Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure takes place in Nevada in the 1950s.

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It's Stranger Things day, and Netflix is marking the occasion by giving the go-ahead to a live-action prequel series . The company hasn't announced too many details about Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure , though did confirm it takes place in the 1950s, before the events of the original show and the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow . The new series is coming to Netflix in 2028.

An announcement teaser reveals that Other Worlds is set in Marion, Nevada in 1955. It shows an abandoned bicycle with a radio attached before the camera pans up toward a "restricted area" sign then an ominous-looking sky that erupts with a mighty boom.

"We've been dreaming of Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure for many years now, and to see it become a reality is surreal and exhilarating," Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer said.…