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Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 will take place between seasons 2 and 3 of the main series, and in a new interview with EW, showrunner Eric Robles revealed that timeframe presented some challenges, specifically tied to season 2’s ending of Eleven sealing off the gate to the Upside Down. So the question became, how do you bring new creatures in without being able to access the Upside Down, and it came down to loopholes. “I dissected the show, looking for any loopholes. I found a few of ’em,” Robles said. “And then I found this one idea that I was just like, oh s—! I think that’s it.”
As for the big idea, Robles describes it as, “Hawkins Lab science meets Upside Down matter.” As for the closed gateway, Robles teased a bit more, saying, “There’s a chain reaction to the creatures that are in our world and the things that are popping up.”
Eric Robles Addresses Potential Future Seasons of Stranger Things: Tales From ’85
If the first season of Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 is a hit, the question will then become how to get multiple seasons from the premise, which takes place within a finite gap of time. Robles addressed potential future seasons and how the show would handle the time constraints, saying that any future seasons would be under the Tales From ’85 title. Robles also said that the first season progresses hour by hour, day by day, so it’s a slow roll approach that should allow for as many seasons as needed.
