Stranger Issues followers have gone wild after the present’s makers posted an replace from the set of its fifth season.

The Netflix sci-fi drama, first launched in July 2016, is without doubt one of the streamer’s greatest hits and has made stars of its solid.

To rejoice the eighth anniversary of its debut, producers uploaded a behind-the-scenes clip saying that the crew had been midway by filming season 5.

Stranger Issues’ last episodes do not but have an official launch date but it surely’s been instructed they may arrive subsequent 12 months.

The 2-minute teaser video opens with a shot of a clapperboard earlier than exhibiting a montage of well-known areas from the present reminiscent of Hawkins Excessive Faculty.

Then Caleb McLaughlin, who performs Lucas, narrates over the footage: “Welcome to season 5 of Stranger Issues.”

We then see a shot of Mike, Lucas, Will and Dustin – the unique group of 4 characters who had been on the centre of season one.

After spending a lot of the collection’ fourth outing separated, followers had been hoping to see the gang again collectively.

Afterward within the video Finn Wolfhard, who performs Mike, says he is “excited to have scenes with the unique 4”.

A clip of Millie Bobbie Brown, who performs psychic character Eleven, is proven minimize with footage of her performing in season one.

“I began once I was ten years previous,” she says.

The clip then cuts to her driving a automobile, and the star provides: “I am simply turning 20 years previous”.

Afterward, Gaten Matarazzo, who performs Dustin, is seen strolling onto the set and will be heard saying “that is dwelling”.

There has beforehand been some criticism of Stranger Issues as a result of the hole between seasons meant the actors had aged excess of their characters.

Given the cliffhanger ending of season 4, it appears as if the present is planning to select up the place it left off.

Followers additionally acquired a glimpse of British actor Jamie Campbell Bower, who performs the evil Vecna.

On the finish of season 4 his character appeared to flee from a climactic battle with Eleven, however not earlier than opening a rift between the character’s world and different dimension The Upside Down.

Jamie is briefly seen strolling in the direction of a make-up desk, the place he would have spent hours being fitted for his character’s prosthetics.

There’s additionally a short shot of actress Linda Hamilton, who’s finest recognized for her work on the Terminator films.

Administrators the Duffer Brothers wish to pack Stranger Issues with references to 80s popular culture, and former collection have featured appearances from actors who acquired their large breaks in the course of the decade.

That features Goonies star Sean Astin, and horror actor Robert Englund, the person behind the enduring Freddie Krueger.

Inside hours of being posted, the teaser clip had greater than 1,000,000 views throughout TikTok, YouTube and X.

For probably the most half followers had been joyful to obtain an replace on the progress of the extremely anticipated final ever season.

Nonetheless, a quantity responded to specific unhappiness that actor Noah Schnapp, who performs Will Byers, would seem in season 5.

Noah, who’s Jewish, beforehand acquired criticism for posting messages in help of Israel following the 7 October assault by Hamas.

He later posted a video, which has since disappeared, stating that his views had been “misconstrued” and that he wished “peace and security and safety for all harmless individuals” affected by the battle.

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