Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has correctly guessed the outline of the popular Netflix show's live-action spin-off and it's 'like David Lynch's
Twin Peaks'

Date:
Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:03:47 +0000

Description:
Ahead of Stranger Things season 5's release, one of its main actors has
solved a big mystery about its live-action spin-off.

FULL STORY ======================================================================A key Stranger Things actor has already guessed a big detail about one of its spin-offs Finn Wolfhard is the only person who's worked out the outline of
its live-action offshoot It's been described as "like David Finch's Twin
Peaks "

The final season of Stranger Things ' mainline show isn't out yet, but one of its key cast members has already worked out what its live-action spin-off is about.

Speaking as part of a Variety profile piece on Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in the popular Netflix show, its creators Ross and Matt Duffer revealed Wolfhard had correctly guessed what said offshoot's premise entails.

First, a bit of background on that untitled project: in late 2022, Netflix revealed that the Duffer brothers were developing two spin-offs of their massively successful supernatural sci-fi horror series via their Upside Down Pictures production company. One of those, titled Tales From '85 , is an animated project that'll tell an original story between Stranger Things ' third and fourth seasons , and feature many of the show's primary cast. It's unclear if they'll be voiced by the same actors who played them in the main series, though.

However, confirmation that the other project is a live-action one notwithstanding, we've heard nothing else about one of the best Netflix shows ' other offshoots. Well, until today (August 5), anyway. Netflix will wrap up Stranger Tihings' main story with a fifth and final season (Image credit: Netflix)

So, what is it? The Duffers didn't provide any answers when asked by Variety, but did admit that Wolfhard had perfectly surmised what the siblings were planning to do from a storytelling perspective.

"Nobody not Netflix, not any of the producers, not any of the directors, not any of the actors nobody else has figured out what the spinoff is," Ross Duffer said. "Finn figured it out, which is pretty remarkable. Weve mind-melded with this kid a bit."

Interviewed as part of the same Variety article, Wolfhard was a bit more forthcoming on one of the projects that'll follow in Stranger Things season 5 's footsteps. Indeed, while he didn't state what the Duffers were planning,
he gave us a tantalizing glimpse into the kind of story or, rather, stories they're looking to tell.

"[It's] like David Lynchs Twin Peaks ," the young star teased. "Sort of an anthology and different tones, but similar universe or same universe. I think [it'll be] set in different places and all tied together through this mythology of the Upside Down. Dont even talk about Hawkins [and] dont have
any mention of our characters.

"They were toying around with ideas in case Netflix wanted them," he continued. "Im sure they do and Im sure it will happen, but theres nothing official. I think the coolest way, the way that I would do it, there has to
be labs everywhere. If there was one in Hawkins, theres one in Russia. Where else could they be?" Matt and Ross Duffer are developing new projects set in the Stranger Things universe (Image credit: Netflix)

An anthology series set in the Stranger Things universe with a 'new weird' genre vibe similar to that of one of the best shows of the last 40 years?
Sign me up.

As for the fifth and final season on Netflix's incredibly popular TV
Original, its launch is only a few months away now. Indeed, Stranger Things season 5's trio of release dates were revealed in June, and its first volume, which comprises four episodes, will debut on one of the world's best
streaming services this November.

More recently, we were finally treated to the first official trailer for Stranger Things season 5 , which only heightened my excitement for its last hurrah. After a three-and-a-half year wait for it, here's hoping Stranger Things 5 lives up to the hype. You might also like Stranger Things season 5's 12-month shoot yielded 650-plus hours of footage for its eight 'blockbuster movie' episodes, the popular Netflix show's creators say Stranger Things season 5 will be released in 2025 and Netflix has finally lifted the lid on some key details about its plot First look at Stranger Things season 5
reveals new characters, fan-favorite team-ups, and a time jump



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