Netflix mentioned Thursday that the ultimate episode of its hit sequence “Stranger Issues” can be proven in choose film theaters and launched on Netflix on the identical time on New 12 months’s Eve.
The transfer marks the newest effort by the streaming big to experiment with theatrical releases of its well-liked titles.
The 2-hour episode will cap the top to the long-running sci-fi horror sequence that first streamed on Netflix in 2016 and launched the profession of stars together with Millie Bobby Brown. The push to carry the sequence to cinemas was celebrated by the present’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer.
“Attending to see it on the massive display, with unimaginable sound, image, and a room filled with followers, looks like the right — dare we are saying bitchin’ — technique to rejoice the top of this journey,” the Duffer brothers mentioned in a press release.
The fifth and ultimate season of “Stranger Issues” will start streaming Nov. 26 with the primary 4 episodes on Netflix. The subsequent two episodes can be launched Dec. 25 on the streaming service, adopted by the finale Dec. 31 on Netflix and in theaters.
Netflix mentioned the fourth season generated greater than 140.7 million views.
The screenings can be in additional than 350 theaters in U.S. and Canada on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
Netflix lately loved success with the theatrical launch of one other well-liked title, “KPop Demon Hunters.” The movie was launched on Netflix’s streaming service first in June earlier than showing in film theaters.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos mentioned in an earnings presentation Tuesday that the movie benefited from Netflix’s platform, permitting superfans to repeat view it and make it interesting for audiences to look at in theaters as nicely.
“We imagine this movie, ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ truly labored as a result of it was launched on Netflix first,” Sarandos mentioned.
In August, the Duffer brothers signed a cope with Paramount for a unique four-year TV, streaming and movie deal, which can begin after their present cope with Netflix ends in April 2026. The Duffer brothers informed Selection that they weren’t trying to depart Netflix however realized they wished to make their first theatrically launched movie.
“It’s simply one thing that we’ve all the time wished to do,” Matt Duffer informed Selection. “We’ve by no means had that have.”
