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On tonight’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about a new update for Stranger
Things 5 from the Duffer Brothers and Shawn Levy.
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At a Los Angeles event on Sunday night, Stranger Things creators Ross and Matt Duffer and executive
producer Shawn Levy gave the first hints of what’s to come in the show’s fifth and
final season.
They were also joined by cast members Caleb McLaughlin, Joseph Quinn, Jamie Campbell Bower,
Priah Ferguson, Eduardo Franco and a virtual Millie Bobby Brown.
When asked about the current process on Stranger Things 5, Ross Duffer responded by saying:
“We turned in the first script a couple of weeks ago and we’re onto the second.
It’s full steam ahead.
I remember season 1 we were just amazed that Netflix was letting us do this at all, but
season 2 was when we really developed an overall plan and a backstory for all of this and make
sure that, with the Upside Down, everything about what it was.”
He added that they did start revealing a lot of that plan in season 4, but it seems like
more of our questions will be answered in season 5.
“We do have quite a bit more to get in.
But just as important as the supernatural, we have so many characters now, most who are
still living, and it’s important to wrap up those arcs.
A lot of these characters have been growing since season 1 so it’s a balancing act between
giving them time to complete their character arcs and also tying up loose ends and doing
our final reveals.”
Matt Duffer said that only a few people know how the show will end, but the brothers did
pitch the full season to Netflix in a two-hour meeting.
“We did get our executives to cry, which I felt was a good sign that these executives
were crying.
The only other times I’ve seen them cry were like budget meetings.”
The crowd started laughing, and Shawn Levy chimed in: “Those were different tears.
As a witness and having been in that two-hour pitch room and having read this first script,
I’m paralyzed with fear that I’ll spoil anything but I will say the thing about these
Duffer Brothers is that even though the show has gotten so famous and the characters have
gotten so iconic and there’s so much about the ’80s and the supernatural and the genre,
it’s about these people, it’s about these characters.
Season 5 is already so clearly taking care of these stories of the characters because
that’s always been the lifeblood of Stranger Things.”
When asked about how much the final season will continue to weave in ’80s horror and
pop culture influences, Ross said “We see season 5 as a culmination of all of the seasons,
so it’s sort of got a little bit from each, whereas before each season was so distinctly.
Season 3 was our big summer blockbuster season with our big monster; season 4 was the psychological
horror.
I think that what we’re trying to do is go back to the beginning a little bit in the
tone of season 1, but scale-wise it’s more in line with what season 4 is.
Hopefully it’s got a little bit of everything.”
In hindsight, it sounds like Stranger Things 5 will be much more like season 1 in terms
of characters and tone, but the scale and stakes of the story will be much more similar
to season 4.
Just like we mentioned in our previous episode for Gaten Matarazzo’s interview, every final
chapter is always the culmination of every story, so we really should expect to see the
show become much more grandiose and epic in Stranger Things season 5.
One small detail that stands out to me is that they only finished writing the first
script very recently, which we all saw a glimpse for Stranger Things Day.
However, it sounds like they’re writing the season at a much more slower pace than
we initially thought, so even though the Duffer Brothers said that the wait for season 5 will
shorter than the one for season 4, we should keep our expectations in check just in case
it takes longer to come out.
At the rate they’re going, production will probably start in summer 2023, meaning that
we probably won’t see the season come out until very late in 2024.
We shall see when exactly they’ll start filming in the near future.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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