NETFLIX ANNOUNCES NEW SCI-FI SERIES “THE BOROUGHS”

Series Executive Produced by The Duffer Brothers from Creators and Showrunners Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews

Netflix announced a series order for The Boroughs, an upcoming supernatural mystery from Executive Producers The Duffer Brothers and created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) who will also serve as Showrunners.

Logline: In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don’t have… time.

Executive Producers: The Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt on behalf of Upside Down Pictures

Showrunners/Executive Producers: Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews

Format / Episodes: Drama; 8 Episodes

QUOTE:

o The Duffer Brothers: “We’ve been fans of Jeff and Will’s writing for a long time, and when they pitched us their idea for The Boroughs, we immediately knew they had something very special on their hands. While the heroes in The Boroughs have a few more years on them than the kids from Stranger Things, they are a similarly lovable bunch of misfits, and we can’t wait for you to join them on an adventure that is at turns scary, funny, and deeply touching.”

o Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews: ” We’re thrilled to be back at Netflix. Working alongside the Duffer Brothers (who are pretty good at making shows) and their team has been a dream come true. They bring the perfect balance of heart and horror to our story. We can’t wait for audiences around the world to unlock the dark mystery buried beneath the sunny facade of The Boroughs.”

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About Upside Down Pictures

The Duffer Brothers launched their production company Upside Down Pictures in 2022. In addition to the expansion of the STRANGER THINGS franchise via the newly announced West End production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Kate Trefry as well as an untitled animated series, Upside Down Pictures has multiple projects in development, including a live-action series adaptation of DEATH NOTE and the supernatural mystery series THE BOROUGHS. The Duffer Brothers are the creators, writers, directors, and executive producers of the worldwide phenomenon STRANGER THINGS, Netflix’s most popular English-language series of all time.

About Jeffrey Addiss and Will Mathews:

Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews are the Emmy Award winning writer-creators of THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (Netflix and The Jim Henson Company). Their animated feature, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM (Warner Brothers and New Line), hits theaters in April 2024 and their first feature, LIFE IN A YEAR, is streaming now on Amazon Prime. They are currently developing a pilot for FOX with MGM and have sold original shows to ABC, FOX, and FX as well as features to Sony, Paramount, and Broad Green. The duo met at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. They are represented by Bryan Besser, Nicky Mohebbi, Matthew Doyle, and Michael Chung at Verve as well as Karl Austen and Marissa Linden at Jackoway Austen Tyerman.