Stranger Things’ journey through the “Upside Down” doesn’t end with Season 3, apparently there’s a much longer arc in-development and where it goes might surprise you. It was just last summer when we met this collection of troubled kids, their extended families, and their hard-nosed Sheriff from the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana — in a gripping homage to 80s sci-fi and horror movies — a show that came out of nowhere and set the Internet on fire. Stranger Things was THE water-cooler topic of 2016, and there’s every indication that Season 2 is prepared to build and expand on everything from that first epic season.
Unfortunately, those first 8 episodes were gone in a flash, and initially it wasn’t even clear if there would be a second season… but now it’s becoming obvious that the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, and Netflix have no intention of stopping after just two seasons. According to Forbes, who spoke with director Shawn Levy, they’re only just getting started.
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Levy, who directed the Night at the Museum franchise, Date Night, and Real Steel in recent years, hit it big with Stranger Things in 2016, where he’s also an executive producer. Levy talks about the future of the show:
“There is no plan to stop Stranger Things after three seasons. That rumor is false. I will say right now we have a vision and arc for this story longer than three seasons. Additionally, we aren’t fighting the fact that our kids are getting older, we’re adjusting our storytelling so that we don’t infantilize them.”
This is really cool news, but in a way it’s also a little disappointing. One of the joys of Stranger Things was the uncertainty and tension in its storytelling — it felt like anyone could die at any moment. Knowing that we’re due for several more seasons with this same core cast implies that most of them will survive (and apparently death is negotiable too, as Millie Bobbie Brown is back in Season 2, Episode 1).
At the same time, it’s intriguing to learn that the show intends to stay with these kids as they get older. Does that imply that each season represents another year in these kid’s lives? I hope so, because it introduces the possibility of some really interesting narratives, as Levy explains:
“There was definitely something magic about these kids in season one. They’re still singular performers even as they get older and their innocence is replaced by more complicated new forms of their identity so we’re not going to try to handcuff them to the kids they were in season one. We’re going to try and grow with them, we’re going to write to their growth the way Game of Thrones has with Arya and Sansa.”
Stranger Things looks to up the ante in Season 2, as the “Upside Down” alternate dimension appears to cross over into our own reality. We also have new cast members (Sean Astin) and villains (Paul Reiser) joining the show — and almost certainly a boatload of surprises. Perhaps we’ll also get some answers regarding the goals of the Hawkins National Laboratory and their quest to study or harness whatever it is they’ve discovered on the other side.
How do you feel about Stranger Things extending beyond Season 3? Let us know in the comments down below!
Stranger Things Season 2 hits Netflix on October 27, 2017.
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SOURCE: Forbes
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