Jacob Batalon gets one clear answer from Sadie Sink’s next chapter: she is not standing still after Stranger Things ended in early 2026. Sink said she is choosing roles that stretch her, while moving into executive producing and a closely guarded part in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
At Teen Vogue Fest 2026, Sink spoke with Teen Vogue Senior Editor P. Claire Dodson about the shift. She said, “I look for something that is stretching and building new muscles and finding joy in it.” That lines up with a career that has already moved from TV to Broadway, the West End and now producing.
John Proctor Is the Villain
After Stranger Things wrapped, Sink appeared on Broadway in John Proctor Is the Villain and later earned a Tony Award nomination for it. She said, “My foundation as an actor was rooted in the theater,” and called the play “the first play I’d done in 10 years.”
The run also pushed her in a way she noticed onstage. Sink said, “I became so much more comfortable onstage towards the end of the run [with John Proctor], so when I was talking about doing Romeo & Juliet on the West End, that’s a much more demanding role, but I thought, ‘I think I’m ready for that.’”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Sink has also joined Spider-Man: Brand New Day in a closely guarded role. That keeps the film’s casting picture incomplete, even as her name adds weight to a project that will be watched closely by people tracking where she goes after Max Mayfield.
Sink’s move is not just about landing another screen credit. It shows a performer using theater work to reset the terms of her career, then carrying that momentum into a major film franchise without giving up the stage discipline that built her. For readers following her work, the more interesting piece is not just the role itself, but the range she is now trying to control.
Producing with John Proctor
Sink is also serving as executive producer on the film adaptation of John Proctor Is the Villain, and she is not reprising her role as Shelby in it. She said she wanted to “have a handprint” on the project once she learned it was going to Hollywood, adding, “You get more creative say, you’re taking it to studios, finding a home for it.”
She is taking the same approach with The Marriage Plot for FX, where she is acting and serving as executive producer. Sink said, “It’s OK to do stuff because it’s fun. Because you can have challenging roles, but I want to leave room for having fun.” That is the cleanest read on her next phase: challenge first, but with enough control to shape what reaches the screen and the stage.
