The sci-fi thriller ended on a major cliffhanger in Season 3, and moving forward, there are even more mysteries to be unraveled about Eleven and the rest of the Hawkins gang and beyond. In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about Stranger Things Season 4. But beware: There are huge spoilers ahead if you’re not caught up on the first three seasons! Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
When is Stranger Things Season 4 coming out?
Stranger Things Season 4 will be divided into two parts, the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer,wrote in a letter to fans in February 2022. Season 4, Volume 1 will drop on Netflix on May 27, 2022, with Volume 2 following on July 1, 2022. “With nine scripts, over 800 pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, Stranger Things 4 was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one. Everyone involved is incredibly proud of the results, and we can’t wait to share it with you,” they wrote. “Given the unprecedented length, and to get it to you as soon as possible, Season 4 will be released in two volumes. Volume One will release on May 27; Volume Two will release five weeks later on July 1. So that’s the good news. It’s coming soon. And it’s better than ever. It’s also the beginning of the end.” Even before Netflix confirmed the 2022 premiere date, it was looking more and more like the gap between StrangerThings seasons was going to be a big one this time around. While an earlier teaser from the Stranger Things’ writers room’s Twitter account stated 2020 as the release date, series star DavidHarbour said otherwise in a March 2020 Instagram Live, according to Digital Spy. He confirmed to his followers at the time that while Season 4 was “supposed to come out early next year,” as in 2021, it was also “likely to be pushed back.”
Is Stranger Things Season 4 delayed?
Production on all Netflix series was halted in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, and as a result, Season 4 of Stranger Things was subject to production and release delays as well. Director and executive producer Shawn Levy told Varietyof the decision to halt production, “I was having phone calls with Netflix while directing takes and blocking scenes. We shared the news with our cast and crew that we would be pausing production out of an abundance of caution. There were no sick crew members, no one was exhibiting symptoms, but it seemed like the right thing to do.” Levy added that it was a “bittersweet moment” to shut down production a month in “when [they] felt like [they] were on a roll.” He admitted, “When you’re shooting, you create this micro society, this community. You’re aware of the world beyond, but in all of my years directing and producing, I’m hard pressed to come up with any comparisons for this truly global situation.” Some of the cast had a table read before production shut down, and the adorable moments were captured on video.
Is there a Stranger Things 4 trailer?
Yes; in fact, there are several! The most recent trailer, released on April 12, 2022, opens with a mysterious male voice sneering, “You’ve broken everything. Your suffering is almost … at an end.” When that line ends, a partially-visible monster’s eyes open. Next, Max reads a letter out loud to her dead brother, Billy, at his grave, saying, “Ever since you left, everything’s been a total disaster.” Along with images of the kids entering high school, including Lucas playing on the basketball team and Mike and Eleven holding hands at a roller rink. We also see Hopper in his glorious return, saying he’ll help the cause even if it’s the last thing he does. Dr. Owens warns Eleven that a war is coming to Hawkins and she says she doesn’t have her powers — but he tells her that without her, they can’t win the war. You also see Robert Englund (for a split second), Joyce Byers getting a large mysterious package — and a full look at the monster at the very end of the clip. The trailer below, released in November 2021, shows Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) telling Mike (Finn Wolfhard) in a letter that she’s “finally adapted” to her new life (out of Hawkins and without powers) and that they’re going to have the “best spring break ever!” That’s followed by a series of explosions, car crashes, shootouts and more. Before that, the most recent one debuted during Netflix’s “Tudum” preview event and introduced fans to Creel House, the creepy new location where Season 4 will reportedly take place. While there’s still a lot we don’t know (including whether Creel House is located in Hawkins), we do know that Stranger Things Season 4 will pick up immediately where Season 3 left off. Before that, a minute-long teaser premiered in August 2021 that shows that Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) will return in Season 4, despite being believed to have been killed off previously. His appearance may be a flashback into Eleven’s backstory at the Hawkins National Laboratory. We also catch glimpses of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and some seriously spooky things going on in the sky in the teaser that dropped on Aug. 6, 2021, when we hear ominous whispers of “It’s coming” and “It’s almost here.” The very first Stranger Things Season 4 trailer dropped in February 2020, titled, “From Russia with love…”
How can I watch Stranger Things Season 4?
Season 4 of Stranger Things will air on Netflix in 2022. All of Season 4 Volume 1 will drop on May 27, 2022, with Volume 2 dropping on July 1, 2022.
Who is in the Stranger Things cast for Season 4?
All your favorite kids—Brown(Eleven/Jane Hopper),Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield) and Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair) will be back. Also returning are Winona Ryder(Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Brett Gelman (Murray Bauman), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers) and Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley). There will also be some interesting new additions to the Stranger Things cast for Season 4, TV Line reports. Robert Englund, most famous for playing Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Streetfranchise, will play Victor Creel, a man institutionalized after being accused of a grisly murder about 30 years prior to the start of the series. Jamie Campbell Bower (The Twilight Saga, The Mortal Instruments) plays a man who works as an orderly in the psychiatric hospital where Creel resides and is unsettled by the mistreatment of the patients. Eduardo Franco (American Vandal) plays a Jeff Spicoli-type stoner who delivers pizzas and serves as Jonathan Byers’ new BFF. Joseph Quinn (Howard’s End) is Eddie Munsen, a metalhead and leader of the Hellfire Club, a Dungeons & Dragons club in Hawkins. He will reportedly be a central character this season. Sherman Augustus (Into the Badlands) will star as Lt. Colonel Sullivan, who is determined to save Hawkins from the horrors of the Upside Down and beyond. Mason Dye (Bosch) is Jason Carver, a handsome jock whose picture-perfect life will be turned, er, upside down. Nikola Djuricko (Legends) will play Russian smuggler Yuri. Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones) will play a Russian soldier named Dimitri, who befriends Hopper. Other new cast members, whose exact roles haven’t been yet revealed, include Amybeth McNulty, Regina Ting Chen, Myles Truitt and Grace Van Dien.
Will Hopper be in Stranger Things Season 4 or is he dead?
Hopper will be back for Stranger Things Season 4! After it appeared he was killed off in Season 3, a post-credits scene revealed an “American” in Russia. The Duffer Brothers (a.k.a. series creators Matt and Ross Duffer) confirmed that “The American” is, indeed, Hopper, saying in a statement, “It’s not all good news for our ‘American;’ he is imprisoned far from home in the snowy wasteland of Kamchatka, where he will face dangers both human … and other.” In a teaser trailer, we see Hopper in what appears to be an internment camp working on a railroad—and without his signature mustache. However, there’s also a theory that the “Hopper” in Russia is actually a clone.
How many episodes are in Stranger Things Season 4?
The total number of episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 hasn’t been officially revealed yet, but we do know that Episode 1 is titled “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club.” TVLinereports that there may be nine episodes in Season 4, though it has not yet been confirmed. Seasons 1 and 3 both had eight episodes, while Season 2 had nine.
What happens in Stranger Things Season 4?
As with the previous seasons of Stranger Things, the plot details of Season 4 remain a mystery. The official synopsis reads: Keery, who stars as Steve Harrington, previously told Total Film (via PEOPLE) of Season 4, “Oh man, it’s pretty amazing—the Duffer brothers have really done it again. I think that this year—and I know I say this every single year—but this is definitely going to be a lot scarier than prior years, because last year was pretty dark.” In a statement from the Duffer Brothers, the creators said that Hopper will suffer quite a bit in Russia, where he is imprisoned, adding, “Meanwhile, back in the states, a new horror is beginning to surface, something long buried, something that connects everything …. Season 4 is shaping up to be the biggest and most frightening season yet, and we cannot wait for everyone to see more.” Varietyalso reported that Ferguson will be upgraded to a series regular for Season 4, so you can expect to see more of the clever math whiz with the rest of the kids. Gelman will also become a series regular for the fourth season, and there will reportedly be at least one episode explaining a fan favorite character’s backstory. “We don’t want to write ourselves in a corner, so we try to have these early discussions with the writers just to make sure that we’re setting ourselves up to go in the right direction,” Ross Duffertold Entertainment Weekly. “We don’t know a lot, but we do know a lot of the big broad strokes. At the end of season two, we knew about Billy. We knew that the Russians were going to come in. We didn’t know the mall and stuff, but again, we know these big broad strokes. That’s sort of where we are in season four. We have the big broad strokes. It’s just now about filling in those lines in the details. We’re pretty excited about where it’s potentially going to go.”
Where does Stranger Things Season 4 take place?
Stranger Things Season 4 will take place in various settings, including Kamchatka, Russia, where Hopper is imprisoned. Matt Duffer told Entertainment Weeklythat Season 4 will take place in settings outside Hawkins, and the show moved its filming from Atlanta to New Mexico. Need more Stranger Things goodness? Find out what Winona Ryder has to say about her maternal role on the series.
