Netflix reveals release date for final season of Stranger Things
Netflix has finally revealed the release date for the long-awaited final season of its hit Stranger Things.
The eight-episode fifth season has been split into three parts, with the first four episodes released on November 27, three episodes released on Boxing Day and the final episode released on January 1.
David Harbour as Jim Hopper and Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in season five of Stranger Things.Credit:
Created by the Duffer Brothers, the series has been a monster hit for the streamer ever since it debuted in 2016. Set in the 1980s in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, it initially followed the disappearance of 12-year-old Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) into the alternate dimension of the Upside Down and the appearance of a young girl named Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), who has psychokinetic powers.
The main cast is set to return, including Winona Ryder, who plays Will’s mother, Joyce Byers, and David Harbour, who plays police chief Jim Hopper. Terminator’s Linda Hamilton is the only big-name addition to the fifth series, playing an undisclosed role.
The show’s blend of 1980s nostalgia, supernatural horror and teenage drama made it a breakout hit for Netflix, picking up 57 Emmy Award nominations. The show’s fourth season was named the most streamed show of 2022, with more than 52 billion viewing minutes over the year, according to ratings agency Nielson. It has also spawned a play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which opened to mixed reviews on the West End in 2024 and Broadway in April this year.
Netflix made the announcement at its Tudum fan event, where it also announced the release dates and revealed new trailers and teasers for the third and final season of Korean hit Squid Game (released June 26), the film Happy Gilmore 2 (July 26) and the second season of Wednesday (split across two dates, August 7 and September 4), with a confirmed appearance by Lady Gaga.
The third Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man, starring Daniel Craig as private detective Benoit Blanc, will be released on December 13, and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s new crime thriller The Rip was revealed, with a January 17 release date. A teaser trailer for Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein, starring Australia’s Jacob Elordi as the monster, was also revealed, but there was no firm release date, other than saying it would be in November.
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