It will be the television event of 2025. Eight years after its launch, Stranger Things is about to say goodbye to Netflix. Season 4, which aired in 2022 on the platform, was just the beginning of a long conclusion to the adventures of Eleven, Mike and their friends. Now that the identity of the great antagonist is known, the creators have the heavy responsibility of putting an end to this exploration of the Upside Down. The Duffer brothers have been working on it for two years, but the process is far from over, according to Maya Hawke. The Robin actor spoke to Podcrushedshe spoke about the record length of these last chapters as well as the way her colleagues put their heart into their work. What does this final season have in store for us?
It’s facing Penn Badgley (You) that the actress confides in the development and the problems encountered in recent years to bring this major entertainment to life. After a season 4 placed under the sign of the pandemic, Stranger Things had to — like many series — deal with the actors’ strike and screenwriters in the USA. “It’s like the series is cursed.”. She adds that Stranger Things is in any case a production that requires a lot of time. “The creators have an incredible team of writers, very involved. They write a lot, they are very involved and want to keep the quality of storytelling the same. So it takes a long time to write a season, a long time to shoot. It takes us a year to shoot season 5.”
Eight films to end on a high note
These production times are significant, but it is for a good cause according to Maya Hawke. She explains that each episode will have the length and ambition of a film. “We are preparing eight films.” This is what the creators had already announced a few months ago. Ross and Matt Duffer promised a final episode of more than two hours. After a season 4 with 13 hours on the clock, This new vintage promises to be even higher, confirming its magnitude. If the new salvo will be shorter by one chapter, 8 versus 9viewers should not be left wanting more. This is especially true since things have already started in Hawkins. This time, the narrative will not need to recontextualize things. As a reminder, the boundary between the Upside Down and the real world has been blurred. A huge fault now pierces the American city, Vecna has managed to put his plan into action. Matt Duffer explained in 2022:
“For the first time, we’re not wrapping things up with Season 4. I don’t know if it’s going to be going 100 miles an hour when Season 5 starts, but it’s going to be going pretty fast. The characters are going to be in action already. They’re going to have a goal. This season is going to be really different.”
So let’s meet in 2025 to see how this entertainment monster will bow out. If Wednesday is a strong competitor, Stranger Things remains the emblem of Netflix, the series that everyone agrees on each of its appearances.
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