The Duffer brothers trade the Hawkins children for retirees from the New Mexico desert.
‘Stranger Things’, one of the best original series on Netflix, will conclude with its fifth season. The last batch of episodes will begin shooting in two months, but the end of ‘Stranger Things’ will not be the end of the working relationship between the creators of the series, the Duffer brothers and the streaming platform.
In fact, Netflix announced today that it has given the green light to ‘The Boroughs’, a new supernatural mystery series to be produced by the Duffers. and created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’), who will also act as showrunners.
The official synopsis for ‘The Boroughs’ (which could be translated as “neighborhoods”, “barrios” or “districts”) reads as follows: “In a quaint retirement home in the New Mexico desert, A band of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have… time.“. And the first thing that comes to mind is the great horror comedy ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’, in which Bruce Campbell (‘Infernal Possession’) played an elderly Elvis against a soul-stealing mummy.
Hilary Leavitt, of the Duffer’s production company Upside Down Pictures (remember, “Upside Down” is “Upside Down World”), will also executive produce this series.
The first season will consist of eight episodesThe Duffer Brothers have stated that “We have been fans of Jeff and Will’s writing for a long time, and when they presented their idea for ‘The Boroughs’ to us, we immediately knew they had something very special on their hands. Although hehe heroes of ‘The Boroughs’ are a few years older than the kids of ‘Stranger Things,’ they are an equally lovable group of misfitsand we can’t wait for you to join them on an adventure that is sometimes terrifying and hilarious, and sometimes deeply moving.”
The showrunners Addis and Matthews They added: “We are thrilled to be back on Netflix. Working alongside the Duffer brothers and their team has been a dream come true. They bring the perfect balance of heart and horror to our story.. We can’t wait for audiences around the world to discover the dark mystery buried beneath the sunny façade of ‘The Boroughs’.
Basic details such as the cast or the release date are still unknown, but the truth is that we already have enough ingredients to consider ‘The Boroughs’ as one of the most anticipated series on Netflix for… 2023? 2024?
Source: Fotogramas
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