After the divisive final season of Stranger Things, which concluded at the very end of 2025, the show's creators, the Duffer Brothers, have been focusing on facilitating others' projects. They've served as executive producers on the acclaimed horror series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, which premiered in March, and on the spin-off Stranger Things: Tales from '85, which premiered in May. The brothers' third series as executive producers in as many months is all set to debut this week on Netflix, as they prepare to begin a stint at Paramount. The Duffer Brothers, who gave Netflix one of its most-watched hits ever with Stranger Things, are pursuing new opportunities because they reportedly want to make theatrical movies.

The Duffer Brothers, who rose to fame after spearheading the platform-defining hit Stranger Things for Netflix, are set to begin a creative collaboration with Paramount. The brothers were reportedly keen to explore making movies for the big screen, which wouldn't have been possible at Netflix. At least, it wouldn't have been possible at Netflix until recently, when the streamer announced a fairly traditional theatrical roll-out for Greta Gerwig's upcoming Narnia movie. That said, the Duffers continue to produce new projects for Netflix via their Upside Down Productions banner, having already released the critically acclaimed horror series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen earlier this year. Now, they're gearing up for the release of their latest series, a sci-fi project that will have more in common with Stranger Things than with Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.