“Stranger Things”, season 5: A teaser reveals when it will finally continue

?Stranger Things? Season 5: This is how the Netflix series will end

Thethe fourth season?Stranger Things? was released on Friday, July 1st, 2022 on Netflix and unfortunately this also marks the end of the popular mystery series. With the announcement of thealso came the announcement of the grand finale: ?Stranger Things? Staffel 5. Judging by a letter from the directors, we are moving with “giant steps”. on theFinaleto.

Unfortunately the start of the season has been delayed. Production on the series was paused due to the writers and actors strike in the USA. But since September 25, 2023, things have been looking up again emotionally for Hawkins' fans? and on January 8th, 2024 we were even able to look forward to a first picture of the cast, who are finally filming again! And on July 16th the first real teaser for the new season was released!

We'll tell you all the information you need to know about the small town of Hawkins and its supernatural inhabitants!

A little rewind: What is “Stranger Things” about?

It may have been a while for all of us, so here's a quick rewind?? Season 1: We are in the 1980s in Indiana, USA, in the fictional small town of Hawkins. The World of Four Boys Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Will (Noah Schnapp) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) is thrown into disarray when the mysterious girl Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) appears. They soon find out that Eleven has supernatural powers and is out of the ?Hawkins Lab? escaped. But in the midst of this mystery, Will suddenly disappears and finds himself in a kind of parallel dimension, the Upside Down. The children slowly decipher thisaround Eleven and the ?Hawkins Lab? and discover secret government experiments.

Over the course of the series, which has had three seasons to date, the children encounter a variety of dangers and adventures. And you are not alone! More important roles are played, among others, by Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder), Will's mother, Chief Jim Hopper (), the quasi-father of Eleven (), and the dream couple Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan Byers (Charlie Heaton). Also an actressjoins the cast in season 2 of ?Stranger Things? and provides cool female friendship moments together with Millie Bobby Brown and

When did Stranger Things air? Season 1?

Beware of the danger of nostalgia!The first seasonpremiered on Netflix in 2016 and was already a huge hit back then! Millie Bobby Brown was only twelve years old at the time and we can't believe that she's now in the fourth season of Stranger Things. is already of age. We've seen the child stars grow up in front of the camera and now the little ones are (almost) grown up.

The two director brothers had to work with their series conceptMatt and Ross DufferRunning from studio to studio and only received rejections at first. The series was then actually only available with Netflixplanned and should end after the first season. But due to the high number of viewers and the good criticism, the Duffer brothers were able to fulfill their dream of an entire series? and now even create five seasons.

What is “Stranger Things” about? Season 5?

Caution: Spoilers for ?Stranger Things? Season 4 Volume 2!

Hawkins is on fire. The Upside Down has come to the surface and people are fleeing the small town en masse. This season's main antagonist, Vecna, was not defeated ? which means that this will be in the fifth season of Stranger Things? will continue to play a leading role. Whether, howeveras Max continues to play a major role and whether she will wake up from her coma is not yet certain. But what is certain is that Steve is inStaffel 5 ?Stranger Things?will continue to play? although some fans have assumed that he will be in thebecomes.

Apparently it's supposed to be in ?Stranger Things? Season 5 will give a bigger time jump. This could solve a major problem with the series: the actors are slowly becoming too old for their characters on-screen due to the long production time of the series. In theLead actor Finn Wolfhard was 12 years old and thus resembled his role. A few years have passed now, but time stood still in the series. In season 4 Mike is actually 14 years old? In real life, however, he is already 19 years old and you can see this difference the most in him. With a jump in time?Stranger Things? Staffel 5this problem could be solved.

Overall, the fifth season shouldn't be quite as extensive as it is, where we got a four-hour season finale. However, the directors have already revealed that there will be numerous new adventures and also that perhaps one or two unexpected heroes (or villains?) will return!

?Stranger Things? Season 5: Why is the start date of the final season pushed back?

Bad news for all fans of Stranger Things: Not only that the end of the series around Eleven () and Co. with season 5 approaching? No, the start date of the season has now been pushed back. Although no official date has yet been announced for the start of streaming season 5, one thing is already certain: everyone will have to wait longer for the big finale. The reason for this was the strike by the ?Writers Guild of America? (WGA), which has been paralyzing Hollywood since the first week of May 2023.

The screenwriters of series and films and employees of the writing rooms of late night shows or evendemonstrated for more money and more security. The last time the WGA went on strike was 15 years ago, and perhaps some people can still remember it: it was the year in which series only had 10 episodes instead of 22 because the demonstrators had put down their pencils for weeks. Completely right. At that time, fair wage conditions for writers were enforced in Hollywood? However, there was no streaming back then, just TV channels.

, Disney+ and Co. only came into the race as big players in the 2010s. And streaming services have not yet reached a clear agreement on wages and job security with the WGA union. ?Streaming? During the strike 15 years ago, it was only taken into account in the case of scripts for YouTube formats.,and Co. are the big successful formats in the streaming universe? While record viewing and subscription numbers made Netflix and Co. rich, the screenwriters who were writing new series on a piecemeal basis could not rely on fair working conditions.

But what does the WGA strike mean now?to do? The Duffer Brothers, the minds behind the story of sinister events in Hawkins, show solidarity with the strikers. And they're not alone: ​​late-night talk show hosts, actors and creators of our favorite TV and streaming content are siding with the WGA. Because everyone gets paid by the studios? unfortunately not appropriate according to the WGA. After 2007, the union is now getting serious about 2023: the pens will only be picked up again and the stories will continue to be written once the union and studios have agreed on fair wages and working conditions.

The final season of the Netflix series is officially back in production

Unfortunately, the start date for the final season has been pushed back due to the writers' strike. But now there is finally a ray of hope: On September 25th it was announced that the ?Writers Guild of America? (WGA) has reached a provisional agreement that will hopefully lead to an early end to the authors' strike. Two days later, we got the news we've been waiting for: The Stranger Things writers posted a simple message on Twitter: "We're back," they wrote.

Now that the writers have been able to get back to work on the final season, the series now seems to be complete. Because on8 January 2024Netflix released the first image of the cast with the announcement: Stranger Things season 5 is officially in production! Filming with the cast seems to be in full swing. In the black and white photo you can of course see the Hawkings Kids gang (none of whom can really be called kids anymore), consisting of Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin. But our other favorites David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery are also there.

The first picture of the entire cast, who are finally filming again!

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This legendary actress is now part of the cast

?Stranger Things? stands above all for 1980s nostalgia? So it's only fitting that they bring this 1980s action legend on board. At the Netflix event ?Tudum? In June 2023, the Terminator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, introduced his colleague Linda Hamilton. She announces in a small clip that she is now in the final season of Stranger Things. will play along.

We know her as Sarah Connor from the “Terminator” films, and soon she will also become a little more confident in Hawkins ? or unsure? ? make. Not much is known about Linda Hamilton's role in Stranger Things. ? but if we look into her past, we can be sure that it will be a badass role.

Have you forgotten how cool Linda Hamilton actually is? In the clip below you can see how she... shortly after the birth of your child? prepared for the second Terminator part. Military training included.

"Stranger Things? Season 5: This is what the Duffer brothers have now revealed about the new season

We still have to be patient until the final season of ?Stranger Things? appears on Netflix. However, the masterminds behind the hit series, the Duffer brothers, revealed themselves in an interview with the US magazineVarietyand have revealed minimal details about the final episodes. Minimal details are better than no details, right? Drumroll, because this is what the Duffers revealed:

Ross Duffer, one half of the Duffer brothers, has revealed that, like the first season, a lot will revolve around Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). “Will will be at the center of things again in season 5,” said Duffer. “His emotional narrative arc will bring the whole series to a happy ending. Will is the little one, the introverted one, the one you have to protect. However, in the final season he becomes a young man? not just because it's about his sexual orientation.?

Noah Schnapp confirmed in July 2022 that his characteris. Shortly afterwards he had his personal coming out. In oneSchnapp linked his series character to himself: “It's quite possible that I'll play Will differently in season 5. I am completely aware of who I am. “I just think it’s great that I can incorporate that into my role, which feels the same way,” said SchnappVariety.

David Harbor has now revealed this about the end of the series

In an interview with the?Happy Sad Confused?podcast before the Hollywood strikes, revealed David Harbour, who appeared in ?Stranger Things? Hopper plays, first details about the now legendary ending of the Netflix series. “Before the screenwriters went on strike, we were sent the scripts. "They're absolutely great, as always," said the actor, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony last season, among other things. The Duffer brothers, who are currently on strike, are always outdoing themselves, says the actor, who has also been therestood in front of the camera.

?And it's a really big undertaking. “The set design and things in the script are bigger than anything we’ve done together before,” continued David Harbour. It must be clear to all viewers that after the furious finale of the fourth season, the rain of ash and Vecna's appearance, nothing would be the same again. “The world is a different place [in season 5],” he saidin the podcast.

According to David Harbour, the final episodes will answer all the unanswered questions, especially when it comes to the main characters: "I'm looking forward to bringing Hopper's story to a close. All the main characters? Eleven, Hopper, Joyce, Will, Mike? become super important in the new episodes, in which they say goodbye to the roles they played for eight years. About the ending of ?Stranger Things? David Harbor revealed: "It's just going to be very, very emotional."

When will the final season of Stranger Things start filming? but unfortunately it is still up in the air.

The first teaser is here and fans are puzzling over possible clues

Oh wow? although the final season of ?Stranger Things? is still a long way off, Netflix released a first teaser on September 14, 2023. And fans of the science fiction series are now completely freaking out.

The teaser doesn't show any of the main characters, but does show a destroyed Starcourt Mall? more specifically: the destroyed “Scoops Ahoy” ice cream parlor where Robin (Maya Hawke) and Steve worked together. The shop sign is on the ground and individual light bulbs are flashing. Wait, single light bulbs? This is known to the “Stranger Things” audience, because this is how Will from the Upside Down communicated with his mother in the first season. According to fans of the series, the flashing is Morse code and means ?Run? (i.e.: ?Run?). Would make sense. Because, if you ask us, the ultimate villain Vecna ​​is lurking somewhere in Starcourt Mall.

Either way, fans are now convinced that the ice cream parlor and therefore Robin and Steve will play a big role in the final season. It is also certain that the final season of “Stranger Things” will be absolutely epic: rumor has it that the episodes are longer and could rival any movie.

The first behind-the-scenes teaser is here

On July 16th, the first long teaser finally appeared, in which the actors talk about their experiences filming the fifth season.

“I started when I was ten years old,” says Millie Bobby Brown. ?I just turned 20.? Caleb McLaughlin added: "It will be worth the wait." And Jamie Cambell-Bower, who plays villain Vecna, says: “Season four was big. Season five is definitely bigger.?

The teaser doesn't reveal much? but above all gives an insight behind the scenes. Nevertheless, we can see that we can look forward to some scenes with the “Original 4”, the young group of friends around Will and Mike! In previous seasons, the friends were repeatedly pulled apart.

It also quickly becomes clear that the final season of the series will not only be big, but enormous. According to Maya Hawke, she'll even be making "basically eight films." include. It was actually said that the fifth season wouldn't be as long as the fourth? but we are pleasantly surprised.

Millie Bobby Brown Bongiovi shares photos from set

Finally, a sign of life from the set of Stranger Things! Millie Bobby Brown, who has since taken on the name of her husband Jake Bongiovi and is officially called Millie Bobby Brown Bongiovi, has shared mini glimpses from the set of Stranger Things season five. divided. It shows the actress with the nosebleed typical of her character Eleven and protective glasses, her dog, the poodle Winnie, in the upside down and a seat cushion that reveals her new name.

How emotional will the end of the cult series be? according to the actor

David Habrour appeared on the pop culture podcast?Happy Sad Confused?on October 17, 2024 again at the end of “Stranger Things” expressed. In the series, Harbor plays Jim Hopper, foster father of Millie Bobby Brown's Eleven and partner of Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder). In the podcast, Harbor said: "Okay, I have very strong opinions when it comes to the series because it's very close to my heart. It's quite possible that my opinion is not the same as that of fans.? But about episode 8 of season 5, which everyone is eagerly awaiting, he says (and this should please fans): “I can be critical. But everything about the episode is just right, it's the best they've ever made.?

The finale was particularly emotional, Harbor continued: “When we read it together in rehearsals before filming, people started crying halfway through. In the last 20 minutes everyone cried uncontrollably in waves, Noah Schnapp was my favorite crying colleague of the day.

But why exactly? Because it's so emotional, because it's the end of a defining series? David Harbor suspects that the younger actors around Millie Bobby Brown and Co. in particular became emotional because for them the finale of "Stranger Things" really an era is coming to an end: “For them, their childhood is somehow ending now,” says Harbor. At the beginning of production on ?Stranger Things? The actors were on average twelve years old; today, ten years later, they are adults. Finally, David Harbor revealed the final teaser: “It's a great episode and an incredibly great season. You will love them!?

Is Season 5 really the end of Stranger Things?

According to the director duo: Yes! In the letter that Netflix published on their social media accounts, they revealed that season 4 will be the largest season and withSeason 5 the story will come to an end in Hawkins. You probably initially planned the story arc of the series to last four to five seasons and now want to finish it.

But don't worry: there are already rumors of a spin-off seriesMillie Bobby Brownand we all know that the media industry rarely ignores its money-making projects these days. The Duffer brothers also said in an interview with ?Variety? talked about that sameseveralSpin-offs are being planned. So we're excited about spin-offs, sequels, films and reboots of Stranger Things.

A teaser reveals when things will finally continue

On November 6th, 2024, the first indication of the start date of the final season of “Stranger Things” was finally given. released in a video by Netflix. In addition to the starting year (oh, Netflix, you're teasing!), we now also know when the new season with Eleven and Co. starts: in the fall of 1987.

The streaming service also revealed the titles of the eight remaining episodes. These are called:

  1. ?The search?
  2. ?The disappearance of?
  3. ?The Turnbow Trap?
  4. ?The Magician?
  5. ?The electric shock?
  6. ?The Escape from Camazotz?
  7. ?The bridge?
  8. ?Back in the real world?