Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 Has Its Official Trailer, Release Date, and the Voice of Steve

Netflix has pulled the curtain backmost connected Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, the upcoming animated bid acceptable betwixt Seasons 2 and 3 of the deed show.

We person a merchandise date, April 23, 2026, a caller trailer, below, caller images and art, and further dependable histrion confirmation.

Here’s the communicative setup:

Return to Hawkins with Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, an breathtaking caller animated bid from Showrunner Eric Robles and Executive Producers the Duffer Brothers. In the wintertime of 1985, snowfall blankets the municipality and the horrors of the Upside Down are yet fading. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max person settled backmost into a mean beingness of D&D, snowball fights, and quiescent days. But beneath the ice, thing terrifying has awakened. Could it beryllium from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from determination other entirely? Our heroes indispensable contention to lick this enigma and prevention Hawkins successful this untold communicative acceptable successful the Stranger Things universe.— Netflix (@netflix) February 2, 2026

In the trailer, the main characters from the amusement brushwood what looks similar a benignant of pumpkin monster. It evolves into a much terrifying creature. We’re told thing from the Upside Down survived past twelvemonth — a notation to anterior events successful the Stranger Things timeline.

"We get to walk clip with these kids successful a mode that you did not person clip to successful the flagship series,” commented showrunner and enforcement shaper Eric Robles. “We were capable to frost clip and truly spell connected these ne'er earlier told adventures with them successful this timeline.”

Of course, fixed fans cognize the events that travel those we spot successful Tales From ‘85, determination is simply a hazard of a deficiency of stakes here. But Robles insisted that wasn’t the case.

“We privation the assemblage to consciousness that these kids are successful danger, the stakes are real, and atrocious things tin hap to anyone,” Robles said. “And things bash hap that are precise scary successful a sense, truthful that truly makes the information for the kids that overmuch much tangible."

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 features the main characters from Stranger Things itself, but they’re voiced by caller actors. Today, Netflix confirmed Jeremy Jordan arsenic the dependable of Steve. Jordan is the dependable of Lucifer Morningstar successful the big animated philharmonic bid Hazbin Hotel.

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 dependable cast:

• Brooklyn Davey Norstedt is Eleven
• Jolie Hoang-Rappaport is Max
• Luca Diaz arsenic Mike
• Elisha “EJ” Williams arsenic Lucas
• Braxton Quinney arsenic Dustin
• Benjamin Plessala arsenic Will
• Brett Gipson arsenic Hopper
• Jeremy Jordan arsenic Steve
• Odessa A’zion
• Janeane Garofalo
• Lou Diamond Phillips

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 comes blistery connected the heels of Stranger Things Season 5’s melodramatic and arguable ending, which wrapped up the main characters’ stories for bully (at least, according to creators the Duffer Brothers). The Duffers person ruled retired a Stranger Things sequel that would cheque successful connected the characters years later, saying it would beryllium “a gross currency grab.” As good arsenic Tales From ‘85, determination is an unnamed live-action bid spinoff besides successful the works. We don’t cognize overmuch astir it, but we bash cognize it volition code a crippled thread near dangling successful the Season 5 finale.

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