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“Couldn’t have ended better”: Stranger Things star teases emotional season 5 finale

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Season 5 of Stranger Things will conclude the Netflix series this year. Finn Wolfhard has now explained how the final shoot felt for him after 10 years.

Almost 10 years after the first season of Stranger Things launched on Netflix, the mystery series will debut its final season on the streamer this year. For the former child actors around Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard, this marks the end of an era in which they have grown up in front of and behind the camera. Wolfhard explained in an interview how saying goodbye felt for him.

“Toy Story 3 moment”: For Finn Wofhard, Stranger Things Season 5 marks the end of an era

In an interview with Variety during the press tour for his new film The Legend of Ochi, the Mike actor revealed that the last day of shooting Stranger Things hit him hard:

It was incredibly emotional, of course. That was the last 10 years of my life. Also for the series creators, the Duffer brothers, who started when they were 30 and now they’re 40. They’ve all had a long journey and shared it together. I spent my whole childhood there. It was like the Toy Story 3 moment when the toys are left behind. It was really something special.

At the same time, Wolfhard is proud of the end product that came out after the year-long shoot for season 5:

We had a long year. We shot it like Lord of the Rings, with a one-year shoot. It was a great way to wrap it up, and very intense. I feel like it couldn’t have ended any better.

Watch a behind-the-scenes video of Stranger Things Season 5 here:

When is Stranger Things season 5 coming to Netflix?

Filming for Stranger Things season 5 began on January 8, 2024 and ended in December 2024. Thus, as described by Wolfhard, it lasted almost a full year. This makes it easy to compare it to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings shoot – but it’s not quite right. The fantasy trilogy was actually shot in New Zealand for 438 days, or about a year and two and a half months.

The final season of Stranger Things will be released on Netflix sometime in 2025. Although fans recently claimed to have found out that season 5 could debut on the streamer just in time for Thanksgiving on November 27, 2025, this rumor should be treated with caution for the time being. However, a release date within the second half of the year seems likely. Season 5 will consist of eight episodes.

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