Los Angeles:
“Stranger Things” breakout star Gaten Matarazzo has been roped in by Netflix to host a prank show.
The young actor will also serve as an executive producer on the show.
According to Deadline, the eight-episode show titled “Prank Encounters”, is set to premiere later in 2019.
Netflix describes the series as a “terrifying and hilarious prank show” that takes two complete strangers who each think they are starting their first day at a new job until their paths cross and their part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares.
Matarazzo essays the role of Dustin on “Stranger Things”. The show’s third season premieres on July 4 and is set in the summer of 1985. It will feature a terrifying new creature.
