Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of “Stranger Things,” are launching a new label with Netflix titled Upside Down Pictures, and several hot projects are already on the menu.
Deadline exclusively reports this afternoon that Upside Down Pictures is planning a “Stranger Things” spinoff series, an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Talisman, and more!
The focus for Upside Down Pictures projects is said to be on “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.”
Hilary Leavitt (“Orphan Black,” “Shining Girls”) is on board to run the label.
Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of “Stranger Things,” are launching a new label with Netflix titled Upside Down Pictures, and several hot projects are already on the menu.
Deadline exclusively reports this afternoon that Upside Down Pictures is planning a “Stranger Things” spinoff series, an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Talisman, and more!
The focus for Upside Down Pictures projects is said to be on “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.”
Hilary Leavitt (“Orphan Black,” “Shining Girls”) is on board to run the label.
Deadline details the following projects in the works at Upside Down Pictures…
“A new live action series adaptation of Death Note, the Japanese manga and anime series originally written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
“An original series from creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).
“A series adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub‘s 1984 novel The Talisman which the Duffers will craft alongside Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Paramount Television. Created by Stranger Things’ Co-EP and writer Curtis Gwinn, The Talisman tells the story of a young man who moves between New Hampshire and an alternate world called ‘The Territories’ to obtain an artifact that will save his mother’s life. While The Talisman shares otherworldly qualities with Stranger Things, “It’s much more fantasy. It has sci-fi. It has horror elements. It has a lot of heart. It has everything that we love. And it’s got the best werewolf character I think, ever,” Matt Duffer told Deadline in yesterday’s in-depth interview.
“A new stage play set within the world and mythology of Stranger Things, produced by prolific UK-based stage producer Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry and Netflix. Daldry, whose credits include The Crown, Billy Elliot and The Reader, will also direct. 21 Laps will serve as Associate Producer.
“The aforementioned live-action Stranger Things spin-off series for Netflix, based on an original idea by The Duffer Brothers, with Upside Down and 21 Laps producing.”
