We can also expect the gang to return for season five, including Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Natalia Dyer as Nancy, Sadie Sink as Max, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, Joe Keery as Steve, Priah Ferguson as Erica, and Winona Ryder as Joyce.
While his character, unfortunately, did not survive, Joseph Quinn, who plays Eddie Munson AKA the leader of the Hellfire Club, has also hinted at a possible return to Hawkins for season five, telling Digital Spy, “I’d be furious if they’re not bringing me back.” Are you listening, Stranger Things?
When will Stranger Things season 5 be set?
Even though the end of season 4 made us ask A LOT of immediate questions, it looks like a time jump is pretty likely, according to Ross Duffer.
“I’m sure we will do a time jump,” he told TVLine. “Ideally, we’d have shot [seasons 4 and 5] back to back,” Ross added, “but there was just no feasible way to do that.”
We guess this makes sense – the lead actors are growing up so fast!
What will Stranger Things season 5 be about?
Warning spoilers!
There are a lot of things that were left on a cliffhanger at the end of season 4 Vol.2. We are yet to know about Max’s fate after she nearly succumbed to Vecna’s deadly powers. Also, Will Byers chillingly points out that the Vecna has not died, hinting at one last major showdown with Eleven and the gang in season five as she fights to save her friends and the city of Hawkins.
Jamie Campbell Bower (who plays Vecna) recently told NME, “I don’t think he’s slunk off licking his wounds in misery. He’s rebuilding, and he’s out for blood.”
We’re also set to find out a lot more about the Upside Down, according to the Duffers: “The only thing we don’t delve into in [season 4] volume 2 is Upside Down lore. We hint at it. I’m sure someone on Reddit will be able to maybe piece it together, but a lot of those answers for the Upside Down or that is really what the basis of season 5 is about.”
Thankfully there hasn’t been any uncertainty about whether there would be another season, as the Duffer Brothers, AKA the show’s creators, confirmed that season five would be going ahead in an open letter to fans via Netflix.
They wrote, “Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for Stranger Things. At the time, we predicted the story would last four to 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.”
They added, “There are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes. But first, we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down.”