Stranger Things is finally coming to an end, a mere 37 years after it debuted. But while our favorite kids from Hawkins are bidding farewell to Netflix’s ’80s homage, the show’s creators are not. The Duffer Brothers are developing a spinoff series for the streamer. We know almost nothing about it, and with so much mystery there’s plenty of room for speculation. Only, it sounds like we shouldn’t bother guessing, because only one single person has successfully figured out the premise. Turns out it helps to know the Upside Down inside and out. Finn Wolfhard is the only one who managed to guess what the Duffers have planned.
Wolfhard spoke to Variety‘s Tatiana Siegel about his last days on the Stranger Things set, but the interview also touched on the future of the franchise. Ross Duffer revealed Hawkins’ Mike successfully pegged what the brothers are doing with their spinoff. It’s something no one else saw coming. Duffer said, “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.”
Duffer said they’ve clearly “mind-melded with this kid.” So what did Wolfhard have to say about the next installment of Stranger Things? His answer actually gives us plenty new fodder to speculate ourselves. It also gave us our best reason yet to be excited about the spinoff. From Variety:
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. Don’t even talk about Hawkins. Don’t have any mention of our characters. 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?
We don’t even need any specifics about this spinoff. “David Lynch and Stranger Things” is really all we needed to hear. Kudos to Finn Wolfhard for being the only one who could tell us.
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