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Netflix’s Winona Ryder-starrer ‘Stranger Things’ Premieres This July
“Stranger Things,” set in Indiana, is a love letter to the ‘80s classics that captivated a generation.
This weekend Netflix announced their plans for a trio of new projects, including “Kong,” “Black Mirror” and “Jessica Jones.”
Now, adding to the growing list of originally programming, Netflix will premiere “Stranger Things”globally on Friday, July 15, 2016 at 12:01am PT.
The new drama series written and directed by Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer (“Wayward Pines,” “Hidden”) consists of eight, one-hour long episodes.
“In the series, a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family, and local police search for answers, they are drawn into an extraordinary mystery involving top secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one very strange little girl.”
“Stranger Things” stars Winona Ryder (“Show Me a Hero”), David Harbour (“Suicide Squad”), Finn Wolfhard (“The 100, Aftermath,” “The Resurrection”), Millie Brown (“BBC’s Intruders,” “Once Upon A Time,” “NCIS”), Gaten Matarazzo (“The Blacklist”), Caleb McLaughlin (“The Lion Kingon Broadway”), Noah Schnapp (“Bridge of Spies,” “The Peanuts Movie”), Natalia Dyer (“After Darkness,” “Hannah Montana: The Movie”), Charlie Heaton (“Shut In,” “Urban and the Shed Crew”), and Matthew Modine (“Weeds,” “Proof”).
The Duffer Brothers are writing, directing and showrunning the series, and will serve as executive producers along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen via their 21 Laps entertainment banner (The Spectacular Now, Night At The Museum, Real Steel, Date Night).
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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