Stranger Things may be over, but the franchise is just getting started. Before the fifth and final season even premiered on Netflix, fans were already gearing up for a brand-new spinoff: Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85, an animated series focusing on the time between Seasons 2 and 3. On top of that, the Broadway show Stranger Things: The First Shadow is being filmed for a future Netflix release.
But both of these projects have one big problem, something that could point out why a franchise can’t survive on prequels alone.
