The release date of Stranger Things' fifth season has not yet been confirmed, despite the fact that it was first announced in February 2022, and the filming was slated to begin in June 2023, according to David Harbour, it was delayed by WGA strike and ensuing SAG/AFTRA strikes.
There have been no reports indicating that Stranger Things season five has begun filming as of September 2023. Overall this made the start date of the show much later. According to reports, the eagerly awaited series will be released by mid-2025.
What is Stranger Things about?
Stranger Things is an American web series exclusive to Netflix and is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments of the paranormal and supernatural nature, including those that involve human test subjects.
They create a portal to an alternate dimension, “the Upside Down” and the influence of the Upside-Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in mysterious ways. Stranger Things currently has 4 seasons with the latest releasing on July 1, 2022.
Is there a release date for Stranger Things 5?
According to The Duffer Brothers on Twitter, the fifth and final season's filming has been postponed owing to the Writers Guild of America strike in 2023. According to a WhatsOnNetflix report, fans can expect 'Stranger Things' season 5 to premiere on Netflix sometime in mid-2025.
The Stranger Things Seasons 3 and 4, had three years in between them, which the pandemic is to blame for, as there were scheduling and production delays. Season 5, might have a lesser wait time, but it’s likely we won’t get to see Stranger Things 5 next year.
Has Stranger Things 5 started filming?
The Stranger Things season five was scheduled to be under production by June 2023, as per David Habour, but was delayed further due to strikes. On August 25, the official Stranger Things’ writers room took to Twitter with an update on season 5 production. The tweet featured a photo of a whiteboard divided into eight episodes, they wrote, “Grid stage.” In early August, the writers' room confirmed that they’ve officially started penning the final season.
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On September 21, 2022, the Stranger Things Writer's official account shared yet another photo to announce that they have completed the Gird for Season 5. Take a look:
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What will Stranger Things 5 be about?
A lot took place in the season finale and the penultimate episodes of Stranger Things 4 and while we don’t know much of what might happen, we can speculate that season 5 will focus on saving the town of Hawkins. Executive producer Shawn Levy revealed, in an interview with E! News that Stranger Things 5 will definitely be more about Hawkins.
Despite the many regions of season 4, we can expect most of the activities to take place in Hawkins for the fifth and final season. In July 2022, the Duffer brothers revealed in an interview, that episodes in the final season will be shorter than the movie-length ones in Stranger Things 4, except for the big finale.
They explain that the characters are already going to be in action and that they’re already going to have a goal. The length might turn out to be at least a couple of hours, and they aim to make the finale season feel really different. The Duffers also stated that events before the finale season will have major repercussions in season 5, which will also go full circle into season 1, with many of the same groups reuniting for a final battle.
Show runners Matt and Ross Duffer, previously teased that there will be a time jump in the final season, but perhaps it will be in effect from the very first episode. The Duffer Brothers revealed in an interview with Collider that Will is going to be featured in order to investigate the reasons for Vecna's pick of him in season 1 as well as the link between him and Vecna.
Stranger Things' fifth and final season is set in the late 1980s, and the main plot revolves around Vecna's four gates opening, bringing the end of the world to Hawkins and causing the city's color to drain and some areas to be replaced with a volcanic hellscape.
FAQs
There have been no reports indicating that Stranger Things season five has begun filming as of September 2023.
Eleven from Stranger Things is played by Millie Bobby Brown.
Stranger Things 4 has 9 episodes in total.
Strangers Things season 5 will most probably be released by mid-2025.
