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It’s still a loooooong way off, butStranger ThingsSeason 5 is officially on its way.
While you wait, here’s every single thing we know about the new season so far:
1.Season 5 will be the last season of the show, so get ready to say goodbye to Hawkins. 😢
2.Filming for the new season was meant to start inMayorJune, according to cast members…
3….but the Duffer brothers confirmed that everything was on hold until theWGAandSAG-AFTRAstrikes are over.
duffer here . Writing does not terminate when filming begins . While we ’re excited to start production with our amazing plaster cast and crew , it is not possible during this rap . We trust a fair deal is reach shortly so we can all get back to employment . Until then – over and out.#wgastrong
4.The good news: The WGA strike is over! The writers got a new, fair deal with the AMPTP, and the Duffers confirmed that they were back at work on Season 5.
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5.We know that the first episode is called “Chapter One: The Crawl” and was written by the Duffers.
6.Vecna’s still around.
7.The characters who were still alive at the end of Season 4 will return for Season 5, so you can expect to see all of the main cast.
8.LINDA HAMILTON, THEE LINDA HAMILTON, will be joining the cast as well.
9.The plot details for Season 5 have been kept safely under wraps, but Noah Schnapp has teased that Will’s fate will be central to the show’s endgame.
10.David Harbourrecently saidthat he knows how the series will end, and called it “very, very moving.”
11.Sadie Sink has repeatedly stated she doesn’t knowMax’s fate, but the Duffers did confirm that she’s braindead at the end of Season 4.
12.Eddie is definitely dead though, sorry.
13.Theshowrunnershave also said that the tone of the final episodes will be more like Season 1, but that the scale will be more like Season 4.
Season 5 is like if time of year 1 and 4 had a baby . And then that baby was injected with sex hormone .
14.If they’re aiming to match the scope of Season 4, that implies that the budget will be super high for Season 5 as well.
15.The Duffer brothers andShawn Levysaid that their pitch meeting for Season 5 left theNetflix executives in tears, which Matt Duffer considers “a good sign.”
16.The Duffers also toldIndieWirethat they tried not to add new characters to the upcoming season so that they could focus on the original cast.
17.Executive producerShawn Levyalso said thatST5 “will definitely be more Hawkins-centric” compared to all the globe-trotting we saw in Season 4.
18.There may be a time jump in Season 5!
19.Don’t expect the feature length episodes of Season 4 — except for the finale.
20.HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean that Season 5 won’t be a huge season of television.
" There ’s no manner to be contiguous with Season 4 , and not , candidly , exposit plate and deepness , " Shawn Levy explained toTotal Film Magazine . " It ’s major , major , cinematic storytelling that chance to be telephone a TV series . Stranger matter 5is as big as any of the biggest movies that we see . "
21.Finn Wolfhard said he thinks the final season couldpremiere in 2025, so don’t expect it any earlier than that.
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Get ready for one last trip into the Upside Down…
