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Title: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on June 09, 2016, 11:04:27 PM
This looks like it could be interesting:

Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King (http://www.tvguide.com/news/stranger-things-trailer-winona-ryder-netflix/)

The Netflix Press Release:

Set in Hawkins Indiana in the 1980’s, Stranger Things chronicles the search for a young boy who vanishes into thin air under highly suspicious circumstances. His mother (Winona Ryder) opens an investigation into the boy’s disappearance with local authorities that unravels a series of mysteries involving top-secret government experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one very strange little girl. A love letter to the ubiquitous cult classics of the 80’s, Stranger Things is also a coming of age story for the boy’s three closest friends that draws them into a world where mysteries lurk beneath the surface.
Title: Re: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Patti Feinberg on June 15, 2016, 08:02:01 PM
Is this currently on Netflix?

Patti
Title: Re: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on June 15, 2016, 08:04:13 PM
Not yet. It starts July 15th.  [ghost_smiley]
Title: Re: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on June 16, 2016, 07:41:56 PM
I was hoping Entertainment Weekly would put the article up on their Web site, but I haven't seen it so far, so I'll just say that in this week's issue Stranger Things is #10 in their SUMMER TV PREVIEW: The 10 Shows You Can't Miss!
Title: Re: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Patti Feinberg on June 18, 2016, 03:34:30 AM
Little confused; is it a made for Netflix movie, or, an ongoing series?

Thanks

Patti
Title: Re: Netflix's Stranger Things Looks Like Steven Spielberg Meets Stephen King
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on June 18, 2016, 07:01:16 PM
From the linked to article:

Stranger Things, an '80-set Netflix thriller series

The series will be 8 eps long.