Happy Sunday, my dear strangers!
This is Mrs. Strange, and on today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about a
new filming update for Stranger Things 5 from David Harbour!
Yesterday, David Harbour was at a convention in the Middle East, where he shared another
update for Stranger Things 5.
Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in the Netflix horror drama, discussed a few months ago how
it was going to be difficult filming both season 5 and Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts
at the same time.
It is stressful, but actors can manage to handle multiple projects at the same time.
During the panel discussion at the Middle East Film Comic Con in Abu Dhabi, the actor
said that Stranger Things season 5 will begin filming sometime in June 2023.
Here’s the clip:
“What season are we in?
What season are we now?
Season…where are we feeling?”
"We're walking into season 5.
I've got a couple more months to train.
We start shooting that in June, though.
And that will be the final season."
With Noah Schnapp stating several weeks ago that he’s shooting the final season in May,
it’s very safe to assume that we’re looking at a production start in the last week of
May, right after Memorial Day weekend heading into the first few days of June.
Another important detail to mention is that many actors have different schedules when
it comes to filming the same project, and with Stranger Things 5 having a bigger emphasis
on Will Byers, it’s possible that Noah Schnapp is filming a lot more scenes by himself and
he could start before the rest of the main cast.
As for David Harbour, the actor has not hid his feelings regarding the show's final days,
noting it's bittersweet, but recently he said that it's time for it to end.
“I did a lot of training for season 4.
He was in a very specific position, he was in that Russian prison.
It was about making him a different guy and sort of shedding a layer of himself physically,
mentally, and emotionally.
And so, it was important, you know?
But now he's back in town, he's back in America where they have cheeseburgers, so he will
be well-fed."
With that last comment right there at the end, David Harbour seemingly implied that
Hopper will have gained a lot of weight when we see him again, so the time jump could be
definitely happening at the beginning of Stranger Things season 5.
To be honest, the show needed a bigger time gap in between seasons 3 and 4, so if they
do a time jump for season 5 even if season 4 was left on a huge cliffhanger, they can
fix those problems about the actors aging way past their characters.
Now with Stranger Things season 5 filming in the near future, we should expect more
updates in the coming weeks.
As mentioned recently, there is a rumored working title going around for season 5 that
we covered in our most recent video, although it seems like it is fake after all.
With that said, we should be hearing casting calls for extras and maybe minor characters
as we head closer into the filming schedule for the grand finale.
The Duffers mentioned last summer that they won’t add new characters, but they could
have been referring to main characters like Bob, Billy, and Eddie.
I think there’s a possibility that they’ll bring in new military personnel that will
assist Colonel Sullivan when he comes back to Hawkins, and maybe a boyfriend for Will
Byers if the epilogue in the series finale jumps forward years in time.
We will have to wait a little longer, but I am sure that the wait will be worth it.
Here’s hoping that our favorite tv show ends with a bang!
Overall, very enticing times.
And that is all that we have for today!
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