WATCH: Star discusses Stranger Things’ future as first two clips drop from season 5

November 16th, 2025 by Marc Comments

With the end in sight for Stranger Things, well, the main series anyway, some of the stars are already looking ahead to what comes next in the phenomenon.

We already have the stage show and the animated series on the horizon and we know that Netflix wants the Stranger Things universe to continue to expand, so a new live-action series can only be a matter of time. Ghostbusters and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has been discussing the first (potential) live-action spin-off series from creators the Duffer brothers and has said he would like it to be a Twin Peaks-esque outing.

WATCH: The first five minutes of Stranger Things season 5 are here for your viewing pleasure

The young star, who plays Mike, said of the potential new show: “[It should be] like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Sort of an anthology and different tones but similar universe or same universe. I think set in different places and all tied together through this mythology of the Upside Down.” 

However, despite his excitement, he’s also made it clear that he won’t be in the show and none of the OG cast will be: “Don’t even talk about Hawkins. Don’t have any mention of our characters,” he says.

On top of that, could there be a global/international feel to the series? He hints at a wider universe on top of the Upside Down: “They were toying around with ideas in case Netflix wanted them. I’m sure they do, and I’m sure it will happen, but there’s nothing official. I think the coolest way, the way that I would do it, there has to be labs everywhere. If there was one in Hawkins, there’s one in Russia. Where else could they be?”

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But is this really what the series will be? Em… it looks like it.

Series co-creator Ross Duffer seems to confirm that Wolfhard might be barking up the right tree for the new series and what it might be: “Nobody – not Netflix, not any of the producers, not any of the directors, not any of the actors – nobody else has figured out what the spinoff is. Finn figured out, which is pretty remarkable. We’ve mind-melded with this kid a bit.”

Once the main series ends on New Year’s Day, I would expect more news of the franchise’s future to be released, so strap yourselves in, Upside Down fans, I have a feeling the journey is far from over yet.

WATCH: Cinematic trailer drops for Stranger Things: The First Shadow

We’re less than two weeks out from the first part of the final season dropping. Are you excited?

Volume 1: November 27, 2025 @ 1am GMT
Volume 2: December 26, 2025 @ 1am GMT
The Finale: January 1, 2025 @ 1am GMT

Check out the first two clips from season 5:

Clip one:

Clip two:

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Source: Dexerto

Marc

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….