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"Stranger Things 3": Gaten Matarazzo, Netflix Team for "Prank Encounters" Hidden-Cam Show
Netflix and Stranger Things 3 star Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson) are extending their working relationship beyond the confines of the Upside Down (demogorgon don't always know how to respect boundaries), with the streaming service giving a series order for Prank Encounters, a hidden-camera prank show Matarazzo is set to host. The premise behind the 8-episode series is that each episode would focus on two strangers on their first day at a new job – or so they think. Their new jobs turn into complete nightmares when their paths finally cross.
Prank Encounters hails from Propagate, with Matarazzo, Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Kevin Healey, and Rob Hyde set to executive produce. Undercover Boss' Anthony Gonzalez will helm the series, set to premiere later this year.
When Stanger Things 3 opens, it's July 4, 1985, in Hawkins, Indiana – where "One Summer Can Change Everything." To give you a sense of what some of those changes might entail, Netflix released the official season overview (below) as well as a righteous amount of both season and behind-the-scenes images (click here) for fans to closely analyze and examine over the remaining weeks before the series return:
https://youtu.be/YEG3bmU_WaI
It's 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer's heating up. School's out, there's a brand new mall in town, and the Hawkins crew are on the cusp of adulthood. Romance blossoms and complicates the group's dynamic, and they'll have to figure out how to grow up without growing apart. Meanwhile, danger looms. When the town's threatened by enemies old and new, Eleven and her friends are reminded that evil never ends; it evolves. Now they'll have to band together to survive, and remember that friendship is always stronger than fear.
Once again, here's a look at the episode title release and date announcement videos that were released in December 2018 – giving viewers some additional clues on what to expect when Netflix's Stranger Things 3 debuts on July 4, 2019:
Stranger Things 3 s03e01: Suzie, Do You Copy?
Stranger Things 3 s03e02: The Mall Rats
Stranger Things 3 s03e03: The Case Of The Missing Lifeguard
Stranger Things 3 s03e04: The Sauna Test
Stranger Things 3 s03e05: The Source
Stranger Things 3 s03e06: The Birthday
Stranger Things 3 s03e07: The Bite
Stranger Things 3 s03e08: The Battle of Starcourt
Stranger Things 3 stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Chief Jim Hopper, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Dacre Montgomery as Billy, and Sadie Sink as Max. Returning cast member Priah Ferguson's Erica Sinclair has been promoted to recurring, while Maya Hawke joins the cast as Robin.
A Netflix production, Stranger Things 3 was created by The Duffer Brothers, who also serve as executive producers and directors along with Shawn Levy (who also directs), Dan Cohen, and Iain Patterson.