The creators of “Stranger Things” can leave Netflix

Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its greatest successes.

Earlier this week, Variety and other Hollywood publications reported that Matt and Ross Duffer, the brothers who created “Stranger Things” (and wrote and produced many episodes), were in talks to sign an exclusive agreement with Paramount (NOW Under the property of the Skydance of David Ellison). Then Friday evening, Matthew Belloni de Puck that the Duffers actually had “made their choice” and went to Paramount.

The ambition of the Duffer Brothers seems to have increased with each season of “Stranger Things”, as the episodes developed longer, the sets have become more spectacular and that the budget increased accordingly, with A cost of season 4 reported from $ 30 million per episode.

It is therefore not surprising that the Duffers are interested in making big budget films – an area where Netflix had trouble, partly because of its thorny relationship with the theatrical sector, which CO -PDG Ted Sarandos recently described as an “obsolete concept”.

Although Netflix publishes some films in theaters, he resisted giving these outings an exclusive exclusive window before launching in streaming, which means that Netflix films are generally not displayed by the main channels.

It was, apparently, a point of snack for the director of “Barbie” Greta Gerwig, so the first of her films “Narnia” for Netflix Play exclusively on IMAX screens For two weeks (or more) Before going to streaming the day of Christmas 2026. And it seems that it was also important for the Duffers, Belloni reporting that the “theatrical component” turned out to be the “dealbreaker” in their negotiations.

L’absence des frères ne sera pas immédiatement perceptible sur Netflix, qui publiera la dernière saison de “Stranger Things” en trois (!) Parties plus tard cette année, et où les Duffers ont deux nouveaux spectacles qui devraient être lancés en 2026. De plus, l’Empire “Stranger Things” est en croissance, avec la croissance, avec une croissance, avec une croissance, avec la croissance, avec la croissance, avec la croissance, avec la croissance, avec la croissance, avec la Growth, with growth, with growth, with growth, with growth, with growth, with the Empire “Stranger Things” with, with, with, with growth, with the “Stranger Thing Empire a prequel Play Broadway, A animated series Soon, and a live action would have been in the work.