Stranger Things: Tales from '85: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 D&D, 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 new story set in the Stranger Things universe.

Series details

• Title: Stranger Things: Tales from '85
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Science-Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural
• Premiere date: 2026-04-23
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Netflix
• Typical episode runtime: 29 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 85214
• IMDb ID: tt27486290
• TVDB ID: 462906

Cast and credited roles

• Brooklyn Norstedt — Jane "Eleven" Hopper
• Jolie Hoang-Rappaport — Maxine "Max" Mayfield
• Luca Diaz — Mike Wheeler
• Elisha "EJ" Williams — Lucas Sinclair
• Braxton Quinney — Dustin Henderson
• Benjamin Plessala — Will Byers
• Odessa A'zion — Nikki Baxter
• Janeane Garofalo — Anna Baxter
• Lou Diamond Phillips — Daniel Fischer
• Brett Gipson — Chief Jim Hopper
• Jack Griffo — Jeff Nelson
• Jeremy Jordan — Steve Harrington

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-04-23; final listed air date 2026-04-23; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2026-09-17; final listed air date 2026-09-17; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Stranger Things: Tales from '85 on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.