Stranger Things 5 to be as big as ANY movie we've seen

Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy has promised that Season Five will be the most cinematic yet of the hit Netflix show.

The fourth season was released on Netflix in 2022 to critical acclaim, Throughout its run, it was the second show in history to surpass one billion hours of streaming on the platform.

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The series will be wrapped up with Stranger Things season five, set to be released in 2024. Thereafter, the Duffer Brothers will look at ideas for a spin-off. The closing moments of the final episode of season four promised a final showdown between the Hellfire Club and the creatures from The Upside Down nightmare reality.

Levy has promised us an epic finale.

“There’s no way to be contiguous with season four and not, frankly, expand scale and depth. It’s major, major cinematic storytelling that happens to be called a TV series. Stranger Things 5 is as big as any of the biggest movies that we see," the Deadpool 3 director told TotalFilm.

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One of the co-creators, Ross Duffer, has suggested that the character of Will could become the main focus of the story.

"Will really takes centre stage again in five," he revealed.

“This emotional arc for him is what we feel is going to hopefully tie the whole series together. Will is used to being the young one, the introverted one, the one that’s being protected. So part of his journey, it’s not just sexuality – it’s Will coming into his own as a young man."

Stranger Things 5 to be shorter

The Duffer Brothers also explained how the show's fifth season will be shorter than season four, which received some criticism over its runtime. The fourth season had nine episodes released on Netflix, but all were longer than one hour, with the finale coming in at a whopping two hours and 20 minutes.

The Duffer Brothers have confirmed that the fifth season will be shorter, as the stage is already set for the show's climax, so there is no need for set-up or exposition.

“The only reason we don’t expect to be as long is, this season, if you look at it, it’s almost a two-hour ramp up before our kids really get drawn into a supernatural mystery,” the pair explained.

“You get to know them, you get to see them in their lives, they’re struggling with adapting to high school and so forth, Steve’s trying to find a date, all of that. None of that is obviously going to be occurring.

“Characters are already going to be in action, they’re already going to have a goal and a drive, and I think that’s going to carve out at least a couple hours and make this season feel really different."

The pair did concede that the very last episode will be around two-and-a-half hours long again as they have so many character arcs to wrap up.

“I’m sure the wrap-up will be a lot longer, it’s going to be Return of the King-ish with, like, eight endings," Duffer continued.