《Stranger Things》the live-action prequel is scheduled to begin filming next spring in New Mexico

There is a new schedule for the filming of Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure.What’s on Netflix has learned that the crew currently plans to shoot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from mid-March to mid-August 2027, which is expected to take about five months.This arrangement may still be adjusted, and Netflix has confirmed that the launch year is 2028.

This live-action prequel was officially announced on Stranger Things Day last week. The story takes place in the town of Marion, Nevada in 1955, before the main show - Stranger Things - and before the stage play - Stranger Things: The First Shadow.Kate Trefrey co-created the film with Matt and Ross Duffy, the Duffy brothers currently developing the film project for Paramount.

According to the production schedule in July this year, the project was originally planned to start in Albuquerque at the end of 2026, but it has now been postponed to next spring.During development, it used placeholder names such as “Untitled - Stranger Things -Spinoff ”, and also operated under the name Project Marion. Recently, the codename Coolidge appeared.Marion corresponds to the story town in the trailer.

Albuquerque isn't the first filming location used for this series.《Stranger Things》In the fourth season, part of the plot of California and Nina's Project was filmed in New Mexico.The local desert landscape was also used to represent Nevada in the 1950s, where Netflix had its Netflix Studios Albuquerque set.

Another Duffy Brothers Upside Down Pictures drama, The Boroughs, has previously been filmed on this set, as well as in the surrounding areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The film crew also built a mid-20th century-style retirement community on location.That filming lasted from September 2024 to February 2025, which lasted about five months.

The latest production list lists: Trevor will be the series coordinator, executive producer, and write the first episode; the Duffy brothers will serve as co-creators and executive producers; Joe Wright will serve as executive producer and direct the first three episodes, including the first episode.Shawn Levy, Paul Dichter, Shirley Mills, and Andrea Sperling also serve as executive producers, and Pavrina Hatupis serves as executive producer and on-set producer.Carmen Cuba serves as casting director and Richard Styles serves as first assistant director.The production company is Upside Down Pictures and Levy's 21 Laps Entertainment.

Bowser has been in charge of casting Stranger Things since its early days, and her work with the original Hawkins teenage cast came to the cast.Reports predict that as spring filming approaches, there will be news about the cast in the future.

The pilot film has already led to a lot of speculation.The audience looked frame by frame for the time mark of April 1955, the dropped bicycle next to the restricted area, and the wormhole-like anomaly in the sky. They also noticed that the song used in the fifth season - Sh-Boom - reappeared.Fans also found a Pinterest account they believe belongs to Matt Duffy, with a board called “Spinoff” that contains photos from the 1950s; the account ownership and board usage are left to the fan's discretion.In the official Instagram comments, some people hope that Joe Keery will play Steve Harrington's grandfather; others criticize Netflix for overextending the series, saying that there have been too many spin-offs, stage plays, and animation projects in recent years.

Others have linked the new trailer to the so-called “Conformity Gate” theory.This was a popular saying among fans that the happy ending in the fifth season finale was an illusion created by Vecna, and that there would be a secret "true ending" later.The episode did not arrive on January 7, and actors such as Jamie Campbell Bower have also denied related speculations; the new prequel trailer is still regarded as a clue by a few people.《Another World》it is definitely a new story from an earlier era.

The biological, alien and supernatural elements in the series also require visual special effects production.The report estimates that the series may be launched in the second half of 2028. Netflix has not confirmed this half-year range.