Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 First Look

Netflix has shared a first look at Stranger Things: Tales From ’85, the upcoming animated series from showrunner Eric Robles and executive producers The Duffer Brothers. The series, premiering April 23, is set in the Stranger Things universe, between Seasons 2 and 3.

In the winter of 1985, snow blankets the town, and the horrors of the Upside Down are finally fading. Our heroes Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of Dungeons & Dragons, snowball fights, and quiet days.

But beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened. Could it be from the Upside Down? From the depths of Hawkins Lab? Or from somewhere else entirely? Our heroes must race to solve this mystery and save Hawkins in this untold story set in the Stranger Things universe.

The Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 voice cast includes Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max, Luca Diaz as Mike, Elisha “EJ” Williams as Lucas, Braxton Quinney as Dustin, Ben Plessala as Will, Brett Gipson as Hopper, and Jeremy Jordan as Steve.

The additional voice cast includes Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garofalo, and Lou Diamond Phillips.

Eric Robles also executive produces with Matt and Ross Duffer, along with Hilary Leavitt via Upside Down Pictures; Shawn Levy via 21 Laps; and Dan Cohen. Flying Bark is the animation studio behind the show.

“We want the audience to feel that these kids are in danger, the stakes are real, and bad things can happen to anyone. And things do happen that are very scary in a sense, so that really makes the danger for the kids that much more tangible,” said Robles.

“We were able to freeze time and really go on these never-before-told adventures with them in this timeline.”