Stranger Things’ Star Shares Wild Theory About the Spinoff originally appeared on Parade.
Even though Stranger Things is coming to an end with the series finale set to premiere on New Year’s Eve, Finn Wolfhard still has some ideas regarding what the spinoff series will be about.
“Like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Sort of an anthology and different tones but similar universe or same universe,” Wolfhard, 22, said in a new interview with Variety published on Tuesday, August 5. “I think set in different places and all tied together through this mythology of the Upside Down. Don’t even talk about Hawkins. Don’t have any mention of our characters.”
However, before fans get too excited, the Ghostbusters: Afterlife star clarified that no official announcements about a spinoff had been made just yet.
“[Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer] were toying around with ideas in case Netflix wanted them. I’m sure they do, and I’m sure it will happen, but there’s nothing official,” he explained. “I think the coolest way, the way that I would do it, there has to be labs everywhere. If there was one in Hawkins, there’s one in Russia. Where else could they be?”
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In 2023, Wolfhard revealed that he had previously been a little too close for comfort in his guess about what the Duffers had planned for a spinoff.
“I was like, ‘But if you guys are actually going to do a spin-off, it should be this.’ And then I said it and the Duffers looked at each other and looked at me and they were like, ‘Could we talk to you for a second?’” he said during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. “And then they pulled me off and they were like, ‘That is the idea. Who told you?’ and I was like, ‘No one,’ and they were like ‘What do you mean? You just came up with it?’ and I was like, ‘Well, no, I just thought that that would be a cool way to expand.’ It was really funny and they were like ‘Okay, well… don’t tell anyone.’”
Granted, the Duffers could have easily changed their mind since then, but dedicated Stranger Things fans might want to brush up on their Twin Peaks lore just in case.
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Stranger Things’ Star Shares Wild Theory About the Spinoff first appeared on Parade on Aug 6, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
