Since the duffer brothers They signed their debut in 2015 under the title of ‘Hidden: Terror in Kingsville’ and at the hands of Warner Bros. the duo’s career has been projected at full speed. After participating as writers and producers in the cathodic ‘Wayward Pines’ by M. Night Shyamalan, Matt and Ross Duffer have catapulted their international fame thanks to ‘Stranger Things’, but they still have much to do.
upside down productions
After the premiere of the fantastic fourth season of the Netflix series, those from North Carolina have announced the creation of their new production company, which they have named Upside Down Pictureswhich will be directed by Hillary Leavitt —’Orphan Black’, ‘Ozark’— and will develop series and feature film projects as part of its agreement with the streaming platform.
According to the Duffers, Upside Down Pictures “aims to create stories that inspired us growing up, stories that take place at those beautiful crossroads where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, where grand spectacle coexists with intimate character development, where heart beats cynicism”.
Under this premise, filmmakers, screenwriters and producers already have a good string of projects under the arm, which includes adaptations, original ideas and, of course, spin-offs of his star work. They are the following:
- A new live-action series based on the manga ‘Death Note’ by Tsugumi Ohba and in the later anime.
- An original series led by Will Matthews and Jeffrey Addiss, responsible for ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’.
- An adaptation, also in serial form, of the novel ‘The Talisman’ by Stephen King and Peter Straubdeveloped together with Amblin Entertainment and Paramount Television and created by Curtis Gwinn —producer of ‘Stranger Things’ and screenwriter on series like ‘Invincible’, ‘Narcos’ or ‘The Leftovers’—.
- A play set in the ‘Stranger Things’ universe directed by Stephen Daldry —’The Reader’, ‘The Hours’, ‘Billy Elliot’—.
- A spin-off of ‘Stranger Things’ with a live-action series format based on an original idea by the Duffers.
There is no doubt that the start of Upside Down Pictures, at least on paper, is wildly ambitious. We’ll see how the Duffer’s new adventure evolves while we patiently wait for the still distant premiere of the fifth and final season of ‘Stranger Things’.