‘Stranger Things’ Is Officially In Production On Season 5 — First Photo

It’s official. Production is underway on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things.

The show posted a cast photo on X (fka Twitter) Monday morning with the caption: “THIS IS A CODE RED STRANGER THINGS 5 has officially begun!!”

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The Netflix series was close to starting production on Season 5 when the WGA strike began May 2.

Stranger Things‘ main “OG” cast includes David Harbour, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton.

Scripts had been completed by then, but, faced with the prospect of filming without writers on set, creators, executive producers and showrunners the Duffer Brothers opted instead to postpone production, which then was delayed further by the actors strike.

Matt and Ross Duffer told Deadline last year that a major goal with the final season is to “stick the landing.”

“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,” Matt Duffer said at the time. “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.

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