The Duffer Brothers Discuss 'Stranger Things' Spinoff, Say It's '1000% Different' Then Flagship Series
Ross and Matt Duffer are setting the record straight about a Stranger Things spinoff.
Fans already probably know that the two brothers are currently developing a new series based on the hit Netflix show, with rumors circulating in September 2021 that the show would likely focus on Millie Bobby Brown‘s character Eleven.
But during a recently episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Matt and Ross said that it was unlikely the spinoff would be centered on any of the main characters from the current iteration of the show.
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“It’s not following… I’ve read these rumors that there’s gonna be an Eleven spinoff, that there’s gonna be a Steve and Dustin spinoff or that it’s another number,” they explained. “That’s not interesting to me because we’ve done all that. We’ve spent I don’t know how many hours exploring all of that. So it’s very different.”
The Duffer Brothers said the spinoff will be “1000% different” than the current series, with the greatest similarity uniting the two shows being their “storytelling sensibility.”
“Hopefully we find that right person to pass the baton to while we go on to do new stuff,” they said, adding they were “really jazzed” about their spinoff idea. The brothers also noted that not even Netflix knew what they had planned for the spinoff.
During the same interview, the pair also addressed the runtime for episodes in season 5. Check out what they said here.