Netflix has released the official trailer for ‘The Boroughs‘, a new supernatural mystery series from the executive producers of Stranger Things, which arrives this May.
Set in a sun-drenched retirement community in the New Mexico desert, ‘The Boroughs’ promises its residents the time of their lives. Unfortunately, this being a Netflix genre series from people connected to Stranger Things, that phrase is looking less like a brochure slogan and more like a warning label.
The eight-episode series follows Sam Cooper, played by Alfred Molina (Spider-Man: No Way Home), a grieving newcomer who moves into the apparently idyllic community of The Boroughs. Paradise, however, quickly begins to feel more like a prison. After a terrifying nighttime encounter reveals something monstrous stalking the manicured cul-de-sacs, Sam finds himself dismissed as just another confused old man.
Thankfully, Sam is not alone for long. He joins forces with a band of neighbourhood misfits, including a sharp-witted former journalist, a spiritual seeker, a cynical music manager, and a brilliant doctor running out of options. Overlooked and underestimated, the unlikely heroes must uncover the dark secret at the heart of ‘The Boroughs’ before their time runs out.
The cast is a pretty spectacular line-up of “oh, it’s them!” talent, with Geena Davis (GLOW), Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage), Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story), Clarke Peters (The Wire), and Bill Pullman (The Sinner) starring alongside Molina. The wider ensemble includes Carlos Miranda (Station 19), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games), Seth Numrich (TURN: Washington’s Spies), Alice Kremelberg (The Sinner), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Sheldon), Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Eric Edelstein (Twin Peaks), Rafael Casal (Blindspotting), Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods), Beth Bailey (Longmire), Karan Soni (Deadpool), and Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle).
The series comes from creators, showrunners and executive producers Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, with The Duffer Brothers and Hilary Leavitt executive producing for Upside Down Pictures. Ben Taylor also serves as executive producer and directs the opening two episodes, with Augustine Frizzell and Kyle Patrick Alvarez also directing across the season.
The New Mexico setting should help give ‘The Boroughs’ a different flavour from the Hawkins-based horrors of Stranger Things, but there is definitely a familiar genre hook here: a group of everyday people, underestimated by those around them, discovering that the nice, normal-looking place they call home may be hiding something deeply not normal at all. This time, though, the heroes are not kids on bikes. They are retirees who have been quietly written off, which could make them exactly the wrong people for a monster to underestimate.
‘The Boroughs’ Season 1 premieres Thursday, 21st May 2026 on Netflix.
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