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I feel like that's both a great thing, and I also love characters where their love life is not the center of their existence," she continued. "And that friendship with Steve is so special, and friendships have been carrying me through my life. I think they're really important and they deserve their airtime." For those worrying that the series might move to a weekly release on Netflix, fear not. On June 7, 2022, Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s head of scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, confirmed to Varietythat the final season will follow suit with previous iterations, and will be released all at once. What will Stranger Things 5 be about?

Although we hate to remind you once more, the devastating death of Eddie likely means that Joseph Quinn, who portrays the metalhead, will not return for the final season. BRB, going to mend my broken heart. But, Joseph did reveal in a recent interview that a cameo is not totally out of the question. Consider our fingers crossed. We saw the addition of new characters like our new fave Eddie Munson and Vecna in Stranger Things 4, and there will be a new addition in the show’s fifth and final season. At Netflix's global TUDUM event in June 2023, it was revealed that another familiar face from the '80s will be part of the final season of the beloved series. Linda Hamilton, who fans may recognize from The Terminator movies, is joining the cast for Stranger Things 5. The exact details surrounding her role have not been revealed yet, but she shared her excitement with fans during the virtual global event from the streamer. "I don’t know how to be a fan girl and an actress at the same time,” she said, "I’m gonna work on that." I literally don’t know,” he told E! News. “ The Stranger Things writers’ room tweeted out, ‘Hey, everybody, send us your thoughts for next season. What would you like to see?’ And I wrote in, ‘Can Dr. Owens live? Would that be possible?’” In a February 2023 interview with GQ, Finn Wolfhard hinted that the fifth and final season of the beloved sci-fi series likely won't hit Netflix until 2025. "I can't believe it's already season 5, I will be 22 by the time it comes out, I think, and I started working on the show at 12. That is insane," the actor said. "I’ll be able to drink with Gaten [Matarazzo], Caleb [McLaughlin] and Noah [Schnapp] and the whole cast at the premiere of Stranger Things 5. [You] couldn’t have said the same thing at the season 1 premiere, which blows my mind."Meanwhile, the Duffer Brothers and Shawn Levy revealed at a September 13 event that the full season storyline has been pitched to Netflix — and the response was emotional. “We did get our executives to cry, which I felt was a good sign that these executives were crying,” Matt Duffer shared, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Ross continued, dishing on the thought process behind including new characters: “Whenever we introduce a new character, we want to make sure that they’re going to be an integral part of the narrative,” he began. “But every time we do that, we’re nervous because you go, ‘We’ve got a great cast of characters here and actors, and any moment we’re spending with a new character, we’re taking away time from one of the other actors.’ So we’re just very, very careful about who we’re introducing.” Is there a release date for Stranger Things 5? For the first time ever, we don’t wrap things up at the end of [season 4]. Characters are already going to be in action, they’re already going to have a goal and a drive, and I think that’s going to carve out at least a couple hours and make this season feel really different. I’m sure the wrap-up will be a lot longer,” Matt continued. The Duffers also said that Eddie’s death and Max’s coma will have “major repercussions” in season 5, which will also go full circle into season 1, with many of the same groups reuniting for battle. What has the cast said about Stranger Things 5?I feel like after everything Max went through, if she ever wakes up, then I think she would just flee. I think she’s gonna get out, get out of Hawkins,” Sadie said on the December 15 episode of the Variety Awards Circuitpodcast . “She’s too smart to stay there. But she’s also a very loyal friend, so who knows? It’ll be conflicting.” Jamie Campbell Bower — who portrays Vecna, aka One — teased his return in the final season. “Let me put it this way: I know about season five. Take from that what you will,” he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Well, based on the fact that Will told Mike in the final episode that Vecna is not dead, just “hurting,” it seems very likely that the monster — and his friends — will return. In true Stranger Things fashion, there's also a possibility of some characters being killed off (RIP Barb, Bob, and Billy 🥲). According to Reddit, f ans are convinced that the fifth and final season will lead to the demise of two beloved characters: Max and Steve. Everyone else is likely to continue the fight in the final chapter — Max is in a coma in the last episode, but the possibility of her waking up is not overwhelmingly positive. Sadie Sink, the actress who plays Max, revealed in a June 27 interview with The Hollywood Reporterthat she has no intel on her character ’s story line in season 5. Maya Hawke, the actress who plays Robin, revealed that she has 'mixed' feelings about her character having a girlfriend in season five.

Aside from Montgomery, fellow Australian Cody Simpson also wrote a book of poetry under the same publishing company. He wrote "Prince Neptune" which comes out on April 7. So, if Robin survives the imminent battle with the Upside Down in Hawkins, Maya is open to other paths for her character. When the Rolling Stone interviewer expressed dreams of a spin-off of Robin and Steve living their best lives someplace in the ’90s, Maya concurred. “Normally I wouldn’t really be a proponent of a spinoff, but if I got to do it with Joe Keery, I would do anything. He’s so funny and wonderful and smart, and he’s got great boundaries. He’s an excellent coworker, and I would do anything with him,” she said.It's unclear whether Sadie's short hair plays into the plot of the upcoming season, but there's a chance it could tie in with the time jump to make her character, Max, appear older. Well, it’s the last season, so people are probably going to die... I’d love to die with honor, as any actor would,” she said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “But I love the way that the Duffer Brothers love their actors. The reason that they write so beautifully for me and for everyone else is because they fall in love with their actors and their characters, and they don’t want to kill them. I think that’s a beautiful quality that they have, and I wouldn’t wish it away.”