Maya Hawke has given an update on Stranger Things Season 5.
Following significant delays caused by the 2023 Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike, the fifth and final season of Stranger Things began filming in January 2024.
According to Hawke, who plays Robin Buckley in the popular Netflix series, production is expected to last around a year given the length of the episodes.
Hawke told Podcrushed (via Deadline), “Our showrunners, Matt and Ross, take a lot of responsibility. They have an amazing team of writers, but they’re very involved. They write a lot and they are very intense and serious about the quality of the continued writing, and it takes a long time to write each season, and it takes a long time to shoot them.”
She added, “We’re making, basically, eight movies. The episodes are very long.”
What do we know about Stranger Things Season 5?
Plot details for Stranger Things Season 5 remain largely under wraps at this time. The final season will consist of eight episodes, the first of which is directed by Matt and Ross Duffer and is titled “Chapter One: The Crawl.”
Along with Hawke, Stranger Things Season 5 stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Sadie Sink as May Mayfield, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair, Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, and Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna.
Additionally, The Terminator’s Linda Hamilton is playing an undisclosed character in the final season of Stranger Things.
Stranger Things Season 5 does not yet have a release date, though it is expected to premiere sometime in 2025. The first four seasons are currently streaming on Netflix.
