News Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 The ’80s Nostalgia Isn’t Over in the Trailer for Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 The gang’s all here (as played by an entirely different group of people) By Molly Templeton | Published on February 2, 2026 Image: Netflix Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Netflix How can we miss them if they won’t go away? Stranger Things just came to its massive conclusion a month ago, but Netflix and the Duffer brothers are already returning to the nostalgia well with a trailer for Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, an animated series set between the primary series’ second and third seasons. This spinoff comes from showrunner Eric Robles (of Fanboy & Chum Chum and Glitch Techs fame, naturally), who said, “It’s got the thrill of being young, being a kid, and going on these thrilling adventures. But then there’s this essence of real danger, real stakes.” Is there? Everyone who watches the original series knows what’s going to become of its main characters, so one would think the stakes would actually be fairly low. Which is fine! Not everything has to be the end of the world all the time! It would in fact be nice if it were not the end of the world all the time. Perhaps the world just has a little cold. At any rate, something from the Upside Down has survived, and looks to be about to interrupt the gang’s new D&D campaign. A whole new cast voices the characters this time around: Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven; Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max; Luca Diaz as Mike; Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas; Braxton Quinney as Dustin; Benjamin Plessala as Will; Brett Gipson as Hopper; and Jeremy Jordan as Steve. Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo, and Lou Diamond Phillips are set to join the cast at some point. The unending adventure premieres April 23 on Netflix.[end-mark] The post The ’80s Nostalgia Isn’t Over in the Trailer for <i>Stranger Things: Tales from ’85</i> appeared first on Reactor.