Final battle looms in 'Stranger Things 5'
'Stranger Things 5' begins in the fall of 1987. Hawkins is threatened by the opening of the Rifts, with our heroes united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna.
Daily Tribune'Stranger Things 5' begins in the fall of 1987. Hawkins is threatened by the opening of the Rifts, with our heroes united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna.
FINN Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler in 'Stranger Things 5.'
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Our favorite nerds are gearing up to take down Vecna in the final season of Stranger Things.
Stranger Things 5 begins in the fall of 1987. Hawkins is threatened by the opening of the Rifts, with our heroes united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But the villain has vanished, his whereabouts and plans unknown. What makes the situation complicated? The government is placing the town under military quarantine while intensifying the hunt for Eleven.
Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers in July 2016, quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever. Its fourth season alone amassed over 140.7 million views globally. It garnered over 70 awards worldwide, including Emmys and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and has been nominated for over 230 awards.
The cast of Stranger Things 5 includes: Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers) and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).
Season five will be split into three parts: Volume 1 (27 November), Volume 2 (26 December) and Volume 3 (1 January 2026) at 9 a.m. PHST.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow live on stage in London’s West End and an untitled animated spinoff series are in the works.
