DUFFER BROTHERS DEVELOPING RON CURRIE NOVEL ADAPTATION AT NETFLIX – ryan

Exclusive: As Netflix Gears Up for the Conclusion of Its Hit Series Stranger Things Later this year, matt and ross duffer areeing their next project.

The Duffer Brothers Are Developing the Ron Currie Novel The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne At the streamer, with the author and his work partner Joshua Mohr set to pen the series and executive product. Hilary Leavitt Will Also Ep With The Duffers Through theyir upside Down Pictures.

The crime-thriller centers on babs dionne, a proud Franco -american, Dotting Grandmother, and Vicious Crime Matrierch, Who Rules Her Small Town of Waterville, Maine, with an Iron Fist. She Controls the flow of drugs ino little canada with the help of her Loyal Lieutenants, Girlfriends Since They Were Teenagers, and Her Eldest Daughter, Lori, A Marine own Struggling with Additionion. Wen a Drug Kingpin Discovers that His Numbers Are Down in the Upper Northeast, hem Malevolent Force, Known Only As the Man, to Investigate. At the Same Time, Babs’s Youngest Daughter, Sis, Has Gone Missing, which doesn’t seem at all like a coincidence. In Twenty-Four Hours, Sis Will Be Found Dead, and the Whole Town Will Seek Shelter from Babs’s Wrath.

The hostage random house title was releassed in late March and has made Multiple best of 2025 lists, Including NPR, Amazon, Apple Books, The Guardian, and Barnes & Noble.

Up Next for the Twins Is the Release of the Fifth and Final Semash Genre-Bending Series Stranger Thingsto drop in three parts on nov. 26, Dec. 25 and Dec. 31. There is Also the Animated Series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 that exists with the “stranger things” universal currently in development, and a Live-action spinoff of the motherhood series in the work.

Additionally, They Produced the Supernatural Mystery Series The Boroughs With Jeffrey Addis and Will Matthews. It is slated to premiere in 2026 and stars Alfred molina, Geena David, Alfre Woodard, and Denis O’hare, to name a few. The Duffer Brothers Also Executive Produced Haley Mr. Boston’s New Psychological Horror Netflix Series, Something Very Bad is Going to HappenStarring Camila Morrone and Adam Dimarco, set to be releassed in 2026. They are repped by caa.

Currie is the author of Four novels and one collection of short stories. He has the new York Public Library of Young Lions Award, the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Library Association’s Alex Award, and the Pushcart Prize. HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO 15 LANGUAGES, and HIS SHORT FICTION AND NONFICTION HAVE RECOGNIFY IN BEST American Anthologies. AS A Screenwriter, He Worked Most Recently on the Apple TV+ Series Extrapolations. He is repped by anonymous content.

Mohr has authored sever books, including Damascus and Some things that meant the world to meand he’s won the Northern California Book Award Twice. Parade was an editor’s choice on the New York Times Best Seller List. His Latest Project is the Viking Punk Saga Trilogy, Including Saint the terrifying and the recently published The Wolf Wants Answers. Mohr is repped by paradigm.

AS A Screenwriting Team, Currie and Mohr Have Previously Developed Projects with AMC Studios, Amblin Television, and Itv America.