(L-R) Actors Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and actress Sadie Sink pose after the Stranger Issues panel throughout day 2 of Argentina Comedian Con 2018 at Costa Salguero on December 08, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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A brand new “Stranger Issues” degree by-product is coming to London’s West Finish later this yr, Netflix introduced Wednesday.
“Stranger Issues: The First Shadow,” an adaptation of the preferred science fiction collection, will premiere on the Phoenix Theatre because the streaming massive’s first are living degree manufacturing.
The play shall be set in 1959 within the fictional the city of Hawkins, Indiana, going down greater than 20 years sooner than the display’s first scene. In a press unencumber, Netflix stated it’ll come with a handful of the display’s primary characters, together with town’s police leader, Jim Hopper, and Joyce Byers’ boyfriend, Bob Newby.
The play — in line with an authentic tale by means of the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry — was once written by means of Trefry and shall be directed by means of Stephen Daldry, with co-direction from Justin Martin. It’s going to be produced by means of Sonia Friedman Productions. Thorne additionally wrote the degree play for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Kid.”
“You’ll meet endearing new characters, in addition to very acquainted ones, on a adventure into the previous that units the groundwork for the way forward for ‘Stranger Issues,'” Matt and Ross Duffer stated in a observation.
The “Stranger Issues” collection debuted in 2016 and has been one of the most streaming platform’s hottest presentations. Its fourth season tops Netflix’s Maximum Widespread English TV record with 1.35 billion hours seen.
In Netflix’s most up-to-date shareholder letter, the corporate stated subscribers watched extra returning seasons and sequels in 2022 than in any yr prior. Netflix blew away subscriber expectancies for the fourth quarter, including 7.66 million paid subscribers throughout the fourth quarter.
The play joins a rising array of in-person occasions impressed by means of Netflix movies and presentations, together with the immersive multi-city “Stranger Issues: The Revel in.” Different occasions have incorporated balls with “Bridgerton” issues and an get away room are living revel in in line with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller.”
Netflix has additionally been gaining traction within the comedy area with a are living standup particular starring Chris Rock set for March 4, throughout which he’s going to talk about Will Smith’s Oscar slap.
Tickets for “Stranger Issues: The First Shadow” are anticipated to head on sale within the spring.
