Stranger Things season 5 has wrapped filming as Netflix doubles down on the hugely popular show’s return in 2025, and now I’m even more excited for its return
- Netflix has confirmed this Stranger things season 5 has wrapped production
- Filming the final chapter of the hugely popular show took a whole year
- Netflix has also announced that it will be released sometime in 2025
It’s official: Stranger things Season 5’s massive shooting schedule has wrapped. Even bigger festive news: Netflix has confirmed that one of its flagship TV Originals will return sometime in 2025.
Okay, we already knew that Stranger things‘ final episode would air next year. Indeed, on November 6, aka Stranger Things Day, Netflix revealed that the fifth and final chapter of the main show would debut in 2025. Nevertheless, it’s gratifying to see Netflix doubling down on its release commitment. Stranger things season 5 sometime in the next 12 months. Hey, making TV shows is hard, so there’s never a guarantee that the next season of a show will be released when people say it will.
THAT’S A TURN ON STRANGER THINGS. See you in 2025. pic.twitter.com/DWkIwMMOJ3December 20, 2024
To commemorate the end of principal photography, Netflix has released some new behind-the-scenes footage Stranger Things 5‘s cast and crew on social media. There’s absolutely nothing new we can glean from this photo dump about the final season’s plot, but at least everyone seems to be having fun on set. It’s a good thing they are, because the fifth entry of one of Netflix’s best shows will be the darkest and most emotional yet. At least that’s what I’m hoping for, because it would be frustrating if that were the case Stranger things bowed out with a whimper, rather than a bang.
It’s been a long road Stranger things season 5. The fourth season of the hugely popular sci-fi supernatural horror show launched in May 2022 – well, Part 1, consisting of six episodes, did. You can read my thoughts on these entries in my Stranger things season 4 review. The final two episodes arrived two months later and you can read about how season 5 is being set up via my Stranger things season 4 part 2 ending explained article.
Surprising no one, Netflix renewed its hugely successful TV Original for a fifth, albeit final, season weeks later. Unfortunately, Stranger Things 5‘s development was significantly affected by the 2023 Hollywood strikes, and that’s why Stranger thingsThe fifth season could not debut in 2024. While filming was still in progress Stranger things Season 5 didn’t start until January of this year, I was really worried we wouldn’t see it until 2026 at the earliest. Fortunately, that won’t be the case.
While the wait has lasted, we’ve been getting little tidbits of information about Season 5 to tide us over until its arrival on the world’s best streaming service. First, Maya Hawke, who plays Robin, said on July 2 that Season 5’s episodic runtimes will be huge, with the actor describing them as “eight movies, basically.” Two weeks later, Netflix dropped a behind-the-scenes video of season 5 teasing new characters, fan-favorite team-ups, and a possible time jump.
Let’s not forget the first one Stranger things spin-off – a prequel to a play entitled ‘The First Shadow’ – is also showing on London’s West End. The film will make its Broadway debut in early 2025, so be sure to read our review of The First Shadow before watching it. Even if you do, I think Netflix needs to address some of The First Shadow’s big reveals in season 5, otherwise Stranger Things 5 will run into the big Marvel and Star Wars problem.