Stranger Things season 5’s filming start date confirms it won’t debut on Netflix in 2024
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It’s time to return to the Upside Down. Well, for the cast and crew ofStranger Thingsanyway, with Netflix confirming that filming has begun on the wildly popular show’s fifth and final season.
In a press release and on X/Twitter,Netflixrevealed that principal photography had officially started onStrangerThings season 5. The social media post was accompanied by a day-one start date photo, which showed the TV series' main cast during a read-through of one of season 5’s scripts alongside the Duffer brothers, the duo behind the hugely successful series.
🚨 THIS IS A CODE RED 🚨Stranger Things 5 production has officially begun! pic.twitter.com/ZO9WEr5Zo2January 8, 2024
It’s high time thatStranger Things' final entry – or, rather, the main show’s final installment – entered full production. It’s been 18 months (at the time of writing) since the second part ofStranger Thingsseason 4was released in July 2022, so the supernatural horror sci-fi series' global fanbase have been getting tetchy about when the show’s last season will be with us.
However, the timing for getting the cameras rolling onStranger Things 5has largely been out of the cast and crew’s hands. Filming was expected to have commenced on one of thebest Netflix shows' final seasons by now, but the 2023 Hollywood actors and writers strikes meant work on its scripts was delayed by several months, which also pushed back development in other areas.
As we reported in December 2023, that meansStranger Thingsseason 5 isn’t expected to make its Netflix debut this year, disappointing news which this filming start date announcement all but confirms. The 80s-inspired show, then, won’t spook its way back onto Netflix until 2025 at the very earliest.
Still, while it’ll be a near-three-year wait for the final season ofStranger Thingsto launch on one of the world’sbest streaming services, another project from Netflix’s hit franchise has seen the light of day.Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel stage play set in the 1960s, recently began showing on London’s West End – you can read ourspoiler-free thoughts onThe First Shadowto see whether it’s must-see before season 5 arrives.
There have been other snippets of season 5 information to tide fans over until it’s eventually released, too. In June 2023, we reported on the news that amajor Terminator actor had joined theStranger Things5 cast, while the Duffer brothers told reporters in November 2022 that thefifth season ofStranger Thingsis shaping up to be the show’s deadliest yet. Oh, and we also learned the name of the season 5 premiere title, aka ‘The Crawl’. Read ourfour big theories on whatStranger Thingsseason 5’s first episode titlecould mean for the show’s next entry.
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