Stranger Things gets animated spin-off; lead star Millie Bobby Brown to wed

An animated series set in the sci-fi world of Stranger Things is in development at Netflix NFLX.O, part of the streaming service’s efforts to expand the hit series into a wide-ranging franchise.

Netflix announced the series in a statement released on Monday but gave no title or release date and few details, according to Reuters.

“We’ve always dreamed of an animated Stranger Things in the vein of the Saturday morning cartoons that we grew up loving,” the Duffer brothers, creators of the original Stranger Things series, said in the statement.

Stranger Things debuted on Netflix in 2016 and became the company’s most-watched English language series. The show tells the story of a group of teenagers battling unusual happenings in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.

Netflix had previously announced that a Stranger Things spinoff show was in the works and a play that will debut at London’s West End in November.

Meanwhile, Stranger Things lead star Millie Bobby Brown is to marry her long-term boyfriend Jake Bongiovi, she herself has announced.

The 19-year-old actress took to Instagram to post a picture of her with Bongiovi — the son of rock legend Jon Bon Jovi, said an Agence France Presse report.

The picture, in which she is wearing an engagement ring, was captioned: “I’ve loved you three summers now, honey, I want ‘em all.”

The line is from Taylor Swift’s hit Lover.

Bongiovi also posted the announcement on his page.

The couple have been an item for around two-and-a-half years, and social media speculation over an announcement has swirled for weeks.

Brown has previously called Bongiovi her “partner for life.”

The British actress rose to global fame as the character Eleven in the Netflix hit Stranger Things, the fifth season of which is expected shortly.

Bongiovi, 20, is an actor who stars in the forthcoming comedy Rockbottom.