Netflix’s live-action Stranger Things prequel series Other Worlds: Shooting dates, code name and filming locations

Netflix is coming up with a ‘Stranger Things’ prequel series Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure. The live action spin-off will begin shooting in March 2027. The series will transport fans back to 1955 several decades before the events of the main series and play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The series is set to shoot until mid-August 2027 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It has been confirmed by Netflix that it will be released in 2028.

Stranger Things prequel series shooting dates

The Netflix ‘Stranger Things’ prequel series Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure is set to begin principal photography in mid-March 2027. It is set to run until mid-August 2027. This will leave around five months of filming.


In July 2026 it was told that a project named Project Marion would be shot in Albuquerque at the end of 2026. It has now been confirmed that this is the upcoming spin-off of Stranger Things and the filming dates have been pushed back to Spring 2027.

Other Worlds code name

The ‘Stranger Things’ spin-off has had several code names:

• Project Marion – Current production code name.
• Coolidge – Alternative code name.
• Untitled Stranger Things Spin-Off – Development name.

Project Marion refers to the 1955 setting of the series in Marion, Nevada.

Other Worlds filming locations

The series will be filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The desert scenery can be used for the 1950s Nevada setting. Netflix also have their own studios in Albuquerque called Netflix Studios Albuquerque. New Mexico is already well known to the production team. The fourth season was partly filmed in New Mexico for the California and Nina Project storylines.

The Duffers’ Upside Down Pictures series The Boroughs was also filmed in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The series used the Netflix studios and locations in both cities. They also built a mid-century retirement community on their Albuquerque backlot. The Boroughs was filmed for around five months between September 2024 and February 2025. Similar to Other Worlds.