconic feats in a competitive streaming war withdecades-old mega franchises.
Stranger Things: Tokyo
In other words: milk that bite! Look at HBO’s grand plans for Game ofThrones , with many spin-offs and prequels, and then Netflix is actuallyremarkably restrained for the time being. With the emphasis on ‘for now’.
The blog What’s on Netflix, which incidentally is not owned by the streamingservice, reports that Netflix is working on the first spin-off for StrangerThings works called Stranger Things: Tokyo. Then we are not talking aboutanother live-action series, but an anime series. In other words, Japanese-madeanimation, although as a marketing trick Netflix also likes to label Americananimation as ‘anime’.
Cut scene from the game Stranger Things:Puzzle Tales (Image: Netflix)
Tokyo of the eighties
Alright, that’s it Stranger Things So The Witcher after. That series got afirst spin-off in the form of the animated film Nightmare of the Wolf fromthe creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender. So a western studio, but Netflixstill called it anime at the time.
Well, Japanese animation or not, the streaming service is reportedly workingon an animated spin-off of Stranger Things. The usually well-informed blogalso reports that the show will be set in 1980s Tokyo, and “follows two twinbrothers who love video games.” After they come into contact with the UpsideDown, they are sucked into a “great adventure”.
Grain of salt?
Finally, the blog claims that the series will last about six hours in total.Great, but don’t rejoice too soon. This is not a news report from Netflix, buta rumor. On the other hand, What’s on Netflix is usually a reliable source,and has revealed unannounced series before.
Accurate or not, we’re talking about a show in development here. Even if whatthe blog has put out is correct, then you can Stranger Things: Tokyo stilldie during the development phase. Take for example Game of Thrones : In thepast two years, several spin-offs of that show have already been canceled atthe drawing board.
Anyway, it sounds really cool. Stranger Things but in a colorful 1980sTokyo, with the same nostalgia factor and an authentic anime jacket? yesplease!
A ‘STRANGER THINGS’ anime spin-off is reportedly in the works.>> The series, titled ‘STRANGER THINGS: TOKYO’, would follow 2 video game-> loving twin brothers from the outskirts of 1980s Tokyo who encounter the> Upside Down.>> (Source: https://t.co/kALR8qYLPl)> pic.twitter.com/xsTyOzHSVw>> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) December 23,> 2022
Not the first spin-off
While What’s on Netflix calls it the first spin-off from the Netflix Original,that’s not the case. At least: last July there was already an official newspin-off Stranger Things announced. That’s not the same show: that was alive-action show, not animation. There is also a play in development thattakes place within the same universe.
Practically nothing is known about either project. However, the DufferBrothers have already promised that the live-action spin-off will “feel likesomething unique” and not “repeat what we’ve already done with StrangerThings.”
Lessons from Marvel
Showrunner, producer and director Shawn Levy has also learned a lot from hiswork for dead pool 3 a film he is co-producing with Marvel Studios.
“Yes, we are Stranger Things Cinematic Universe (STCU) building out, and nowthat I’m spending time with [Marvel Studios-baas] Kevin Feige, I’m learning alot about managing a universe,” said Levy. “So I take those skills andexperience with me and apply them to the STCU.”
Despite the production of dead pool 3 and Stranger Things season five, the54-year-old producer has already reassured fans by confirming he will bedirecting at least one episode of the hit series’ final season. Bring it on!In the meantime, we await an official confirmation of _Stranger Things: