We finally have some official story details on Stranger Things Season 2.
Netflix’s Stranger Things has abruptly emerged from the proverbial Upside Down to take its place as a pop culture phenomenon. It also happens to be one of the streaming outlet’s biggest hits ever with a reported 8.2 million people watching Season 1 in its first 16 days, a feat that apparently surpasses Netflix’s popular Marvel shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and even its headline-generating Making a Murderer documentary series. In other words, the confirmation of Stranger ThingsSeason 2 wasn’t exactly surprising.
For starters, as you might expect, the season picks up almost in real time from when we left off, this time on Halloween 1984. Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer told Entertainment Weekly that Will Byers "seems to be seeing images from the Upside Down—the question is whether they’re real or not,” which explains that weird vision he was having in the trailer (which you can watch below).
Of the new characters, at least one of them will serve the role of human villain this time. Dacre Montgomery's Billy isn't exactly the nicest guy. "“Stephen King always has really great human villains," Duffer said. "The evil in the real world is often as bad or worse than the supernatural evil, so we wanted to introduce a character like that.”
Perhaps most interesting is that Dustin is going to have himself a kind of alien pet, because that's kind of the last piece of the '80s nostalgia puzzle missing from the formula. "It’s a little creature I get to bond with,” Gaten Matarazzo said. “It’s obviously not from this planet or this dimension.”
There's more at Entertainment Weekly, but it's up to you if you think this is knowing too much.
Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer
Finally! Here's the first Stranger ThingsSeason 2 trailer!
When Netflix revealed that Stranger Things Season 2 was a go they did it with this cool little teaser that revealed the episode titles as well:
And while it isn't a trailer, this properly 1980s-styled news report covering the events of season one might also hold a couple of clues for season two:
We wrote about this in more detail here if you're interested.
Stranger Things Season 2 Release Date
Stranger Things season 2 will arrive in "Halloween" 2017. We imagine it will be a little earlier, since Halloween falls on a Tuesday this year and Netflix usually drops its originals on Fridays or Tuesdays. So if they're feeling generous maybe we can get it on Friday, October 27th instead of the 31st? Hopefully it's even sooner than that. We don't want to wait too long.
And you know what's even cooler than that? We know that this season jumps ahead one year, but keeps the chilly autumn vibes. Get ready for Halloween 1984, where a certain summer movie release from a few months before had a clear effect on our young heroes.
Anyone want to take bets that they're the only ones who dressed up for Halloween at school? We've been there.