Netflix announces Stranger Things spin-off as creators form new production company
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The streaming giant revealed Wednesday that the creators of the hit series, Matt and Ross Duffer, have formed Upside Down Pictures, a new production company that will develop film and television projects, including a "Stranger Things" spin-off, as part of the brothers overall deal with Netflix. Not only does it already have an overall deal with the Duffer Brothers, "Stranger Things" just topped a billion hours viewed on the streaming platform, a feat that has only been accomplished by one other show, "Squid Game." "Matt and Ross are an exceptionally unique talent with a vision so crisp and clear," said co-CEO Ted Sarandos in a statement Wednesday. "They are all about the details — its no accident that Stranger Things has pierced the zeitgeist to become the epic pop culture phenomenon it is today." "Stories that take place at that beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where big spectacle co-exists with intimate character work, where heart wins out over cynicism."