Reports Say Netflix Captured 'Stranger Things' Stage Prequel With Original Broadway Cast

Overview

• Entertainment outlets citing Collider report that Stranger Things: The First Shadow was filmed for Netflix after public performances were briefly paused and then resumed on February 15.
• Producers aimed to lock the original Broadway lineup, including Tony nominee Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, ahead of expected departures later in March.
• No release details have been announced, and coverage indicates the recording will likely stream as a single feature-length presentation of about two and a half hours.
• The play is a canonical 1959 prequel set in Hawkins that follows a young Henry Creel and features younger versions of Joyce Byers, Jim Hopper, and Bob Newby.
• Fan speculation about a separate Stranger Things movie persists, though actor Nell Fisher said she has not heard of such a project, as Netflix readies the 3D animated Tales From ’85 for April 23 and develops a live-action spinoff.