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It’s Mrs. Strange once more.
On today’s second episode for Stranger Universe, I will go over an interview with the Duffer
Brothers, who teased the Stranger Things spin-off that we’ll get after season 5!
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The Duffer Brothers debuted Stranger Things on Netflix in the summer of 2016, kickstarting
a flagship series for the streamer and becoming their most popular show, even to this day.
Now as we head into the feature length finale of season 4, Stranger Things is getting close
to the end of its journey, but it's not the end of the franchise by a long shot.
While the Duffers have already gone on record to say that Stranger Things 5 will be the
last season, they have also entertained spinoff ideas over the years.
The duo said previously that they have a plan for the spinoff but have yet to share those
plans with anyone, including Netflix.
However, Finn Wolfhard has already guessed what it would be, purely by an offhand comment
about what they should do for a spinoff in casual conversation.
In an interview with Variety, they talked about the planned spinoff, saying that they're
currently developing it "in parallel" to Stranger Things season 5 with plans to "start delving
into that" once they've finished VFX for Stranger Things season 4 volume 2, which arrives on
Friday.
However, Matt Duffer went on to say that it was important for both of them to make sure
they were doing the spinoff because it's something they'd want to do whether it was part of Stranger
Things or not, which happens to be the case.
Here's what he had to say:
“The reason we haven't done anything is just because you don't want to be doing it
for the wrong reasons, and it was just like, 'Is this something I would want to make regardless
of it being related to Stranger Things or not?'
And definitely.
Even if we took the Stranger Things title off of it, I'm so, so excited about it.
But it is not…
It's going to be different than what anyone is expecting, including Netflix.”
It's unclear at the moment just where Stranger Things season 4 will leave the show, but it
appears that the show will finally answer the question of what the Upside Down actually
is in its final season.
The Duffer Brothers revealed that they were still cracking the story for Stranger Things
5 and that it may or may not feature longer episodes like the current season.
Stranger Things season 4 has the longest episodes in the series to date, with the final episode
of the season clocking in at two hours and 19 minutes.
The Upside Down is such a massive part of Stranger Things' mythology that it would feel
disingenuous to not pay it off with the final season.
Thus far it's operated mostly as a mysterious anomaly with little explanation outside a
few teases here and there, so unraveling that mystery should rightfully be the focus.
Providing closure is a stronger narrative choice than leaving it ambiguous, which would
surely put fans off.
With Stranger Things being such a tremendous success and having such a massive cultural
impact, the pressure is on to deliver a satisfying finale that will honor the legacy of the series,
rather than closing it out on another cliffhanger with no answers.
Fortunately, it appears the Duffer Brothers are focused on doing just that with Stranger
Things season 5.
Here’s hoping that season 5 comes out soon.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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