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Hypebeast reports that Netflix has given a formal order to Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a 1950s prequel set in 1955 Marion, Nevada, with Joe Wright directing the first three episodes and a 2028 debut planned. The Duffer brothers share co-creator credit with showrunner Kate Trefry, extending the franchise backward rather than forward. For a series built on nostalgia for an era before most of its audience was born, this is a logical expansion, though four years out feels like a long horizon for a property already nearing a decade of cultural dominance.
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