The tip of an period is coming quickly, and now we’re one large step nearer to it, as Season 5 of Stranger Issues simply wrapped its manufacturing. In celebration of this massive replace that additionally solidified the truth that our last journey to the Upside Down might be a part of the 2025 TV schedule, Netflix posted the sweetest BTS pictures whereas Ross Duffer uploaded a sentimental assertion about ending filming. Now, as we combine all that and the nostalgia collectively, I’m left sitting right here in my feels.
This journey down reminiscence lane that additionally has me stoked about what’s to come back started with a co-post from the official Stranger Issues account and the collection’ co-creator Ross Duffer. It featured a handful of behind-the-scenes pictures (which you’ll be able to see under) of the youngsters with Winona Ryder, the Duffer Brothers, the Steve, Nancy and Jonathan actors, and a lot extra.
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Admittedly the one that actually bought me was the ultimate picture of Maya Hawke, Joe Keery, Finn Wolfhard and Charlie Heaton. They’re all smiling so massive, and seeing the Robin, Steve and Mike actors with their arms round one another makes me all emo.
Plus, simply typically seeing the youngsters all grown up with their older co-stars places all this in perspective. The younger actors are taller than most of their colleagues now, they usually’re all additionally adults, which is wild to consider. And it’s loopy to understand this truth each when it comes to their lives and my very own, as a result of like them, I used to be a child when Season 1 got here out.
So, we’ve all actually been on a wild trip over time with Stranger Issues, and Ross Duffer’s assertion about wrapping touched on that too, as he wrote partially in his Instagram publish:
We’ve been telling this story for almost a decade now. A lot of our forged members joined us once they have been children, simply ten or eleven years previous. It wasn’t only a present for them—it was a defining a part of their childhood. They’ve grown up earlier than our eyes, changing into greater than actors—they’ve turn out to be household. Nevertheless it’s not simply the forged we think about household. Our crew—lots of whom have been with us from the very starting—holds a particular place in our hearts. Their dedication and keenness have been the spine of this journey.
After a yr of manufacturing and over two years of ready, it’s surreal to assume that Season 5 of Stranger Issues is totally filmed and means nearer to being launched.
Now, the watch for its premiere on Netflix’s 2025 schedule is basically on, and that makes me really feel excited, nostalgic, unhappy and a myriad of different feelings. That is all as a result of between getting the Season 5 episode titles and seeing Duffer’s publish together with these BTS pictures, it actually looks like we’re within the endgame now.
To contextualize that assertion, we’ve been ready for Season 5 because the summer time of 2022 – that was the yr I began working at CinemaBlend. Season 1 got here out in 2016 – my senior yr of highschool. My life has modified dramatically because the present’s premiere, and I can not assist however really feel a lot nostalgia and bittersweet sentiment for this journey we have all been on.
I think about a bunch of Stranger Issues followers are wanting again on how their lives have modified whereas this present has been on too, and in the event that they’re like me, they’re of their feels. A lot has advanced each in Hawkins and in actual life, and it genuinely looks like the top of a significant chapter now that this Netflix megahit is coming to an in depth subsequent yr.
So, whereas I be sure I’m stocked up on tissues for what’s certain to be an action-packed and emotional season of one in every of Netflix’s most binge-able reveals, you possibly can return and watch Stranger Issues’ first 4 seasons with a Netflix subscription. Then, as we get nearer and nearer to this extremely anticipated conclusion, be sure to remain tuned to CinemaBlend, as a result of we’ll be retaining you up to date on all issues Upside Down.