Stranger Thingsseason 5 has now wrapped filming, with a host of new behind-the-scenes photos commemorating the occasion. After the release of season 4 in 2022, it was confirmed that the hit horror-fantasy would conclude with one final outing.Stranger Thingsseason 5started filming earlier this year and will release on the streamer in 2025, picking up the story after Hawkins becomes ground zero for Vecna’s Upside Down incursion into the real world in the season 4 finale.
As the wait continues for the return ofStranger Things, Netflix now shares a new batch of behind-the-scenes images, providing a look at the show’s cast during the filming of the final eight episodes. The images include new looks at Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Maya Hawk, Charlie Heaton, Priah Ferguson, and Bret Gelman in various scenes.
Several of the images also feature creators Matt and Ross Duffer, as well as director Shawn Levy. Another features Frank Darabont, with the director coming out of retirement to helm part of the final season. Check out the images below:
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Some New Character Pairings Are On The Way
Stranger Thingsseason 4 earned positive reviewsoverall, but if there’s one common complaint that cropped up it’s that the show struggled to balance its massive cast. Since no core cast members die in season 4, season 5 is set to potentially deal with this same problem. The behind-the-scenes images, after all, make clear thatthe show will be attempting to craft farewells for a great number of characters beyond just the core five teens.
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The images don’t reveal much about the plot of the upcoming season, but they do reveal some character pairings audiences can expect. Joyce Byers (Ryder), for example, will seemingly have a scene with Karen Wheeler (Buono), and Robin (Hawke) will eventually wind up in a car with Muray Bauman (Gelman). Interestingly, the images don’t provide a look at allStranger Thingscastmembers, withSadie Sink’s Max notably absent, in addition to newcomer Linda Hamilton.
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It Will Be An Emotional Final Outing
Even ifStranger Thingssometimes struggles to properly balance its many characters, it has still been a wildly successful show critically and in terms of viewership.These characters that audiences have come to know since the show first released in 2016 are a major part of why the series has struck such a chord, and it will be an emotional experience bidding farewell when the show returns next year.
Stranger Thingsseason 4 scored 1.4 billion viewership hours during its first 28 days of availability on the platform.
It’s unclear exactly how things will play out after theStranger Thingsseason 4 finale in 2022, butit’s entirely possible that not all familiar faces will reach the end of the final outing alive. Max’s fate, for example, still remains a major question mark. Though more is sure to be revealed aboutStranger Thingsseason 5 early next year, the images are proof that the cast members' bonds behind the scenes are just as strong as they are on camera, and that’s sure to make saying goodbye even more difficult.
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Stranger Things is a Netflix series set in the 1980s, where the mysterious disappearance of a young boy leads a small town to uncover secret experiments and supernatural forces. A significant focus is on a peculiar girl who may hold the key to the unfolding mystery.
