Netflix premieres the eight-episode first season of Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers (Wayward Pines, Hidden) and starring Winona Ryder and Matthew Modine. The series’ 1980s setting and comparisons to the works of Spielberg and Stephen King generate buzz both on the internet and off; the series’ younger cast members quickly become stars and Netflix greenlights a second season in the wake of the series’ successful release.
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