VIDEO: Stranger Things season 2 has been officially confirmed by Netflix

In the fall of 1984, the adventure continues…

Netflix has today confirmed what we kind of always already knew. Cult sci-fi sensation Stranger Things will officially be returning for a second season, with writer-creators Matt and Ross Duffer returning, plus their fellow executive producers Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen also coming back to the series.

Season 2 will comprise of 9 new episodes, and will debut in 2017. However we’re yet to learn whether the original cast of characters – including Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown and Natalia Dyer – will be back for more. We’d love to see the series pick up with Eleven waking up having been transported to a completely new setting…

Here’s the predictably retro-styled date announcement, which reveals the new season will be set in 1984: