Stranger Things season 5's 12-month shoot yielded 650-plus hours of footage
for its eight 'blockbuster movie' episodes, the popular Netflix show's
creators say

Date:
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:22:34 +0000

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Stranger Things' creators shot a head-spinning amount of footage for the
hugely successful show's fifth and final season.

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Stranger Things season 5 is, unsurprisingly, shaping up to be the hit
series' biggest entry yet but I don't think any of us realized how much footage was shot.

The short answer? A lot. Like, a lot a lot. That's according to the massively successful Netflix show's creators Matt and Ross Duffer, who have revealed
they filmed more than 650 hours of material for Stranger Things ' final
season.

The siblings, who are collectively known as the Duffer brothers (shocking, I know) confirmed as much at Next on Netflix 2025. Taking to the stage during
the Los Angeles edition of this year's multinational event, the duo
tentatively lifted the lid on season 5's development, which included the fascinating tidbit on the hundreds of hours of footage they collected during its 12-month shoot.

"We spent a full year filming this season," Ross Duffer said. "By the end,
wed captured over 650 hours of footage. So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet."

Echoing Stranger Things star Maya Hawke's previous comments that season 5
will be "basically, eight movies" , the Duffers also teased that the sci-fi horror series' final chapter may emotionally devastate us when Stranger
Things season 5 launches later this year .

"We think it's our most personal story," Matt Duffer added. "It was super intense and emotional to film for us and for our actors. Weve been making
this show together for almost 10 years. There was a lot of crying. There was
SO much crying. The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it. And we hope and believe that passion will
translate to the screen."

What new footage was revealed as part of Stranger Things 5's exclusive Next
on Netflix teaser?

Potential spoilers follow for Stranger Things season 5.

[see story link below for spoilers!]

All in all, season 5 looks and sounds fantastic so, when will it launch on Netflix? The short answer is: we don't know. Stranger Things 5 only wrapped filming on December 20, 2024 and given the amount of footage that the Duffers have to sift through as part of the post-production process, I'm convinced we won't see one of the best Netflix shows return to our screens for the last
time until late 2025. According to Netflix's Chief Content Officer Bella Bajara, Netflix Tudum 2025 will take place in May, so maybe we'll learn more about season 5's release window then.

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