While Netflix had always been considered the OTT Mogul, it was through Stranger Things that the streamer met its pinnacle. Upon its release in 2016, the thriller science fiction series managed to amass a fanbase unlike any other. It is also arguably the best Netflix original. All this along with the fact that it has also played a part in the platform making major monetary gains is enough reason for Netflix and Stranger Things to not be a onetime thing. As the series announced its fifth and final season, before fans could even comprehend the sorrow, the streamer has announced another addition to the Upside Down.

It was in 2022 that the Duffer brothers announced a live-action spinoff of Stranger Things. And yet to release a trailer for Season 5, the series has given fans another good news. Stranger Things will now be getting an animated remake and Netflix has confirmed the same. And its gigantic fanbase has some stellar reactions to this announcement.

Netflix announces an animated series for Stranger Things

The OTT platform has recently been expanding its realms beyond thriller live-action series and animation seems to be its priority. And what better way than to use its most bankable element yet and make an animated series surrounding it? Eric Robles and Flying Bark Productions are in charge of this upcoming animation. And Duffer Brothers will be producing it. “We’ve always dreamed 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,” the Duffer Brothers said, according to Variety.

They have not granted a hint as to what the series is going to be about except for the fact that it will be centered around Upside Down. Apart from the plot, the release date also seems to be a mystery given how it has only now been confirmed.

An animated version of the series guarantees that fans will get to watch their favorite characters for a long time. And fans are no one to miss out on such a golden opportunity.

Are the Duffer Brothers still making the live-action spinoff?

Fans are beginning to trust the Duffer Brothers with their lives owing to the talent they possess in their craft. And that they have trusted them with the live-action remake of the fan-favorite anime, Death Note, is a nod to this. Despite a live-action spinoff having been announced, there have been no follow-ups regarding it.

Except for the fact that Millie Bobby Brown will not be a part of it. It is possible that the spinoff is facing turbulences owing to the fact that the original cast is opting out of it.

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