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While filming Season 5 of Netflix’s Stranger Things will be delayed due to the WGA strike, the world of the show is headed to the stage in a brand-new show. The official Twitter account of the show released a new teaser for the production that’s headed to London’s West End later this year–and it could have a tie-in to Season 5. The stage show, called The First Shadow, will be set in 1959 and feature a young Jim Hopper.
It’s unknown if any of the show’s stars will be part of the production, but it’s definitely a workaround since the show is on hiatus and wasn’t be coming out until 2025 at the earliest. Check out the bizarre trailer below.
The trailer showed the famous grandfather clock that spun counterclockwise, going to the past and flashbacked to some of the show’s famous moments. This was the same visual they used to count down to the Season 4 trailer as clocks are a repeated theme throughout the show. The First Shadow will be written by the Duffers and Stephen Daltry (The Hours) and directed by Stranger Things alum Kate Trefry.
“Collaborating with the brilliant Stephen Daldry has been nothing short of inspiring, and Kate Trefry has written a play that is at turns surprising, scary, and heartfelt,” the Duffer Brothers said in a statement. “You will meet endearing new characters, as well as very familiar ones, on a journey into the past that sets the groundwork for the future of Stranger Things. We’re dying to tell you more about the story but won’t – it’s more fun to discover it for yourself.”
The teaser comes just a week shy of the show’s seventh anniversary. Over the past seven years, its become one of Netflix’s biggest original shows and helped launch the careers of its young stars. Stranger Things has also become a merchandising juggernaut with action figures, board games, video games, and clothing.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow premieres in November, but is sold out until January of next year.
