Hello Strangers, it’s Mrs. Strange once again. On today’s episode of Stranger Universe,
I will go over more and more set pictures that have leaked yesterday from the production
set in Atlanta in regards to Stranger Things 4, and I will discuss my predictions in regards
to them.
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So, those set photos from yesterday were pretty exciting, right? I wanna say thanks to Mina’s
world and other social media users for sharing the images and videos with me. We got more
pictures from the same location and sequence, but if you don’t wanna see the photos, here’s
a spoiler warning. Nothing major is revealed but just in case. Once again, spoiler warning.
So, to resume what we saw yesterday; it seems like a new Scoop Troop is forming, with Max
replacing Erica in the gang. Now it’s unknown where Erica is at, but we do know that she’ll
have a big role this season because the actress, Priah Ferguson, was promoted to a series regular.
Also notably missing are Mike and Lucas, especially Lucas since we last saw him together with
Max in the epilogue for season 3. We have previously speculated that Lucas will be a
popular kid in the basketball team and that Max will be drifting away from the group,
being a loner in high school. Whether Dustin moves in on Max remains to be seen, although
I would prefer that they stay as friends. Here we have more images of them in bicycles
because Stranger Things wouldn’t be Stranger Things if it didn’t have kids in the 80s
riding on bikes. It has become an iconic 80s trope as seen in movies like E.T. and Stephen
King’s It. I am guessing that Dustin and Max come in riding to the Family Video Store
and rush inside to tell Steve and Robin about the new strange activity happening nearby
in Hawkins. Hence why we see all 4 of them rush out and get inside Steve’s car. It
also seems like Dustin is wearing a cap that says “Thunder Cap,” maybe its part of
a brand in Hawkins but he is also not wearing the Hellfire Club shirt. Maybe he decided
to leave as soon as it the club started to get in trouble based on the dialogue we’ve
been hearing in regards to the new characters Eddie and Jason.
Now, we have images of this unknown girl. We can only speculate that she is just an
extra that Steve is hitting on or something. However, what if she’s an actual new character
for the season? I personally don’t recognize the actress or maybe she’s just a newcomer
much like how Maya Hawke was a newcomer when she joined Stranger Things with very few production
credits on her resume. Looking at the characters that people were auditioning for, maybe she
is Vicky? Who sounds like she may have had a run in with Robin or Nancy based on the
audition video that we saw, but if not then I really don’t know, but I am personally
leaning towards her being a character that just shows up in this scene. Maybe we’ll
see something similar to Stranger Things 3 where Steve hits on girls and fails epically
hard, with Robin keeping count in the background. I do wonder if we’re going to see Keith
in this season, maybe not in a big role again and just being as nerdy and oblivious as always.
Maybe instead of being called the “Scoop Troop,” this new gang will now be called
the “Video Family,” just swapping the name of this location; “Family Video Store.”
Max is also seen using a Walkman, which soared into popularity during the 80s. Who knows,
we might hear a lot of iconic songs from that time period as she walks around listening
to it.
Now, going into full speculation here, what exactly happened to Mike? Finn Wolfhard so
far missed the first 3 weeks of filming since production began again, though it is safe
to assume that he shot some scenes back in February and March before the pandemic hit.
However, being the main character alongside Joyce, Hopper, and Eleven, we should’ve
seen set photos of him by now, especially since his sister and his friends Dustin and
Max have been seen. Also with many scenes shot inside Hawkins High, I am assuming that
Mike will not be featured heavily on the scenes that were shot these past 3 weeks. Since Finn
is starting his scenes this week, I assume that we will get a first look at Mike Wheeler
in Stranger Things 4 very soon.
If this season takes place in the spring of 1986, then I assume that Mike will be visiting
Eleven and the Byers for spring break, wherever they moved to. But if it takes place late
in the year, maybe he is visiting them for either Thanksgiving or Christmas? Who knows.
His absence on the set is very noticeable, same for Lucas. The difference here though
is that I assume Lucas will share scenes with new characters in Hawkins High and all of
Caleb McLaughlin’s scenes were indoors, away from all the paparazzi.
Maybe there will be less scenes of Mike in this season, which is a possibility knowing
that unfortunately, Stranger Things leaves some characters on the bench such as Lucas,
Will, and Jonathan in season 3. As for where the Byers moved to, I assume, and this is
just me guessing, that they moved to Maine; because Maine is where Bob wanted to move
back in season 2 and it would make sense for Joyce to do that, especially after all the
events of the show as of now. And not only that but Maine is the setting of Stephen King’s
terrifying novel “It,” which came out in 1986. That is right, 1986, the same year
that Stranger Things 4 is set to take place on. It just makes perfect sense for the Duffer
brothers to pay homage to one of the most iconic horror novels of all time that definitely
inspired their show. There could be multiple references to Pennywise. Another possibility
is Kansas, based on the official announcement video that Netflix released for Stranger Things
4 that said “WE ARE NOT IN HAWKINS ANYMORE,” a clear reference to The Wizard Of Oz and
its line “WE ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.” Kansas is also much closer to Indiana, the
state where Hawkins is located, and should offer a nice change of scenery.
Overall, as we head into more weeks of production and filming, we should get more set photos
and videos as the days go by, but in general, this has been an exciting experience. It seems
like they’re shooting out of order because Millie Bobby Brown, arguably the biggest star
of the show and the protagonist with the most focus, hasn’t filmed a single scene yet,
according to the reports. Maybe this pandemic really messed around the entire filming schedule
and some scenes from episodes 1 and 2 have yet to be filmed with the missing actors.
Maybe what we are seeing here is from episode 5 or something, and they’re just shooting
all scenes location at a time instead of jumping back and forth. We also have this report that
production in Atlanta will end on Halloween, so it is currently unknown where it will continue
its production in November. Maybe it will move inside a green screen studio for the
time being.
And that is all that we have for today. What do you think about these new set pictures
for Stranger Things 4? What are your theories in regards to what’s happening in these
scenes being shot?
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