One of the phenomenon that has swept through our televisions over the last few years that has an all-star cast of kids, is dripping with 80s nostalgia, and tells the story of Eleven, The Upside Down, and the town of Hawkins, Indiana. I’m talking, of course, of the wildly popular Netflix show, Stranger Things. With the show’s immense success, the stars of the show–Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin–have been shot into super stardom, leading Netflix to pull the plug on the third season of the show.

It seems like an unprecedented decision but executive producer, Shawn Levy, informed fans today that this decision was made because keeping the film schedule up to date with the kids’ careers and growth spurts was becoming far more difficult than originally thought. He said:

“Our show centers on this group of kids… It’s just getting harder and harder to keep them looking like kids. We’re not saying this is the end [of Stranger Things]… it’s just the end of how we originally planned it.”

In the past, the Duffer Brothers have said that they have enough of a story to complete four seasons of the show and, according to Levy, there’s a chance that novels and comic books will continue the story for fans.

If you’re worried about never getting to see these uber-talented kids again–don’t worry. They are all going places and it doesn’t look they’re going to be slowing down any time soon. Finn Wolfhard (Mike) has begun to pursue a music career. In November 2017, his band, Calpurnia, signed a deal with Royal Mountain Records and they are scheduled to release their first album this year. Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) is spending much of her time pursuing a career in modeling as well as a focus in fashion. She is also going to be making her feature film debut in 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Noah Schnapp (Will) has had a long running career in feature films and is currently filming Waiting for Anya. Even the adults have been getting attention for their performances in Stranger Things. David Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in the series, just won the Critic’s Choice Award for his performance as Hopper and also just wrapped up production on the 2019 reboot of Hellboy.

How do you feel about this news? Are you sad we won’t get to see what happens to Eleven, Mike, and the others? Or are you excited to see the kids’ careers taking off? Let us know in the comments below (we can mourn together)!

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Amanda Woomer-Limpert is a writer and editor for The Geekiverse and is just as obsessed with Stranger Things as everyone else you know. She’s disappointed that you actually believed this horrid news! Who in their right mind would cancel Stranger Things? No one, that’s who.

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