Overview
- The animated spinoff is set in winter 1985 between Seasons 2 and 3, following the core group as they confront new monsters and a town-wide paranormal puzzle.
- Netflix’s logline asks whether the threat comes from the Upside Down, Hawkins Lab, or elsewhere, with the teaser hinting that something survived earlier events.
- Eric Robles serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside Matt and Ross Duffer, Hilary Leavitt, Shawn Levy, and Dan Cohen.
- Flying Bark Productions handles animation, and the all-new voice cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt (Eleven), Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Max), Luca Diaz (Mike), Elisha “EJ” Williams (Lucas), Braxton Quinney (Dustin), Benjamin Plessala (Will), Brett Gipson (Hopper), and Jeremy Jordan (Steve), with Janeane Garofalo, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Odessa A’zion in additional roles.
- Early online response highlights both enthusiasm for a return to Hawkins and skepticism about continuity following the live-action finale.