Stranger Things (season 5)

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The fifth and final season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things , marketed as Stranger Things 5, will be released on the streaming service Netflix. The season will be produced by the show's creators, the Duffer brothers, along with Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson, and Curtis Gwinn.

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Returning as series regulars are Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Amybeth McNulty, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, and Jamie Campbell Bower. Linda Hamilton will also appear as a series regular in an undisclosed role. The season is expected to release in 2025.

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Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
351"Chapter One: The Crawl" [1] The Duffer Brothers The Duffer Brothers2025 (2025) [2]

Production

Development

On February 17, 2022, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer released an expansive letter about Stranger Things that revealed, amongst other revelations, the fourth season's two-part release schedule, their intention to produce a spinoff series set in the world of the show for Netflix, and the renewal of the series for a fifth and final season. [3] The duo had originally indicated the show was planned to run for a maximum four seasons, but a fifth season run was later teased by producers in 2017. [4]

As with seasons past, planning for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things began before the preceding season's release. However, due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Duffers were able to completely outline the fifth season before the fourth had even begun shooting, which was a departure from their usual development cadence. They then revisited their outline and reworked the structure and events of season five based on feedback they received after the release of season four, even going so far as to alter the series' ending. [5] Executive producer Shawn Levy was confirmed to be directing at least one episode in the season by September 2023. [6]

Writing

Writing for the fifth season began on August 2, 2022, about a month after the premiere of season 4 volume 2. [7] On November 6, 2022 (Stranger Things Day), it was announced that the first episode would be titled "Chapter One: The Crawl" and would be written by the Duffers. [8] As noted by the Duffers in the WGFestival 2022, some unused ideas originally conceived for the second season were implemented in the fifth season's storylines. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on the entertainment industry, the Duffers had time to outline the fifth season before even the fourth season could be shot, edited and released, but once the fourth season was released, the Duffers received some feedback from both the fans and collaborators of the show, leading them to re-write some plans for the season, namely the series finale, and pitch them to Netflix, though they noted that most of their original plan stayed unchanged. [5] The writers team described the tone of the season as if "season 1 and 4 had a baby" which was "injected with steroids". [9] On May 6, 2023, the Duffer Brothers announced that writing for season 5 had been paused due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. [10] On September 27, the day that the strike ended, the Stranger Things Writers account posted an image stating "We're back," [11] officially confirming that writing had resumed. On the same day, Netflix revealed that they were prioritizing the scripts of the season due to the aging cast. [12] On October 14, 2023, it was revealed that writing was over halfway done. [13] Schnapp stated that the season would end with Will Byers. [14]

Casting

The fifth season features the return of Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, and Jamie Campbell Bower. [15] In June 2023 during Netflix's TUDUM event, it was announced that Linda Hamilton would be joining the cast. [16] Hamilton had contacted the Duffer Brothers on Zoom, providing her with information about the "shape" of her character, but not story. [17] When production began in January 2024, a set photo released by the team confirmed the return of Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, who is promoted to series regular for the season. [18]

Filming

After a significant delay due to the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production for the fifth season officially began on January 8, 2024. [19] By March 2024, Brown stated that there was nine months left of filming and that she had then read the script for six episodes. [20]

Release

The season is expected to release in 2025. [2]

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