‘Stranger Things’ and Beyond: Everything the Duffer Brothers Are Building at Netflix

The Duffer Brothers have managed to turn adolescent nostalgia and Demogorgon nightmares into a billion-dollar empire, and Hollywood has taken notice. Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer recently struck a major deal with Paramount Pictures, securing their place as storytellers who can balance spectacle with suburban awkwardness. With the brilliance of chess players and the instincts of carnival magicians, they know how to pull audiences in. Yet, even as Paramount sharpens its pencils, Netflix remains far from done with them.

Despite Paramount’s shiny offer, the Duffer Brothers still have a sprawling roster of projects waiting to drop on Netflix.

1. Stranger Things Season 5

The Duffer Brothers, those puppeteers of adolescent dread, will close the curtain on Stranger Things in three theatrical gasps. Beginning November’s end and stretching through December’s exhaustion, Netflix shall wring every last tear before Hawkins becomes a ghost town in syndication.

2. Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 and other Stranger Things projects

Netflix intends to stretch the Hawkins mythology well beyond its flagship. Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 arrives in 2026 as an animated interlude between seasons two and three, with Eric Robles steering and the Duffer Brothers producing.

Meanwhile, stage productions and whispered anime experiments keep the franchise humming with restless creativity. Although there has been confusion about whether these projects will stay on Netflix or Paramount.

3. The Talisman

The Talisman, Stephen King’s neglected giant, languishes under Netflix’s lantern, with Steven Spielberg still polishing the rights like crown jewels. The Duffer Brothers call it enormous, impossible, and irresistible, a concoction of horror and fantasy destined to either dazzle or drown in budgetary excess.

4. Death Note

Netflix is rebooting Death Note with Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer executive producing, distancing itself from the maligned 2017 film. Writer Halia Abdel-Meguid remains attached, and with producer Dan Lin’s elevation at Netflix, momentum suggests this dark manga adaptation may finally receive its due.

5. The Boroughs

The Boroughs plants Netflix’s supernatural formula in a New Mexico retirement community, where time itself becomes prey. With Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews steering and the Duffer Brothers observing as executive producers, the series teases Stranger Things echoes while promising desert-toned originality.

6. Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen trades Hawkins’ teenagers for doomed newlyweds in a Mississauga-shot horror series. With Haley Boston orchestrating and the Duffer Brothers executive producing, the 2026 release promises atmospheric dread, sharp casting, and nuptials better suited to nightmares than champagne.

7. The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionee

The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne introduces Netflix viewers to Waterville, Maine, where grandmotherly warmth collides with criminal dominion. Adapted from Ron Currie’s novel, with Currie and Joshua Mohr writing, the series paints Babs Dionne as both doting matriarch and ruthless narcotics sovereign.

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