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CNET
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Netflix Give Us 3 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Release Dates
Are you ready for the return of Stranger Things? I sure am. It's been a long wait for word on when season 5 will drop on Netflix, and during the streamer's live Tudum fan event, we finally got some exciting new details about the highly anticipated final season of Matt and Ross Duffer's global hit series. It's coming in three parts: Four episodes on Nov. 26, three episodes on Christmas Day on Dec. 25 and the finale on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31. Three years have passed since the show's fourth season premiered on Netflix, with a nerve-jangling run of episodes that introduced Vecna -- the biggest bad of the series -- while setting the stage for an ultimate showdown between the kids of Hawkins, Indiana, and the dream-invading hellraiser. Stranger Things 4's ending alluded to a hell-on-earth scenario looming on the horizon. The new eight-episode adventure will pick up 18 months later, in the fall of 1987. Yes, we're still in the '80s even if the cast members are full-fledged adults now. Just go with it. Last season's finale found Eleven processing the earth-shattering realization that, during her time undergoing experiments led by Papa (Matthew Modine), she inadvertently created Vecna and the Upside Down. A collection of Nightmare on Elm Street-inspired kills throughout the episodes helped to unlock the veil separating the netherworld and the real one. Thanks to Will's psychic connection to the beast, we know Vecna is going to come back bigger and badder than before. By the look of things, the whole cast is back at it for one final go-round: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Winona Ryder, David Harbour and Brett Gelman are all here. It's a new year for Stranger Things. And something tells me it'll be the most challenging one the gang has ever faced.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Stranger Things' Season 5 is coming: Episode titles, cast members — and what we know so far about the final season's release
Our favorite Indiana teens are coming back for one more round of interdimensional drama. Stranger Things is set to return this year for its fifth and final season, and with it, a continuation of the story that put fan favorites like Sadie Sink's Max in grave danger after a battle with Jamie Campbell Bower's villain Vecna. With so many questions still unanswered (will Max ever wake up from her coma? What will happen to the town of Hawkins now that the Upside Down is invading?!), it's hard to believe we're nearing the end of Stranger Things. Since its debut in the summer of 2016, the series has built a world filled with supernatural suspense, iconic characters (RIP Eddie!) and ride-or-die friendships. It's also a love letter to all things '80s, celebrating everything from Dungeons & Dragons to hanging at the roller rink — all with an epic synth soundtrack. Soon, we'll all be wistful for the series that made nostalgia cool. Here's everything we know so far about the upcoming season of Stranger Things. Season 4 of Stranger Things followed the Hawkins crew as they tried to stop Vecna, a powerful new villain with ties to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). Vecna, once known as Henry Creel, was the first child experimented on by Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) in the Hawkins lab, but after Eleven defeated him as a child, he was sent to the Upside Down. At the beginning of the season, Vecna exacted his revenge with a string of teen murders, leading the gang to team up to defeat him. Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Max, Eleven, Will (Noah Schnapp), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Robin (Maya Hawke) worked together across different locations and dimensions to stop Vecna, but unfortunately, it didn't go quite as well as they hoped: In the season finale, Vecna's still around, Max is in a coma and the Upside Down is starting to take over the real world. The only thing we know for sure is that Stranger Things is headed to Netflix in 2025 — but we don't know when, or if the season will drop in two parts, like the fourth season did. Production on the final season wrapped in December 2024. Stranger Things Season 5 will consist of eight episodes — and we already know their names. The final season of Stranger Things features eight episodes titled 'The Crawl,' 'The Vanishing of …,' 'The Turnbow Trap,' 'Sorcerer,' 'Shock Jock,' 'Escape from Camazotz,' 'The Bridge' and 'The Rightside Up.' While we don't know how long each Stranger Things episode will be, Wolfhard, who plays Mike, told Collider that while some episodes run closer to 45 minutes, we should expect others to be as long as a feature film. That checks out, given the longer runtime of Season 4's episodes — including the finale, which clocked in at two hours and 24 minutes. Ross Duffer, who cocreated the series with his brother Matt Duffer, said at the Next on Netflix event in January that they spent a full year filming the season, and that, by the end, they had captured over 650 hours of footage. 'So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet,' he said. 'It's like eight blockbuster movies. It's pretty, pretty insane.' And Bower previously told Netflix that while Season 4 of the show was 'big,' the show's final season 'definitely feels bigger.' Most of your favorites are confirmed to be back: Noah Schnapp as Will Byers, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Amybeth McNulty as Vickie, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers, Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman, Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna/Henry Creel, Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair, Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler and Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield will all return for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. Stranger Things is adding new cast members Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly and Alex Breaux to the show's final season. And staying true to its pattern of casting '80s icons — like its star Winona Ryder and cast members like The Goonies star Sean Astin and Aliens' Paul Reiser — the series has also cast The Terminator's Linda Hamilton in a role that is still under wraps. There is no trailer yet, though the show did release a behind-the-scenes video from the filming of the upcoming season. While no one is giving away any big spoilers at the moment, Matt Duffer revealed in a press release earlier this year that the new season has 'no time for a ramp-up,' meaning it's 'going to be intense from beginning to end.' And Ross noted that the new season will feel 'familiar' to longtime fans of the series. 'This season is the biggest it's ever been in scale, but everyone's back together in Hawkins, interacting the same way they were in Season 1.' According to the official Stranger Things episode title announcement, Season 5 picks up in the fall of 1987, more than a year after Season 4, which unfolds in March of 1986. But eagle-eyed fans noticed something quite interesting in footage of Harbour and Wolfhard filming Stranger Things in Atlanta, which is a stand-in for downtown Hawkins. On the set, there is reportedly a movie theater advertising Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — a movie that came out in 1989, two years after the series picks up again. So it's possible, though hardly confirmed, that we may see our characters throughout a wider time span than in previous seasons. One of the bigger theories heading into Season 5 involves the resurrection of metalhead Eddie, played by Joseph Quinn. Eddie was tragically swarmed by demobats in Season 4, leading to his demise — but some think his manner of death is a clue that he could return in a new form. It all has to do with the Dungeons & Dragons story of Kas the Bloody-Handed, a warrior who was killed by Vecna and later resurrected as a bloodsucker. So far, though, Quinn has not confirmed a return to the Netflix series … but if this is the case, it's not like he would ruin the surprise. Another theory points to how Stranger Things might end — and it's pretty depressing for Eleven. One theory popular with fans is that Eleven will take Vecna's place as the ruler of the Upside Down, but instead of it being a dark, gloomy hellscape, she'll use her psychic abilities to create a paradise. That means, of course, she'll leave dad Hopper and boyfriend Mike in the real world … unless they can vacation there on school breaks?! You can learn more about Vecna's backstory in the special-effects-heavy stage show Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which began its run in London's West End before setting up shop on Broadway as well. While there's no Eleven, Mike or any of the other Hawkins teens, the play does take audiences back to the small Indiana town circa 1959, when Hopper and Joyce were in high school.
Daily Record
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Documentary charts rise of boy from West Lothian village to terrific Hollywood movie director
Michael Caton-Jones directed a number of big screen movies such as Memphis Belle, Rob Roy, and The Jackal The life of an award winning Hollywood movie director from Broxburn is being celebrated in a new documentary. Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life is a co-production between the two Scottish production companies; Partickular Films and Two Rivers Media. The 67-year-old grew up in the West Lothian mining village before moving to London, and studying at the UK's National Film School. His first feature. Scandal, about the Profumo-Keeler sex scandal, became an international hit and put him in high demand. He went on to direct a number of successful big screen movies including Memphis Belle, Doc Hollywood, Rob Roy, The Jackal, Shooting Dogs, Our Ladies, and Basic Instinct 2. Another film he directed – This Boy's Life – saw Leonardo DiCaprio in his first major film role, with Caton-Jones instrumental in his casting. The Scottish production companies collaborating to produce the documentary about the West Lothian man have announced that actor-producer Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff's Cinco Dedos Peliculas production company have boarded. The documentary includes interviews with Caton-Jones and those who worked with him throughout his career, including David Putnam, Tim Roth, Letitia Wright, Ron Perlman, Ewen Bremner, and David Hayman, as well as never-before-seen archive material from Caton-Jones' 40-year career. Executive Producer is Alan Clements (Special Forces: Most Daring Missions narrated by Tom Hardy; Dogs of War; Cassius X: Becoming Ali; Killing Escobar). Alan Clements, Managing Director of Two Rivers Media, said: 'Not only is this film the story of how a young, working-class man became one of the most exacting directors in the business, it tells how Hollywood embraced this driven Scot. "We are delighted to have secured so much unique and exclusive material with which to tell this inspiring story. It is also fantastic to be working with Matthew and Adam, whose collective experience will be a huge asset to this project.' Cinco Dedos Peliculas is a film and new media production company co-founded by actor-producer Matthew Modine with producer and former Apple marketing executive Adam Rackoff. Modine and Rackoff have executive produced a number of award-winning films, documentaries, and animated features. Their recent documentary, Downwind, chronicles the fallout from decades of nuclear bomb testing on American soil and is narrated by Martin Sheen and features Michael Douglas, Lewis Black, and John Wayne's son, Patrick. 'I'm excited to have this opportunity to introduce Michael Caton-Jones' body of work to a new audience while also reminding folks what a terrific filmmaker he is,' said Matthew , who played Captain Dennis Dearborn in Caton-Jones' second feature, Memphis Belle. 'To this day, Rob Roy remains one of my favourite movies of the 1990s. The end sword fight might be the most realistic ever put to film,' added Modine's producing partner, Adam Rackoff. 'Michael Caton-Jones' life and filmography deserve the documentary treatment and I'm thrilled to help bring Joseph McLean's and Alan Clements' vision to the screen.' The Caton-Jones documentary is directed and produced by Joseph McLean (River City; Cows Cash & Coverups) of Partickular Films. He added: 'This Broxburn Boy's Life is a celebration of the talent and determination that led Michael from his home town to Hollywood. The calibre of talent we have on-screen is testament to Michael's success story and the relationships he formed over the course of his career. "We're delighted to have Matthew and Adam onboard as Executive Producers and we've already discussed some exciting plans for filming in New York and LA.' Also onboard are Emmy award-winning composers Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly of Hart Reilly Music, whose recent credits include the Roger Moore documentary From Roger With Love.
Khaleej Times
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
'Stranger Things' star Matthew Modine boards 'Godzilla x Kong' movie
The Monsterverse just got a whole lot bigger. Matthew Modine, fresh from his success in Netflix's Stranger Things, has joined the cast of Legendary's latest installment in the Godzilla-King Kong franchise. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Modine, who has had a resurgence in his career thanks to his role as Dr Brenner in Stranger Things, has closed a deal to join the cast of the movie. He will play a general in the film, which is set to start shooting in Australia in April. The movie, directed by Grant Sputore, will feature a star-studded cast, including newcomers Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O'Connell, and Delroy Lindo. Dan Stevens will reprise his role as Trapper, the laid-back monster veterinarian and dentist. While plot details are being kept under wraps, Legendary has revealed that the story will feature "several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat." Modine's addition to the cast is just the latest in a string of high-profile projects for the actor. He can currently be seen opposite Robert De Niro in the Netflix series Zero Day and has several upcoming projects in the works, including The Better Sister with Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel and The Protector with Milla Jovovich.
