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NEED TO KNOW
- The premiere date for Stranger Issues season 5 was revealed at Netflix’s Tudum 2025 reside occasion on Saturday, Could 31
- Season 5 marks the sci-fi hit’s closing installment, and it’ll drop in three elements: Quantity 1 on Nov. 26, Quantity 2 on Christmas and the collection finale on New 12 months’s Eve
- Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery and Maya Hawke are among the many returning solid members
Mark your calendars, as a result of we formally have a premiere date for Stranger Things season 5.
Netflix introduced at its Tudum 2025 reside occasion on Saturday, Could 31, that the present’s closing season will air in three elements: Quantity 1 on Nov. 26, Quantity 2 on Christmas and the collection finale on New 12 months’s Eve.
On the reside occasion, Stranger Issues stars Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin and Noah Schnapp shared their favourite recollections from the present and overestimated the ultimate season, earlier than a teaser clip was unveiled, exhibiting all of the drama that is to return.
Their co-stars Gaten Matarazzo and Millie Bobby Brown additionally made an look by way of pre-recorded video messages, expressing their love for the followers who’ve supported them by way of the years.
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The streamer introduced in January 2024 that production had begun on Stranger Issues season 5, sharing a black-and-white picture of the solid. Co-creator Ross Duffer — one-half of the Duffer Brothers alongside Matt Duffer — then confirmed in December of that 12 months that production had wrapped.
Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Wolfhard, Brown, Matarazzo, McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery and Maya Hawke are all set to return for season 5, in addition to Brett Gelman, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Amybeth McNulty and Jamie Campbell Bower.
In June 2023, Netflix introduced that Terminator star Linda Hamilton was joining the cast. Different newcomers embody Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly and Alex Breaux.
A teaser shared in November 2024 revealed the titles for all eight episodes of season 5, ending with the collection finale titled “The Rightside Up.” This brings the present full circle, because the season 1 finale was titled “The Upside Down.”
“Within the fall of 1987, one final journey begins,” learn on-screen textual content within the teaser, revealing a time soar for the present after the earlier season was set within the spring of 1986.
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Hawke advised PEOPLE in June 2024 that filming the ultimate season had been “heartbreaking” for her.
“I imply, it is the tip of a very lengthy journey. Longer for a few of my castmates, even, than me. It is actually sentimental,” she stated. “We shoot for a very long time, so it is reinvigorating [to bring] the enjoyment and discovering it on a regular basis and making it new. It is a actually enjoyable factor to do.”
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Whereas Stranger Issues could also be coming to a detailed on Netflix, the story lives on in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. The play debuted on London’s West Finish in 2023 and transferred to Broadway earlier this 12 months.
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Seasons 1-4 of Stranger Issues are actually streaming on Netflix, and season 5 quantity 1 premieres on Nov. 26.