Stranger Things continues
The main show may have concluded last month, but Netflix’s television phenomenon, Stranger Things, is living on in more incarnations. Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 is an animated chapter, which takes us back in the timeline. The new series is brought to us by showrunner Eric Robles (Glitch Techs, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy) and the Duffer brothers. Netflix has just released a new trailer for the show, which previews new creatures entering Hawkins.
Robles tells Netflix Tudum, “It’s like Hawkins Lab science meets Upside Down matter. When you put them together, those are the kinds of creatures we have in our world.” We also get our first look at Steve Harrington, voiced by Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl, Hazbin Hotel) in the series. The Netflix synopsis reads, “But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely? Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this untold story set in the Stranger Things universe.”
The new adventure begins on April 23 on Netflix.
Details on Tales From ’85
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 has the following logline: Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town in Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, an epic new animated series. The last episode of Stranger Things season 2 took place on December 15, 1984, so this animated series will take place between the second and third seasons, which would allow all of the major characters to participate. The Hollywood Reporter adds that they’re joined by a new character: “Nikki, a tough, mohawk-wearing gal.”
The voice cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Benjamin Plessala as Will, and Brett Gipson as Hopper. Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo, and Lou Diamond Phillips also voice unspecified characters.
The animation studio is Flying Bark. The Duffer Brothers are executive producing the animated series through their Upside Down Pictures production banner, along with Upside Down’s Hilary Leavitt, and Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps. Eric Robles executive produces via Flying Bark Productions.
