Category: Netflix

The First Shadow coming to Netflix

A new piece of stranger things information, and what’s coming to Netflix next

There’s been a lot of speculation about what’s next in the Stranger Things universe, and today we may finally have a concrete new piece of the puzzle.


According to an exclusive report from Collider, the Broadway prequel Stranger Things: The First Shadow is officially being professionally filmed by Netflix for a future release on the platform.
For fans who haven’t been able to make it to Broadway or the West End, this is big news. Up until now, The First Shadow — which explores the origins of the show’s central villain  has been one of the most inaccessible pieces of the Stranger Things canon. In true Upside Down fashion, it existed… but just out of reach.


Collider reports that a full week of performances, from Tuesday, February 10 through Saturday, February 14, has been canceled specifically to facilitate filming. Even better, the recorded version will feature the Tony Award–winning production’s original cast, including Louis McCartney, T.R. Knight, Gabrielle Nevaeh, and Alex Breaux. Netflix confirmed late last year that filming would happen, but this is the clearest signal yet that the release is truly on the way.
This announcement may land differently depending on the type of fan you are.

A lot of viewers were told — repeatedly — that seeing The First Shadow was almost required viewing before Season 5 of Stranger Things. And yet, many fans walked away from Season 5 feeling that the show didn’t strictly rely on the Broadway storyline after all. That disconnect left some hardcore fans confused about just how “essential” the play really was.


Still, this is undeniably cool news.


For those of us who wanted to get to the Broadway show but never quite made it happen, a Netflix release feels like the next best thing. And for the global fan base that simply couldn’t travel to see it, this opens the door in a huge way. Whether it ends up reframing Season 5 or simply adding texture and lore to the Stranger Things universe, making The First Shadow widely accessible feels like a win.


More answers may still be hiding in the shadows   but at least now, everyone will get a chance to see them.

Lets pretend it’s 2016

Nostalgia is not healthy .. but maybe watching 2016 Netflix is on a snowy weekend in January..

This morning when I woke up, I noticed that Netflix added a new category to its main page called Let’s Pretend It’s 2016. It features movies and television shows like the Ghostbusters remake, The OA, and of course Stranger Things, since Season 1 appeared ten years ago.


Seeing that listing was a reminder of just how many things have come and gone on Netflix… and, honestly, how much better things used to feel. Over the last decade, everything seems to have gone downhill. So much of what’s released now feels rushed, made without much care or concern, with lackluster scripts and very few fresh ideas. But go back just ten years, to 2016, and we kind of had it made. We just didn’t know it.


Back then we were probably complaining that Netflix had already dumbed things down, that there wasn’t much to watch, and that the best entertainment was from ten or twenty years earlier. Little did we realize that here in 2026 we’d be decrying the bad writing of Stranger Things Season 5 and missing shows that were genuinely binge-worthy, not ones you casually glance at on a boring snowy weekend.


It’s nice to see this category, but it’s also bittersweet. Nostalgia can be one of the most dangerous things… it has a way of creating unrealistic memories of the past. Things weren’t always that great, and tomorrow isn’t always as bad as it seems. But when it comes to entertainment, movies, and television shows on Netflix, things really might be as bad as they feel right now.


So I guess this weekend, as the snow falls outside, I’ll watch what I watched ten years ago… and maybe it’ll feel new again.

Netflix will now own Freddy but also make takedown theaters as we know it

So maybe we will agree with GI Jane after all

Jane Fonda has been leading the charge, along with the Screen Actors Guild, railing against the Netflix deal that would gobble up Warner Bros. for 43 billion dollars. The emotions in Hollywood have gone from apprehension to anger about this deal, and people are actually worried it could be consequential to the First Amendment itself. Some might say that’s hyperbole, but think about this.

Netflix is going to be given token releases to theater chains such as AMC, IMAX, and Cinemark. Those stocks fell 8% on Friday because this merger may represent a total consolidation of the industry under a corporate conglomerate. Corporate conglomerates aren’t rare these days. We don’t have many companies like we once did—just big giant corporations eating up the competition and owning it.

This is also the tech giants owning something as opposed to the old Hollywood elite. Warner Bros owns a lot of horror franchises. Let’s think about Pennywise the Dancing Clown and Freddy Krueger. Let’s think about some of the others you’ve come to love on different streaming platforms. Netflix will now own those rights and distribute them the way they see fit, if this deal and acquisition go through.

So maybe we all agree with Jane Fonda, and maybe we’re all a little bit worried. And quite frankly, if Netflix really wants to do something here, they can either kill movie theaters—or allow them to thrive.

Would you change new years plans to watch Stranger Things 5 on a big screen?

This would be the biggest theater event in history if it happened.. stick that in your Dick Clark and drop it ..

Well now… do you trust Puck News enough to change your New Year’s plans?

A theater release of Stranger Things 5 would be bigger than Times Square itself.

Despite Netflix and Variety saying “no way, never” just last week — now the whispers have turned into rumors of maybe.

According to Puck News, the two-hour series finale of Stranger Things 5 could hit AMC and other theaters on New Year’s Eve, the same day it drops on Netflix.

https://puck.news/newsletters/what-im-hearing/

That would mean fireworks, Demogorgons, and the end of Hawkins… all on the big screen to ring in 2026.

Netflix hasn’t confirmed anything yet — but if true, this could be one of the biggest pop culture send-offs in TV history.

Would you stay home and binge, or buy a ticket and experience it with a crowd?

Yes. Absolutely

Stick that in your Dick Clark and drop it ..

The epic Stranger Things 5 trailer has been unveiled

The trailer is great. We waited. And waited. And then waited some more. So long, in fact, that memes predicted the Hawkins kids would be getting social security checks before we got another season. But now? All of that mockery, frustration, and side-eye is fading into the fog of hype.

🕰️ July 16: The Day Stranger Things Finally Came Back from the Upside Down

July 16th. Mark it down. The day the internet collectively gasped, screamed, and maybe even wept a little — because after what feels like a lifetime, the trailer for Stranger Things Season 5 has finally arrived.

We waited. And waited. And then waited some more. So long, in fact, that memes predicted the Hawkins kids would be getting social security checks before we got another season. But now? All of that mockery, frustration, and side-eye is fading into the fog of hype.

Because it’s here. And it is glorious.

You can watch the official trailer — and believe us, you’re going to want to.

The trailer opens with a radio transmission — a subtle but powerful nod to Season 1, when the kids were still at Hawkins Elementary, just a group of misfits geeking out over shortwave radios and Dungeons & Dragons. That moment alone is enough to hit the nostalgia nerve.

But then it hits harder.

What follows is a montage of epic battles, mysterious new faces, and flickers of past heroes — including what might be a glimpse of Eddie Munson (cue internet meltdown). And then comes Hopper’s solemn voice, telling Eleven to “fight one last time.”

That line feels like a gut punch.

Is this Eleven’s final stand? Her last moment on Earth? Or is it the final showdown for the Upside Down? Whatever it means, it’s clear: this is the endgame.

It’s been nine years since Stranger Things first dropped into our lives. Nine years since we were introduced to Demogorgons, Eggo waffles, Christmas lights on walls, and that haunting synth soundtrack. This trailer reminds us what made us fall in love with Hawkins in the first place — and why we’re not ready to say goodbye.

Yes, the wait was long. We rolled our eyes. We made the jokes. But today? We’re just happy the trailer finally exists.

The final season is coming. The war for Hawkins is on. And somehow, we know our hearts won’t survive it.

Lady Gaga closes TADUM Netflix special; She will star in new season

STRANGER THINGS did not end Netflix’s TADUM.. instead Lady Gaga performed live and closed the show–after an announcement that she would be starring in the newest season dropping in August..

https://twitter.com/gaganotify/status/1928994662573879428/photo/1

Developing..

It is yet unknown what role she will be playing in the show..

Additionally the first 6 minutes of WEDNESDAY season 2 premiered on TADUM..

Black Mirror coming back just when we need it the most

BLACK MIRROR.. but is our reality stranger at this point..

‘BLACK MIRROR’ Season 7 will have 6 episodes.

• 2 episodes will be feature-length

• One will be a USS Callister sequel

• Releasing this year on Netflix

Charlie Brooker described Black Mirror season 7 as “a mix of genres and styles. We’ve got six episodes this time, and two of them are basically feature-length. Some of them are deeply unpleasant, some are quite funny, and some are emotional.” He added that the new season is “a little bit OG Black Mirror. It’s back to basics in many ways. They’re all sci-fi stories, but there’s definitely some horrifying things that occur, but maybe not in an overt horror-movie way. There’s definitely some disturbing content in it.”..

But after so many years of AI and real madness–will Black Mirror even feel like fiction anymore?

The Duffer Brothers reveal: OLDER THINGS..

Matt Duffer: “Only unlike ‘Stranger Things,’ it’s set in a retirement community, so that’s something different,” he quipped. “This time our misfits are a little on the older side. They ride golf carts, not bikes,” he said, in reference to the young characters in “Stranger Things” who ride their bicycles around Hawkins, Indiana.

At a Netflix presentation of the streaming giant’s 2025 slate for press on Wednesday, “Stranger Things” creators Ross and Matt Duffer revealed that in 2026 they will be executive producing two new shows, titled “The Boroughs” and “Something Very Bad is Going to Happen,” both of which “encompass what we feel is at the core of ‘Stranger Things,’” according to Ross Duffer – “they’re stories about ordinary people who encounter the extraordinary.”

Matt Duffer added that “The Boroughs” “probably shares the most DNA with ‘Stranger Things’ because it’s about a group of misfits who fight an otherworldly evil.”

“Only unlike ‘Stranger Things,’ it’s set in a retirement community, so that’s something different,” he quipped. “This time our misfits are a little on the older side. They ride golf carts, not bikes,” he said, in reference to the young characters in “Stranger Things” who ride their bicycles around Hawkins, Indiana.

With how long we have waited for season 5 of STRANGER THINGS, the Duffers may as well just use the current cast!

TYSON- PAUL FIGHT FRAUGHT WITH TECH GLITCHES

The world was watching.. the grand return of Mike Tyson fighting the new self proclaiming face of boxing Jake Paul.

After all of the rounds ended, Jake Paul was awarded victor while Mike Tyson’s stunned and he was agonizing for breath in real time..

But before that less than dramatic end to the overall boring matchup, Netflix streaming was the biggest battle viewers had..

Online social media was graced with a number of comments from users worldwide of streaming problems, freezing screens, botched audio..

This X was amongst the favorites we saw reacting:

For those old enough to remember how watching less than desirable late night movies on HBO and Cinemax were back when you had the box and the channels were scrambled? Think that.

Comically.. at times Mike Tyson looked as he did during his MIKE TYSON PUNCH OUT game from the 1980s..

Iron Mike is less than iron, or “i run” as last night’s announcer kept calling him. But he made for a ‘made for streaming moment’ that frustrated viewers around the world.