Streaming release date (United Kingdom)
Stranger Things Season 5 will be available to watch on Netflix in 2024. An exact release date is not available yet.
Stranger Things - Season 5
(2022)Coming soon
2024
Synopsis
Eleven and the gang prepare for a final showdown with Vecna
Back in Hawkins, Indiana, the whole gang are back together after the showdown with Vecna. But the war is hardly won, and the residents of Hawkins who truly know what is going on — and what is at stake — must do everything they can to rally together for the final fight.
What to know
Season 5 is the final season of Netflix’s tremendously successful original series
Stranger Things Season 5 is the upcoming fifth and final season of the nostalgic sci-fi horror adventure series produced by Netflix. The season is once again created by Matt and Ross Duffer. The duo have confirmed that season 5 will mark the end of the popular Netflix series.
The final season of Stranger Things once more stars Millie Bobby Brown as the telepathic Eleven. She is joined in the teen group by Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield, and Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair. As for the adults, Winona Ryder returns as Joyce Byers, and David Harbour as Jim Hopper. Joe Keery returns as Steve Harrington, alongside Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers. Jamie Campbell-Bower also returns as the villainous Henry/001/Vecna.
Production News
- February 17, 2022
- Netflix announce that season 5 of Stranger Things will be the last. The announcement comes with rumours of a spin-off series. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
- June 15, 2022
- Due to the cast ageing faster than production could take place, the Duffer brothers announce that the final season will take place several years after the end of season 4. (Source: Forbes)
- August 13, 2022
- The Duffer brothers confirm that no new main characters will be added to the story in season 5. (Source: Collider)
- August 13, 2022
- The official Stranger Things Twitter account posts an image from the writing team, confirming that season 5 will have 8 episodes. (Source: ScreenRant)
- March 21, 2023
- The writers confirm that season 5’s storylines are inspired by ideas from seasons 1 and 4, but much larger in scale than previous seasons. (Source: ScreenRant)
- May 6, 2023
- Production is halted due to the WGA strike. (Source: Deadline)
- June 17, 2023
- Terminator actress Linda Hamilton joins the cast for season 5 in an undisclosed role. (Source: Variety)
- June 28, 2023
- It is announced that Dan Trachtenberg, who helmed the film Prey and its spinoff Predator, will direct one episode in the final season of Stranger Things. He has additionally directed episodes of The Boys and the horror thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane. (Source: Collider)
- August 8, 2023
- The Duffer brothers discuss how Will Beyers will be a key character in season 5, saying that he will play an important role in the series, and that he will come into himself as an adult. (Source: Variety)
- September 11, 2023
- Shawn Levy confirms that he will be directing at least one episode in season 5 of Stranger Things. The last episode he directed in the series was 'Dear Billy' in season 4. (Source: Collider)
- December 8, 2023
- Variety report that, according to multiple reliable sources, filming for the fifth season of Stranger Things will begin in January 2024. (Source: Variety)
- January 8, 2024
- The official Netflix X (Twitter) account posts a photo of the Stranger Things cast with an announcement that production has finally started on season 5 after several delays due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023. (Source: Collider)
Genres
Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Fantasy
