LOS ANGELES, April 10 (Reuters) – An animated sequence set within the sci-fi world of “Stranger Issues” is in growth at Netflix (NFLX.O), a part of the streaming service’s efforts to develop the hit sequence right into a wide-ranging franchise.
Netflix introduced the sequence in an announcement launched on Monday however gave no title or launch date and few particulars.
“We’ve at all times dreamed of an animated ‘Stranger Issues’ within the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving,” the Duffer brothers, creators of the unique “Stranger Issues” sequence, mentioned within the assertion.
“Stranger Issues” debuted on Netflix in 2016 and have become the corporate’s most-watched English language sequence. The present tells the story of a gaggle of youngsters battling uncommon happenings within the fictional city of Hawkins, Indiana.
Netflix had beforehand introduced {that a} “Stranger Issues” spinoff present was within the works and a play that may debut at London’s West Finish in November.
Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Modifying by Mark Porter
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