Netflix is breaking
new ground in streaming service franchise extensions with a live play based on its phenomenally popular “Stranger Things” series.
“Stranger Things: The First
Shadow,” written by “Stranger Things” writer and Co-Executive Producer Kate Trefry, will debut at the Phoenix Theater in London’s West End later this year, with tickets on sale
this spring. It is being directed by Stephen Daldry, a Tony and Olivier award winner.
The series’ creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, described the play as a “journey into the
past that sets the groundwork for the future of Stranger Things.”
The play is part of a deal that the brothers struck with Netflix to develop new
projects. Others in the works include a “Stranger Things” spinoff series and another original series.
“Stranger Things,” which debuted in
2016, is Netflix’s most-watched English-language series, having pulled 1.35 billion viewing hours for its fourth season, which bowed last year.
The series is
set to end after Season 5.
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