The Duffer Brothers are celebrating "Stranger Things Day" by giving fans a special preview of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow'. The stage play is based on the hit Netflix series and promises to be a "cinematic" experience that lays the groundwork for the show's main villain, Henry Creel.
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00:00 - "Stranger Things, The First Shadow" is a prequel
00:03 and it's opening in London.
00:05 - It really is a story exploring
00:07 when Henry Creel first moved into Hawkins.
00:11 - The Duffer brothers are celebrating Stranger Things Day
00:13 by giving fans a special preview
00:15 of "Stranger Things, The First Shadow."
00:17 The stage play is based on the hit Netflix series
00:19 and promises to be a cinematic experience
00:22 that lays the groundwork
00:23 for the show's main villain, Henry Creel.
00:25 "Stranger Things" co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer
00:28 reveal how the stage play came about
00:29 in this new featurette.
00:31 - We wanted to tell an original story
00:33 set in the "Stranger Things" universe.
00:35 And then we heard Stephen Daldry
00:37 was interested in doing a play.
00:39 - The Duffers are joined by director Stephen Daldry
00:41 as well as the production's creative team and cast
00:44 in the new video that teases what fans can expect
00:46 from the live stage show.
00:48 - There's a new, really important character,
00:49 which in this case is Patty Newby.
00:51 - We are in Hawkins in 1959
00:54 with young Joyce, young Hopper, and young Bob.
00:57 - The story is set 27 years
00:58 before the events of "Stranger Things"
01:00 and is quote, "The origin story
01:02 of how Henry Creel became number one."
01:04 - We have Henry and everyone's trying
01:06 to figure out their lives in high school.
01:09 - Main thrust of the story is Patty
01:12 and her little budding romance with Henry.
01:14 - According to the featurette,
01:15 the first shadow is a groundbreaking play
01:17 that not only brings horror to the stage,
01:19 but is also chock full of "Stranger Things" Easter eggs.
01:22 - You're going to see "Stranger Things" on stage
01:25 in a way that you aren't expecting.
01:27 (dramatic music)
01:29 - I think people are gonna lose their minds.
01:31 - "Stranger Things, The First Shadow"
01:32 is set to begin previews on November 17th
01:35 at the Phoenix Theater in London's West End,
01:37 with the official opening night set for December 14th.
01:40 For more on this story, go to thr.com.
01:42 For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
01:45 (upbeat music)
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