Summary
Stranger Thingsis due to return for its final season. The Netflix CEO has some thoughts about the upcoming Season 5.
Stranger Thingsis a hit sci-fi horror series on Netflix from the Duffer Brothers. It premiered in 2016 and will air its fifth and final season in 2025. Although it only has five seasons, the production took nearly 10 years to complete the series. There was a three-year gap between Season 3 and Season 4, which premiered in 2019 and 2022.Stranger ThingsSeason 5was supposed to start production in 2023, but the schedule was pushed back due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Hence, it has been over two years of waiting for the fifth season. Ted Sarandos, the Netflix CEO, shared his thoughts about the final season.
Sarandos has been giving updates about the beloved seriesStranger Things. Just recently, he shared another update about the beloved series that would soon end. According to him, the final season ofStranger Things"Is so good," Stranger Things Update shared the CEO’s word on X, formerly Twitter. “It leans into the very emotional connection people have. Remember, we grew up with these kids, so to see this cast it’s an incredibly emotional experience.” Sarandos is probably right about the show being emotional as it hits its final season. Fans have witnessed the stars' development from their childhood to adulthood. One of its stars,Millie Bobby Brown, who plays the fan-favorite character Eleven is even already married before the release of the final season. Brown previously said it “feels very weird” as she reflected on her history in the show. She was only 10 when they started filming and was already turning 20 when they filmedStranger ThingsSeason 5.
During the company’s Q2 2024 Earnings Interview, Sarandos announced thatStranger ThingsSeason 5 would premiere in 2025. “Looking forward through 2025, you’ve got new seasons ofWednesday,Stranger Things, andThe Night Agent. And, we’re in production onOne Piece, so there’s a ton of excitement there just in our series,” he previously shared. However, it remains unclear when exactly in 2025, the final season will hit the streamer.
In July,Stranger Thingsdropped a teaser for the upcoming season. Noah Schnapp, who plays Will Byers on the show, teased thatSeason 5 would be “the best.“The promo also included a throwback video of the cast members when they were still kids riding their bikes. The sight struck a chord as it indicated how long the series had run and howthe young stars had grown up into fine adults.
There’s no doubt that the series took very long to finish, considering it only has five seasons. Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas, evenpoked fun at the long waitfor the final season. He shared a snap of him with his co-stars Sadie Sink (May Mayfield) and Maya Hawkeye (Robin Buckley) on X and edited it to make them look significantly older. “Sneak peek of Season 5” he wrote in the caption with eyes emoji, joking that they would grow old waiting forStranger ThingsSeason 5. “One heck of a time jump,” one fan agreed.
