A 'Stranger Things' animated series is coming

By Stephen Iervolino

Video by Faith Bernstein

The "Stranger Things" phenomenon will continue on in animated form.

A new animated series that's "set within the Duffer Brothers' Stranger Things universe" is coming, Netflix announced Monday.

In the announcement, Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling creators of the smash series and executive producers of the upcoming untitled series, shared a statement on their excitement for the animated version.

"We've always dreamed of an animated Stranger Things in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving, and to see this dream realized has been absolutely thrilling," they said.

Their statement continued, "We couldn't be more blown away by what Eric Robles and his team have come up with -- the scripts and artwork are incredible, and we can't wait to share more with you! The adventure continues."

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(L to R) Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Eduardo Franco as Argyle in "Stranger Things."

This is the latest medium change for the hit Netflix series, which announced last month that the stage play "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" will make its debut on London's West End later this year.

Directed by Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, the stage production will be set before the events of the show and will reveal things were pretty much always amiss in Hawkins, Indiana.

Meanwhile, shooting on the fifth and final season of "Stranger Things" will reportedly commence in May or June of this year, with a debut sometime in 2024.