Stranger Things boss promises final season is “epic and very emotional”

We’ve got an exciting update on the fifth season of Stranger Things. No, it’s not a release date, but rather some tidbits from executive producer Shawn Levy, who spoke to Collider.

Writing for the final season began back in August, shortly after the fourth season aired. According to Levy, work on season 5 is coming right along. “Oh man, it’s going great,” he said. “[Creators Matt and Ross Duffer] and our writers are hard at work on the scripts, and they’re coming along incredibly well.”

I can’t imagine what it is like to try and live up to the standards set by the rest of the show. It sounds like they’re swinging for the fences. “I know that Brothers already hinted at this publicly, but when we sat there and heard the two-hour-long pitch-out for the storyline of this final season, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the room by the time the brothers were done… so yeah, this last season will be both epic and very emotional,” said Levy. “I think making it will be pretty damn emotional, too, since this show has changed the life of every one of us who have worked on it. Anyway, writing is going really well, and we can’t wait to head into production next year.”

Stranger Things season 5 is going to be an emotional ride

It’s tough to believe that Levy has time to be a part of Stranger Things, given that he will also be directing Deadpool 3 next year, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. But worry not; he’ll still be involved.

“[O]ne of the first conversations I had with Ryan Reynolds and Marvel when we started talking about Deadpool was the fact that it was inevitably going to overlap in someway and at some point with the final season of Stranger Things,” Levy said. “Part of why I feel so close to the Duffers and our cast is that I’ve been lucky to be involved directorially, which is a unique connection and creative intimacy. Anyway, it’s very much my intention to direct at least one episode of Stranger Things 5, and everyone involved is being really supportive and collaborative in figuring out the scheduling aspects of how I can do that.”

"It means the world to me. I know enough about the entertainment industry and culture to know that having a hit show is like finding a unicorn in the woods. When I first read the Duffers’ pilot script, I knew their show was special, but none of us could predict the cultural impact it would have, the way it’s become a full-on franchise brand. It’s thrilling, but in the same breath, I want to make the point that we don’t let ourselves get distracted by the blockbuster status of the show; we focus on making great episodes, one by one, scene by scene, moment by moment. That’s what made Stranger Things a hit in the first place, and we are fiercely aware of that."

Production on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things begins next year, with a release date likely in 2024!

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