Stranger Things Season 5: Release Date, Cast, Trailer & Everything We Know So Far
The beginning of the end.
Warning: Spoilers for Stranger Things 4: Volume 2 ahead.
It’s official: Season 5 of Stranger Things will be its last. Back in February 2022, the Duffer Brothers announced the news themselves in an open letter shared with fans alongside season 4’s official poster.
“Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for Stranger Things,” the duo wrote in their letter. “At the time, we predicted the story would last four or five seasons. It proved too large to tell in four, but — as you’ll soon see for yourselves — we are now hurtling toward our finale. Season 4 will be the penultimate season; season 5 will be the last.”
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— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) February 17, 2022
The Duffer Brothers have served as the series creators and showrunners since Stranger Things premiered on Netflix back in 2016. Now, with a two-volume season 4 in the rearview, there’s only one chapter left to focus on for our favorite group of Hawkins kids.
“With nine scripts, over eight hundred pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, Stranger Things 4 was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one,” the Duffer Brothers shared, calling the fourth season “the beginning of the end.” The duo also shared that the decision to split the season in two parts was due to its “unprecedented length” and to get it to fans “as soon as possible.”
At the moment, there is no trailer for Stranger Things season 5 — but on July 15, Netflix gifted us all with something special. The streamer dropped the very first look at Stranger Things 5 with never-before-seen set footage in celebration of the cast and crew reaching the halfway mark of filming.
“We’re about halfway through filming now, and it’s exciting,” series star Caleb McLaughlin says via voiceover in the clip. “There’s so much going on. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Stranger Things season 5.”
“I started when I was 10, I’m now turning 20 years old,” says Millie Bobby Brown entering the soundstage. “It feels very weird.”
The clip then takes us inside the lot where the show is filming, sharing sneak peeks of Linda Hamilton entering her trailer, Vecna’s return, Lucas and Max’s reunion, a slimy, menacing dark hole, walls engulfed by the vines of the Upside Down, Maya Hawke and Joe Keery, and so many more exciting reveals.
“Like every season, you never know what to expect. 100% the wait will be worth it,” says McLaughlin. Noah Schnapp agrees, just scenes later: “I think this is gonna be the best season yet.” “Season 4 was big, season 5 definitely feels bigger,” says Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Vecna. Watch the full video above!
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