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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.
Between these two projects, the Duffers also executive produced Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85, an animated spin-off set between the second and third seasons of the blockbuster sci-fi show. Stranger Things ran for nearly a decade, between 2016 and 2025. As seasons passed, the show’s scale and budget grew. It remains one of the most-watched titles in Netflix’s history. Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, on the other hand, was a more niche project. Created by Haley Z. Boston, the horror limited series is now sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Marrying horror and atmospheric storytelling to thrilling effect, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen ably transports newlywed jitters to the surrealist realm of binge-worthy TV.”
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen debuted on March 26; Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 was released on April 23; and the Duffers’ third series in as many months will premiere on May 21. The show we’re talking about is The Boroughs, which revolves around a group of elderly residents at a retirement community who must band together to take down a mysterious foe. The Boroughs stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Clarke Peters, Bill Pullman, and Alfre Woodard, among others. The eight-episode series is created by Jeffrey Adiss and Will Matthews.
The Boroguhs* *premieres on Netflix on May 21. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.