Will Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Get A Season 2? Everything We Know

For some fans, it already feels like a lifetime ago since Netflix closed the book on Stranger Things with a fifth and final season so divisive fans even concocted a theory about a secret final, final episode.

One antidote to the turmoil of the cult show wrapping up after almost 10 years, was the promise of spin-offs, the first being an animated series shaped by original creators the Duffer brothers.

Tales From ’85 arrived on Netflix this week, and although it may have received mixed reviews from the critics, plenty of fans have been won over by the fresh invention, while others are left wondering about future instalments in the sc-fi saga outside the animated series.

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Netflix is yet to make an official announcement on that front. However, based on what the cast and creators are saying, it hasn’t been ruled out.

What we do know is that showrunner Eric Robles is interested in exploring those characters further in the future, and making sure it ties in cleanly with the rest of the Stranger Things universe.

“The hopes are, if we continue with the series, we’ll make sure that we kind of tie it right back to the beginning of season three,” he told the Radio Times, referring to Tales From ’85 and its taking place between the events of season two and three of the original Netflix series.

Meanwhile Brooklyn Davey Norstedt – who voices Eleven in the series, taking over from Millie Bobby Brown – is also keen for a fresh run of episodes.

“That would be amazing,” she enthused when asked about a second season. “I know they definitely have ideas,.

“I think, right now, they’re really focused on the launch of season one,” Brooklyn added. “I think it’s going to be a great one for families to see together. We’re just all very pumped for the first season, and if anything else comes from it, that would be great.”

Whether or not it comes to fruition, it looks like Tales From ’85 has been left in such a way that a second season would be an easy pick-up.

As well as finishing on a cliffhanger, there are some characters still knocking around at the end of the series that we know don’t exist in the original Stranger Things universe, such as Marty Supreme star Odessa A’zion’s character, Nikki.

With showrunner Robles already saying he hopes to bring Tales From ’85 right back round to where season three of the original Netflix show begins, that means there’s some loose ends (and characters) to tie up.

Sadly, there’s no way back for the Stranger Things we know and love.

Making the wise decision to quit while they’re ahead and dodge any “gross cash grabs”, the Duffer brothers have remained firm in their stance that season five was the final chapter for the existing cast and the world they inhabited.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter shortly after season five finished, Matt Duffer explained: “Mike’s closing the basement door. We’re closing the door on the story.”

“That’s one reason we had the closing credits the way we did, because it was a way of saying: ‘This is finite. This is the end of their story. It’s the end of the story of Mike and Eleven and Joyce and Hopper’.” he added.

“So, no, there’s no plan or intention to tell the story because it’s a coming-of age story. Ultimately, that’s what it’s supposed to be. That’s what the show always was. When he closes the door to the basement, he’s closing the door on his childhood and he’s moving onto adulthood.”

We won’t hold our breath, then.

While it’s the end of live-action Stranger Things in its original format, the Duffer brothers have teased an intriguing addition to the universe.

“It’s early days but we’re excited about it,” Matt Duffer told the BBC back in November. “It’s new characters and a new mystery, so it’s different, but it will be in the same world as Stranger Things.”

One person who’s clued up on the spin-off is Finn Wolfhard aka Mike, who accidentally guessed the plot of the series and confirmed that, unlike Stranger Things, the new project wouldn’t be set in the 1980s.

Finn previously spoke to Variety about that prediction, saying it would be “like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks” and “sort of an anthology” with “different tones” but a “similar” or “same universe”.

Stage show Stranger Things: The First Shadow is booking in London until 6 September 2026, or if you fancy a trip across the pond you can also see it on Broadway.

The First Shadow show is set in Hawkins, 1959 “before the world turned upside down” and is based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers.

It also features well-known characters like Joyce, Jim Hopper and Dr Brenner played by stage actors and has picked up five-star reviews for its “truly dark” take on the franchise.

Earlier this year, it was also reported that the Broadway play had been recorded for a rumoured Netflix special.

Stranger Things and season one of Tales From ’85 are both streaming now on Netflix.