Trailer for Netflix’s ‘The Boroughs’: It’s ‘Stranger Things’ With Old People!

A new trailer has been released for The Boroughs, an upcoming supernatural series from Netflix that’s executive produced by Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers.

In The Boroughs, in a seemingly perfect retirement community, a grieving newcomer’s monstrous encounter inspires him to join a misfit crew of unlikely heroes who uncover a dark secret that proves their “golden years” are more dangerous, and they are more formidable, than anyone expects.

The Boroughs feels like the Duffer’s Stranger Things, only with retirees and blending aspects of Cocoon, only horror tinged. It looks interesting, I guess?

The cast includes Alfred Molina (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Three Pines) as Sam, Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise, Beetlejuice, A League of Their Own) as Renee, Alfre Woodard (Clemency, Salem’s Lot) as Judy, Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story, This Is Us) as Wally, Clarke Peters (The Wire; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) as Art, and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day, The Serpent and the Rainbow) as Jack.

“For years, we’ve wondered why no one has made a film like Ron Howard’s wonderful Cocoon since, well, Cocoon, The Duffer Brothers told Netflix. “Then, out of nowhere, Jeff and Will emailed us an idea for The Boroughs: a story about retirees and monsters. They were adamant that — unlike so many stories about older characters — this wouldn’t treat aging as a punchline. Instead, it would treat its characters as real people facing real challenges… along with a few supernatural ones. It was exactly the show we’d been dreaming of.”