Georgia-Filmed 'Stranger Things' Renewed For Second Season

"Stranger Things," the breakout horror-nostalgia hit for Netflix, looks ready to head back to Georgia for a second season.

The show has been renewed for a nine-episode Season Two, Netflix announced via a YouTube video on Wednesday.

The Duffer Brothers will return as writers and will again executive produce with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen.

And it appears that Georgia will once again be the stand-in for Indiana in the early 1980s.

Season One of "Stranger Things" filmed primarily in Jackson, the Butts County seat about 50 miles southeast of Atlanta.

On Wednesday, the Atlanta Business Chronicle cited industry sources saying production is set to begin next week at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in south Atlanta on the next season, which will air in 2017.

Released on July 15, "Stranger Things" is the story of a young boy who disappears and a girl with unusual abilities who shows up in town to help find him. Winona Ryder plays Joyce Byers, the boy's mother, and David Harbour plays the police chief searching for the missing boy.

The show's first season was a hit with critics and fans. Its first 35 days averaged more than 14 million adult viewers between ages 18-49, according to Variety.

"Stranger Things" is one of the latest in a string of Hollywood hits that have called Georgia home.

The film and television production industry had a more-than $6 billion economic impact in Georgia during fiscal year 2015, Gov. Nathan Deal's office says.

In the YouTube video, Netflix announces the titles of Season 2's nine episodes, which it says will take place in the fall of 1984 actually air in 2017.

They are:

• "Madmax"
• "The Boy Who Came Back To Life"
• "The Pumpkin Patch"
• "The Palace"
• "The Storm"
• "The Pollywog"
• "The Secret Cabin"
• "The Brain"
• "The Lost Brother"

A spokesperson for Netflix did not immediately return a message seeking comment for this story.

Photos courtesy Netflix, Butts County, Ga.