For more than a month, Stranger Things Season 4 has been the talk of the internet, thanks in part to the decision of the showrunners to break the season into two parts. The ending left many viewers heartbroken and perhaps gloomy about the future of Hawkins, much like crowds exited the theatres following the Thanos snap in Avengers: Infinity War. ‘The End’
As of this writing, Season 5 has yet to begin production but plenty of details have leaked. The Duffer Brothers, the show’s creators and directors, recently revealed on a podcast called Happy Sad Confused that the final season will be very different from the previous four.
That last statement is correct: Stranger Things’ fifth season will be the show’s last. Netflix replied to the Duffer Brothers’ offer by signing a five-season deal with them, stating that they would need at least four or five seasons to tell the tale they had in mind.
Find out all you need to know about Season 5 of Stranger Things below.
When Can We Expect It To Be Released?
The release date for Season 5 is one of the most pressing questions, although it hasn’t been announced yet. Based on the show’s past release dates, it’s possible to estimate that the fifth season will be released in 2024 at the latest. Season 1 premiered on July 15th, 2016. Season 2 premiered on October 27, 2017, 15 months later. Following Season 3 on July 4th, 2019, which was around 20 months later, Season 4 wasn’t released until about 35 months later because of the epidemic.
The average wait period between seasons is 23.5 months, or about two years if you average them all out. Of course, we’d prefer not to have to wait so long, but on that route, we’ll arrive in the second half of 2024. For Season 5, we may expect a few official teaser trailers and sneak peeks to be released six to eight months before the premiere.
A recent interview with Collider Editor-in-Chief Steve Weintraub revealed that Matt and Ross Duffer desire to put quality material over speed when it comes to delivering their content to the public. Nobody wants to rush the process of writing, pre-production, filming, or post-production to the point that their work is ruined. In this interview, the Duffers also stated that the visual effects team was on par with Marvel Comics, but with a far shorter turnaround time. Season 4’s conclusion alone included more visual effects scenes than the whole third season of Stranger Things combined.
Is There Going to Be A Lot of These?
Again, this is just guesswork at this point because the writers are still working on Season 5. The first and third seasons each featured eight episodes, while the second and fourth seasons each had nine. Season 5 will most likely contain eight episodes if the current trend continues. A few concerns have been made concerning the length of the episodes, and the Duffer Brothers have recognised this, suggesting that they plan to keep the episode lengths at roughly an hour or less for Season 5. They also said that the final episode would be an “epic showdown” closer to 2.5 hours long. A leisurely build-up to action in Season 5 is out of the question because of how Season 4 finished. The first episode, according to rumours, will be an all-out war.
Season 5: What Can We Expect?
They haven’t killed off any original cast/characters, instead killing off minor side characters solely. Millie Bobby Brown and Noah Schnapp have both called out The Duffer Brothers for this. There has been no word on who will die in Season 5 yet, but the writers have said that “this isn’t Game of Thrones” and they don’t want to kill anybody off solely for shock effect. Fans have expressed their displeasure with the “plot armour” that shields the major characters from danger, even though the deaths they have witnessed so far have been heartbreaking and important.
What Are the Next Steps?
With Stranger Things’ fifth and final season looming (much like the Mind-Flayer), eager viewers want to know what’s next. Not because it’s coming to an end, but because you got to go along for the journey. It’s excellent news for the Stranger Things world and its creators that the future is looking brighter. However, while the Duffer Brothers remain tight-lipped about details, they have indicated that the spin-off series will be “1,000 per cent different” from the current series. Besides managing the spin-off series, they will also be in charge of a stage play based on Stranger Things.
Sonia Friedman & Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) will produce and direct this stage production, a British theatric combo that has worked together several times in the past. Netflix and the Duffer Brothers have also formed a new company named “Upside Down Pictures” for future collaborations, including the spin-off series. We want to focus on stories that were an inspiration to us when we were kids, stories that show us that strength and heart can triumph against evil no matter how mundane the circumstances may be.
The Duffer Brothers’ new label will also produce a miniseries version of Stephen King’s novel, The Talisman, which will air on Netflix. This Netflix miniseries will be produced in association with Upside Down Pictures by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Upside Down Pictures. Netflix’s second live-action adaptation of Death Note, based on Japanese manga and anime, will likewise be produced by Upside Down Pictures. An eight-episode television series will replace the 2017 feature film version.