Netflix has just confirmed that Stranger Things Season 2 is happening.
There are two types of television viewer this summer: those who have seen Stranger Things and can’t stop recommending it to their friends, family, and co-workers and those who haven’t see it yet but are constantly being bugged to start streaming it immediately.
But Netflix has just officially revealed that Stranger Things Season 2 is a go, and this one will take place in the Fall of 1984 (season one took place in November of 1983). It will arrive in 2017.
Check out the teaser:
Earlier this summer, first-time showrunners, Matt and Ross Duffer, admitted there is a deeper story to tell. Matt told Variety, “There’s a bigger mythology, and there’s a lot of dangling threads at the end. We could explore it if Netflix wanted to continue.” With the nostalgic appeal of the 80’s setting and overall aesthetic, there’s certainly room for expansion.
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Chief Content Officer for Netflix, Ted Sarandos, was not ready to commit to a season 2 for Stranger Things at the Television Critic’s Association press tour in Beverly Hills, saying, “We want to let it breathe a little bit,” but with the breakout success of the summer show, it’s easy to interpret that door being left open as a good sign.
“It’s about giving enough so the audience feels satisfied,” says co-creator Ross Duffer, who attributes much of the show’s success to the casting. “The second Netflix greenlit us, we started looking right away, seeing kids from all around the world,” he remembers. “As time consuming as it was, there are so few kids that can operate at this level.”
It helped that they were able to mold the scripts to the characters as the show was being filmed since only a single script existed when production began. “What I love about TV is it’s a little more malleable,” Matt says. “They push you to make the characters more interesting.”
With that sort of flexibility, a Stranger Things season 2 could push them even further.
Stranger Things Season 2 Release Date
All they've told us so far is that Stranger Things season 2 will arrive in 2017. You can bet we'll let you know as soon as we hear more!
Stranger Things was a topic of discussion on the August edition of Sci Fi Fidelity on the Den of Geek Podcast Network. Listen on Soundcloud or simply play the episode below.
