'Stranger Things 5' Trailer Teases an Explosive Climax
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The end is nigh for "Stranger Things" and we finally have the first trailer for the hit series' fifth and final season. It's been three years since the explosive events of season 4, and now we finally will see the conclusion to the story. You can watch the trailer below.
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The official description of "Stranger Things 5" reads "The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown."
"Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread."
"The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they've faced before. To end this nightmare, they'll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time."
From left to right: Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Eduardo Franco as Argyle in "Stranger Things" season four. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
From left to right: Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, and Eduardo Franco as Argyle in "Stranger Things" season four. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
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The final season will be released in three parts. Volume 1 streams on Netflix on November 26, Volume 2 on Christmas Day, with the series finale releasing on New Year's Eve.
But while this may be the end of the mothership "Stranger Things" series, there's more to come from the "Stranger Things" universe.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, co-creator Matt Duffer previously said, "There are more 'Stranger Things' stories to tell and in the works."
"It's a bit early at this point to talk about them, but we're deeply involved in every one — it's very important to us that anything with the 'Stranger Things' name on it is of the highest quality and not repetitive — that it has a reason to exist and always blazes its own path."
"And also, it needs to basically just be ... awesome. Or we need to think it's awesome. And there are a lot of what we think are awesome things in the pipeline."
Returning to "Stranger Things" for Season 5 are Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhar, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke, and Jamie Campbell Bower.
New cast members include Linda Hamilton of "The Terminator" fame whose role is so far under wraps. We get our first glimpse of her mysterious character in the Season 5 trailer.
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