- Stranger Things‘ creators reveal what number of hours of footage they filmed for season 5
- The Duffer brothers shot over 650 hours of fabric for the hit Netflix present’s ultimate season
- The pair additionally debuted a brand new behind-the-scenes have a look at Next on Netflix 2025
Stranger Things season 5 is, unsurprisingly, shaping as much as be the hit collection’ greatest entry but – however I do not assume any of us realized how a lot footage was shot.
The quick reply? Quite a bit. Like, so much so much. That’s in accordance with the massively profitable Netflix present’s creators Matt and Ross Duffer, who’ve revealed they filmed greater than 650 hours of fabric for Stranger Things‘ ultimate season.
The siblings, who’re collectively often known as the Duffer brothers (surprising, I do know) confirmed as a lot at Next on Netflix 2025. Taking to the stage throughout the Los Angeles version of this yr’s multinational occasion, the duo tentatively lifted the lid on season 5’s growth, which included the fascinating tidbit on the a whole lot of hours of footage they collected throughout its 12-month shoot.
“We spent a full yr filming this season,” Ross Duffer mentioned. “By the top, we’d captured over 650 hours of footage. So, for sure, that is our greatest and most bold season but.”
Echoing Stranger Things star Maya Hawke’s earlier feedback that season 5 will likely be “mainly, eight motion pictures”, the Duffers additionally teased that the sci-fi horror collection’ ultimate chapter might emotionally devastate us when Stranger Things season 5 launches later this yr.
“We assume it is our most private story,” Matt Duffer added. “It was tremendous intense and emotional to movie – for us and for our actors. We’ve been making this present collectively for nearly 10 years. There was a variety of crying. There was SO a lot crying. The present means a lot to all of us, and everybody put their hearts and souls into it. And we hope – and consider – that keenness will translate to the display screen.”
Potential spoilers observe for Stranger Things season 5.
As I discussed in the beginning of this text, the Duffer brothers additionally debuted a tantalizing new have a look at Stranger Things 5 throughout Next on Netflix 2025. Just just like the Stranger Things season 5 video that was unveiled throughout Netflix Tudum 2024 and the first-look teaser launched on-line final July that teased new characters and a attainable time bounce, although, it was simply one other behind-the-scenes (BTS) have a look at the forthcoming installment.
That doesn’t suggest it wasn’t price displaying, thoughts you. I attended the UK version of Next on Netflix and, with the video being livestreamed to me and different viewers members from LA, I can report on what was proven. For starters, the most recent BTS video gave us a have a look at the returning Vecna, who seems to have recovered from the accidents he sustained in final season’s finale (learn my Stranger Things season 4 quantity 2 ending defined piece for extra particulars).
The footage additionally confirmed Eleven carrying dishevelled garments – presumably in a bid to hide her identification – and utilizing her supernatural talents to combat some actors in mocap fits who’re working on all fours. Are these people performing out the actions for the return of season 2’s demodogs? I think about so.
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There had been additionally blink-and-you’ll-miss-it clips of Max working by way of The Void, Hopper brandishing a shotgun, somebody screaming as they’re seemingly attacked by Vecna (it was exhausting to make out who this was), and a few of our heroes interacting with season 5’s newcomers, together with Jake Connelly’s thriller character. The footage was performed alongside audio of a dialog between Mike and Eleven, too, with the previous telling the latter that they will end this combat collectively.
All in all, season 5 appears and sounds improbable – so, when will it launch on Netflix? The quick reply is: we do not know. Stranger Things 5 solely wrapped filming on December 20, 2024 and given the quantity of footage that the Duffers need to sift by way of as a part of the post-production course of, I’m satisfied we cannot see among the best Netflix reveals return to our screens for the final time till late 2025. According to Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Bella Bajara, Netflix Tudum 2025 will happen in May, so perhaps we’ll be taught extra about season 5’s launch window then.
