这部电影改编自美国著名的橄榄球好手厄尼·戴维斯（Ernie Davis）的生平，他是第一位获得美国大学橄榄球联盟最高奖项海斯曼奖（Heisman Trophy，相当于最有价值球员）的非裔美国人。他在1960和1961年带领锡拉丘兹大学橄榄球队两次获得全国冠军。但他毕业后，未能参加职业橄榄球比赛，因为他被诊断出患有白血病，第二年他就遗憾地告别了人世。

　　来自外星的“实验品626”史迪奇（克里斯·桑德斯 配音）在一场太空追捕中意外降落在夏威夷海岛，与小女孩莉萝（玛雅·凯洛哈 饰）相遇，为了躲避追捕，史迪奇伪装成小狗进入了莉萝的生活，发生了一段极其风趣又不失感人的故事。

　　With Stranger Things: The First Shadow launching its first preview performance tonight on Broadway, Netflix has announced Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
　　Follow the cast and crew as they race against time to prepare the ambitious, critically acclaimed West End stage play, which opened at London’s Phoenix Theater in December 2023.
　　Stranger Things: The First Shadow is written by Kate Trefry (“Stranger Things”), based on an original story by “Stranger Things” creators the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), and Trefry.
　　Serving as a standalone prequel to the hit Netflix series, the Olivier Award-winning play is directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin.