‘Stranger Things’ Creators Matt and Ross Duffer Set New Movie for 2028 at Paramount

“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer have set their first film under their rich, four-year deal at Paramount.

The Duffer brothers will write and direct a new, yet-to-be-titled movie at the studio, dated for wide theatrical release on November 3, 2028. Details about the mysterious project, including the plot, are being kept under wraps. The film is being developed by the Duffers’ production company Upside Down Pictures.

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The Duffers have directed one other feature, the post-apocalyptic thriller “Hidden,” which Warner Bros. released on the VOD market after a long delay. M. Night Shyamalan, however, liked their script for the film so much that he hired them as writers on his 2015 Fox series “Wayward Pines.” From there, the Duffers set out on their “Stranger Things” journey; the 80s-set sci-fi show debuted in July 2016, instantly becoming Netflix’s first homegrown hit and establishing the brothers and name-brand creators.

After wrapping up “Stranger Things” with a fifth and final season, the Duffers wound down their Netflix deal to enter a wide-ranging, four-year exclusive pact for movies, television and streaming projects at Paramount, with an emphasis on producing “ambitious” and “large-scale theatrical films.” The move reunited the Duffers with Cindy Holland, Paramount’s new head of streaming, who greenlit “Stranger Things” at Netflix, and Matt Thunell, president of Paramount TV, who also worked with the brothers at the streamer. The duo also work closely with Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, who share film and series creative duties at the studio.

The Duffers hadn’t been looking to leave Netflix, but, as they told Adam B. Vary and Kate Aurthur last year for a Variety cover story, they were anxious to realize another career goal: making their first theatrically released movie.

“We’re going to turn 42 soon,” Matt Duffer said. “I was like, ‘If we’re going to do a movie for the theaters, let’s go!’”