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Strange things It’s over, but the minds behind the hit Netflix series are going back in time with upcoming animated shows, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85.
This new tale is set in Hawkins during the winter of 1985, meaning it takes place between seasons two and three of the main series. Strange things It covered the years 1983-1987, with each season being held in a new year.
This series includes animated versions of the series’ original characters – Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas and Max – with one new version: Nikki, who is described as a “tough girl in a mohawk”. The gang sets out to “fight new monsters and uncover a supernatural mystery terrorizing their town.”
Strange things Creators Ross and Matt Duffer are executive producing Stranger Things: Tales from ’85which releases all ten episodes on April 23. However, the Duffers are not showing this episode; Eric Robles (Technology glitch, The dark adventures of Billy and Mandy) Steps in this role. The Duffers are responsible for producing the Flying Bark series alongside Hilary Levitt via Upside Down Pictures, Shawn Levy via 21 Laps and Dan Cohen.
The trailer released this week (below) shows the gang during happier times in 1985 – before final seasons introduced the villain Vecna (played by Jamie Campbell Bower in the original series) and a more insidious era of the Upside Down. The best addition to be seen in the collection is of course Elle (played by Millie Bobby Brown in the original series), given how her story ended in the series finale.
“It’s like Hawkins Lab science meets upside down matter. When you put them together, these are the kinds of creatures that exist in our world,” Robles, who is also a writer and executive producer, told Todom about a new shark-like monster inspired by Jaws. “Underneath all this snow, there’s something lurking, and you never know where that thing is going to come out and grab you.”
Here’s the official tagline: “In the winter of 1985, the city is blanketed in snow, and the horrors of the Upside Down have finally faded. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and peaceful days. But beneath the snow, 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 new story set in the… Strange things universe.”
The cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven aka “Elle”, Julie Huang Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “AJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Queenie as Dustin, Ben Blissala as Will, Brett Gibson as Hopper, Odessa Azion as Nikki Baxer, Jeremy Jordan as Steve, Janeane Garofalo as Anna Baxter, Lou Diamond Phillips in Turn. Danielle Fisher. Additional voice cast includes Robert Englund as Cosmo, Alicia Reiner as Karen Wheeler, Alessandra Antonelli as Nancy Wheeler, Valeria Rodriguez as Rosario, and Jack Griffo as Jeff.
After giving Strange things Farewell includes a short theatrical screening of the series finale, Netflix will return to theaters with Tales from ’85. The first two episodes of the show (which have a total runtime of approximately 55 minutes) will premiere in select theaters on AMC on April 18, five days before the show’s release date on Netflix. (Details here.)
