STRANGER THINGS Creators Say the 5th and Final Season Is a "Culmination of All the Seasons" With Its Tone Feeling Most Like Season 1
Netflix’s biggest hit series, Stranger Things, is getting ready to bring us its fifth and final season, and after the dark, scary fourth we experienced earlier this year, fans are wondering what kind of season will wrap the series.
During an FYC panel on Sunday night, creators Matt and Ross Duffer, director Shawn Levy and stars Millie Bobby Brown (who attended virtually), Caleb McLaughlin, Priah Ferguson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Quinn and Eduardo Franco, opened up about their Season 4 processes.
At the end of the conversation, moderator Patton Oswalt attempted to get a scoop from the executive producers about the tone of the fifth season, asking if there were new horror legends or pop culture moments they planned on referencing. Ross Duffer explained:
“Five, the way we see it, is kind of a culmination of all the seasons, so it’s sort of got a little bit from each. Whereas before each season was so distinctly… [Season] 3 is our big summer blockbuster season with big monsters, and [Season] 4 was the psychological horror. I think that what we’re trying to do is go back to the beginning a little bit, in sort of the tone of 1.”
He added that “scale-wise,” the last group of episodes are “more aligned with what [Season] 4 is.” Ross told the audience, “Hopefully, it’s got a little bit of everything.”
Although no spoilers were revealed during the 45-minute discussion, the team shared that the premiere episode (titled “The Crawl”) is finished and that the two-hour pitch meeting to the Netflix team, during which they mapped out the overall plan for the end, had the execs in tears. Ross said:
“Just as important as the supernatural, we have so many characters now, most of whom are still living. It’s important to wrap up those arcs because a lot of these characters have been growing since Season 1. So, it’s a balancing act between giving them time to complete their character arcs and also tying up these loose ends and doing our final reveals.”
Levy noted that while he is “paralyzed with fear” of spoiling anything, he’s continuously impressed with the work that the Duffers put in, saying:
“Even though the show has gotten so famous and the characters have gotten so iconic, and they’re so much about the ’80s and the supernatural and the genre, it’s about these people. It’s about these characters. Season 5 is already so clearly taking care of these stories of characters, because that’s always been the lifeblood of ‘Stranger Things.'”
I am bummed the series is almost over, but I’m excited to see it end on the right terms. It’s the exact story the Duffers set out to tell, and I’ve enjoyed the whole ride.
Netflix has not yet let fans know when Stranger Things season 5 will be released, but we will let you know as soon as the news drops.
via: Variety