Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer attend “Stranger Issues” and Award Presentation To The Duffer Brothers (Selection Showrunner Award) throughout Day 1 of the thirteenth SCAD TVfest on February 05, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The masterminds behind the hit Netflix collection “Stranger Issues” have inked a brand new deal.
The Duffer Brothers, the inventive staff of Matt and Ross Duffer, signed an unique four-year settlement with Paramount, newly merged with Skydance, for function movies, tv and streaming initiatives.
Monetary phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The Duffer Brothers’ contract with Netflix ends in April 2026. Upon that closure, Upside Down Photos, led by the brothers and producing companion Hilary Leavitt, will start growing initiatives for Paramount Photos, Paramount Tv and Paramount direct-to-consumer.
“We could not be extra thrilled to be becoming a member of the Paramount household,” Matt and Ross Duffer stated in a joint assertion Tuesday, including that “bringing daring, unique movies to the large display … is not only thrilling – it is the success of a lifelong dream.”
The Duffer Brothers are greatest identified for “Stranger Issues,” a sci-fi horror collection which is ready to stream its fifth and remaining season on Netflix later this fall. The pair additionally wrote and directed the 2015 psychological thriller movie “Hidden” and have been concerned within the manufacturing of “Wayward Pines,” which ran on Fox for 2 seasons beginning in 2015.
The pair has two initiatives within the works for Netflix — “One thing Very Unhealthy Is Going to Occur” and “The Boroughs” — and plans to construct out the “Stranger Issues” franchise. The brothers stated they’ll stay concerned with Netflix for these initiatives.
The take care of the Duffer Brothers comes shortly after Paramount formally merged with Skydance. Chairman and CEO David Ellison stated in an open letter earlier this month that the corporate would spend money on “high-quality storytelling and cutting-edge know-how” to assist “outline the following period of leisure.”
