Happy Fourth of July, my fellow strangers!
It’s Mrs. Strange once again.
On today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about Stranger Things 5, specifically
when the Duffers will begin writing it and when we can expect to see it.
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It feels weird to say that Stranger Things 4 is finally here.
After 3 years of waiting, the long awaited fourth season of the Netflix’s flagship
series is finally released in its entirety.
Stranger Things season 4 is breaking records left and right, already becoming the most
popular English language series on Netflix, and the second most popular series overall,
with Squid Game being the only show ahead of it.
However, the Volume 2 viewership numbers will be added to the Volume 1 numbers, meaning
that there is still a chance that Stranger Things overtakes Squid Game to become the
most popular Netflix series worldwide.
Earlier today, the Duffer Brothers were in an interview with Collider, where they revealed
more updates for Stranger Things 5.
The creators of the series revealed in an exclusive interview with Collider that the
writers’ room for the fifth and final season of the hit horror-nostalgia series begins
this August.
“We're going to take a little vacation in July,” Ross Duffer told Collider’s own
Steve Weintraub, “And then we're going to come back.
I know that the writer's room is going to start in that first week of August.”
Good news all around, for fans who are hoping to see more of their favorite Hawkins natives
sooner rather than later.
However, this sadly means that season 5 won’t begin production this year.
As mentioned by Collider, given the amount of time and money that goes into making a
global phenomenon like Stranger Things, this means that, while the Duffers have the rest
of the series already mapped out, it’ll be a while before we see anything concrete
on our screens, a devastating realization after the emotional toll exacted by the last
two episodes of season 4.
After season 3 came out on this exact day 3 years ago, season 4 didn’t begin filming
until late January 2020, due to the Duffers waiting for Netflix’s decision to renew
the show for the fourth season, and then using their time in late fall 2019 to begin writing
the penultimate chapter of the series.
Even though season 5 has been greenlit for months, it wouldn’t surprise me if we see
a similar schedule, with the Duffer Brothers using the rest of the year to write the first
batch of episodes in Stranger Things 5.
With that said, we could make very early guesses as to when season 5 will come out.
If we look at the pattern from seasons 2 and 3, the final season will be filming from 7
to 8 months, but that’s only if season 5 has 8 episodes and they’re 45 to 60 minutes
long.
If Stranger Things 5 gets 9 episodes as long as Stranger Things 4, with a series finale
that is well over 2 hours long, then it gets more complicated there.
One thing we can sadly rule out is a 2023 release date, since they will be using the
bulk of next year to film Stranger Things season 5.
On our Twitter, I made a prediction thread stating that season 5 will release in the
summer of 2024, and now with this news update, I feel much more confident in my prediction.
Another thing that’s likely to happen again is that they will reuse their strategy from
writing Stranger Things 4 during quarantine, and that is writing an entire season before
filming it.
That decision allows the writing to be more refined and polished, as opposed to rewriting
as they film during production and feeling the need to write under tight deadlines.
With that said, we shall see how long it takes to write the final season of Stranger Things,
and how long it will be in production.
Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
When do you think Stranger Things 5 will come out?
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