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Meanwhile, the Duffer Brothers and Shawn Levy revealed at a September 13 event that the full season storyline has been pitched to Netflix — and the response was emotional. “We did get our executives to cry, which I felt was a good sign that these executives were crying,” Matt Duffer shared, per The Hollywood Reporter. In a July 2022 interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Duffers also revealed that episodes in the final season will be shorter than the movie-length ones in Stranger Things 4 — with the exception of the big finale, of course. “The only reason we don’t expect to be as long is because, typically — or this season, if you look at it, it’s almost a two-hour ramp up before our kids really get drawn into a supernatural mystery,” Matt explained. “You get to know them, you get to see them in their lives, they’re struggling with adapting to high school and so forth. Steve’s trying to find a date, all of that. None of that is obviously going to be occurring in the first two episodes.” We saw the addition of new characters like our new fave Eddie Munson and Vecna in Stranger Things 4, and there will be a new addition in the show’s fifth and final season. At Netflix's global TUDUM event in June 2023, it was revealed that another familiar face from the '80s will be part of the final season of the beloved series. Linda Hamilton, who fans may recognize from The Terminator movies, is joining the cast for Stranger Things 5. The exact details surrounding her role have not been revealed yet, but she shared her excitement with fans during the virtual global event from the streamer. "I don’t know how to be a fan girl and an actress at the same time,” she said, "I’m gonna work on that." Although we hate to remind you once more, the devastating death of Eddie likely means that Joseph Quinn, who portrays the metalhead, will not return for the final season. BRB, going to mend my broken heart. But, Joseph did reveal in a recent interview that a cameo is not totally out of the question. Consider our fingers crossed.

Dr. Brenner is shot multiple times by the U.S. military after they infiltrated the secret lab in Nevada, seemingly dying in front of Eleven’s eyes. So, we most likely won’t see him again. But, what’s to come of his lab partner, Dr. Owens? It turns out that Paul Reiser, the actor behind the character, is also unsure. For the first time ever, we don’t wrap things up at the end of [season 4]. Characters are already going to be in action, they’re already going to have a goal and a drive, and I think that’s going to carve out at least a couple hours and make this season feel really different. I’m sure the wrap-up will be a lot longer,” Matt continued. The Duffers also said that Eddie’s death and Max’s coma will have “major repercussions” in season 5, which will also go full circle into season 1, with many of the same groups reuniting for battle. What has the cast said about Stranger Things 5? Ross continued, dishing on the thought process behind including new characters: “Whenever we introduce a new character, we want to make sure that they’re going to be an integral part of the narrative,” he began. “But every time we do that, we’re nervous because you go, ‘We’ve got a great cast of characters here and actors, and any moment we’re spending with a new character, we’re taking away time from one of the other actors.’ So we’re just very, very careful about who we’re introducing.” Is there a release date for Stranger Things 5? In a January 23, 2023 interview with Us Weekly, Noah Schnapp opened up about his character, Will's journey with his sexuality and being in love with his best friend, Mike. "I think it's beautifully written," Noah Schnapp told the publication while promoting his company, TBH. "They've had this vision for a long time, which you can tell even from season 1 how they wrote it with his character and how he was bullied and being called a fairy and all the way up from season 1 up until now. They've had this story line kind of in the works and I think their vision has been working really well." For those worrying that the series might move to a weekly release on Netflix, fear not. On June 7, 2022, Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, confirmed to Varietythat the final season will follow suit with previous iterations, and will be released all at once. What will Stranger Things 5 be about?

I don't know, I feel mixed about it," she said in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment when asked if she hopes that Robin will get a girlfriend.

In a fan edit posted on TikTok, Sadie is seen with her new short hair while playing the guitar. The post's caption reads, "the hair 🤤💯 ST5 spoiler??" Others took to the comments section, writing, "Have you seen that Sadie Sink has a new hairstyle?? If she cut off her hair, does that mean she won’t be in season 5? after all, they can’t change their hairstyle. Max won’t be alive?" Maya Hawke, the actress who plays Robin, revealed that she has 'mixed' feelings about her character having a girlfriend in season five. Eleven's death would be a sad conclusion to the acclaimed series, but Stranger Things has followed the characters through their childhood, it must naturally end for the characters to go into adulthood. With the coming-of-age themes of the show, it would make sense for some of the groups' growing pains to involve learning to live without Eleven. While El the lovable "weirdo" changed their lives, not all changes are permanent, Eleven may eventually just represent a fond memory of their adventures as children. Sadie Sink received her flowers for her emotional performance as Max in Stranger Things 4, and she opened up about leaving the beloved series and starting a new chapter. On January 4, 2023, the actress appeared on The Today Showto promote her movie The Whale but revealed that she doesn't know much about the fifth and final season of her hit Netflix show. "We know that it's happening and that it's the last season, so it's going to be emotional I'm sure," Sadie said. "Spoiler-free, just with the way my character ended in season 4, I have no idea what is going to happen. But I'll be there." I feel like after everything Max went through, if she ever wakes up, then I think she would just flee. I think she’s gonna get out, get out of Hawkins,” Sadie said on the December 15 episode of the Variety Awards Circuitpodcast . “She’s too smart to stay there. But she’s also a very loyal friend, so who knows? It’ll be conflicting.”So, if Robin survives the imminent battle with the Upside Down in Hawkins, Maya is open to other paths for her character. When the Rolling Stone interviewer expressed dreams of a spin-off of Robin and Steve living their best lives someplace in the ’90s, Maya concurred. “Normally I wouldn’t really be a proponent of a spinoff, but if I got to do it with Joe Keery, I would do anything. He’s so funny and wonderful and smart, and he’s got great boundaries. He’s an excellent coworker, and I would do anything with him,” she said.

Well, it’s the last season, so people are probably going to die... I’d love to die with honor, as any actor would,” she said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “But I love the way that the Duffer Brothers love their actors. The reason that they write so beautifully for me and for everyone else is because they fall in love with their actors and their characters, and they don’t want to kill them. I think that’s a beautiful quality that they have, and I wouldn’t wish it away.”In a February 2023 interview with GQ, Finn Wolfhard hinted that the fifth and final season of the beloved sci-fi series likely won't hit Netflix until 2025. "I can't believe it's already season 5, I will be 22 by the time it comes out, I think, and I started working on the show at 12. That is insane," the actor said. "I’ll be able to drink with Gaten [Matarazzo], Caleb [McLaughlin] and Noah [Schnapp] and the whole cast at the premiere of Stranger Things 5. [You] couldn’t have said the same thing at the season 1 premiere, which blows my mind." Aside from Montgomery, fellow Australian Cody Simpson also wrote a book of poetry under the same publishing company. He wrote "Prince Neptune" which comes out on April 7. Montgomery loves to write poetry and even admitted in a July 2019 interview that his poetry podcast (DKMH) is a "very cathartic experience" for him. I literally don’t know,” he told E! News. “ The Stranger Things writers’ room tweeted out, ‘Hey, everybody, send us your thoughts for next season. What would you like to see?’ And I wrote in, ‘Can Dr. Owens live? Would that be possible?’” During the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Abu Dhabi, David Harbour revealed that season 5 was slated to begin filming in June 2023.