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Paramount Slots Duffer Brothers' Untitled Event Film for Nov 3 2028

6/16/2026

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Duffer Brothers Anchor 2028

Paramount Pictures set the Duffer brothers' untitled event film to open on November 3, 2028.
Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer will write and direct the project through Upside Down Pictures.
The film is the first non-Stranger Things release under the brothers' four-year Paramount deal.
Paramount calls the movie a large-scale theatrical release to anchor its 2028 calendar.

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Duffer Brothers Depart

The Paramount agreement gives the Duffer Brothers theatrical and streaming distribution rights for their upcoming film while keeping them producing new Netflix series.
Netflix loses the duo after Stranger Things ends its five-season run, creating a gap in its flagship lineup.
Analysts say the move reflects a trend of streaming-focused creators pursuing larger-scale cinema projects, a high-stakes shift after the brothers’ 2015 film Hidden drew limited audiences.

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Duffer Brothers Relocate

David Ellison’s ownership of Paramount secured a four-year pact that moved the Duffer brothers from Netflix to the studio, reuniting them with former Netflix executives Cindy Holland and Matt Thunell, who first backed Stranger Things in 2015.
Paramount markets the film as a box-office “event” slated for Nov. 3, 2028, to “turn the fall 2028 box office upside down.”
The series finale will air Dec. 31, 2025, three years before the film’s planned release.

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Duffer Brothers Anchor 2028

Paramount Pictures set the Duffer brothers' untitled event film to open on November 3, 2028.
Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer will write and direct the project through Upside Down Pictures.
The film is the first non-Stranger Things release under the brothers' four-year Paramount deal.
Paramount calls the movie a large-scale theatrical release to anchor its 2028 calendar.

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