Stranger Things (season 4)
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The fourth season of the American science fiction horror web television series Stranger Things, titled Stranger Things 4, will be released worldwide on Netflix's web streaming service in 2020.[1][2][3][4][5] The series was created by the Duffer Brothers, who are also executive producers along with Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Iain Paterson.
Set after the events of the third season, the fourth season stars Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, and Cara Buono.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers[6]
- Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler[6]
- Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Byers[6]
- Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson[6]
- Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair[6]
- Noah Schnapp as Will Byers[6]
- Sadie Sink as Maxine "Max" Mayfield[6]
- Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler[6]
- Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers[6]
- Joe Keery as Steve Harrington[6]
- Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley[6]
- Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair[6]
- Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler[6]
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1 | "Chapter One: The Hellfire Club"[7][8][9] | TBA | The Duffer Brothers[8][9] | 2020[1] |
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
As with season's past, planning for the fourth season of Stranger Things began before the preceding season's release. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly that occurred shortly after the third season's release, the series' creators Matt and Ross Duffer revealed the series' creative team had already met on several occasions to discuss the show's future.[10] On September 30, 2019, Netflix announced it had signed The Duffer Brothers for a new multi-year television and film deal that was reportedly worth nine figures.[2][3][4][5] To coincide with the production deal announcement, Netflix also announced the renewal of Stranger Things for a fourth season by releasing a brief, minute-long teaser on YouTube.[2][4][5][11] The teaser, which shows a ticking grandfather clock in the Upside Down, ends with the tagline "We're not in Hawkins anymore," leading many news outlets to speculate the show's setting will relocate to Russia.[2][4][5][11]
Writing[edit]
Commenting on the previous season's cliffhanger ending, Ross divulged the process of connecting story arcs between seasons:
We don’t want to write ourselves in a corner so we try to have these early discussions with the writers just to make sure that we’re setting ourselves up to go in the right direction. We don’t know a lot, but we do know a lot of the big broad strokes. At the end of season two, we knew about Billy. We knew that the Russians were going to come in. We didn’t know the mall and stuff, but again, we know these big broad strokes. That’s sort of where we are in season four. We have the big broad strokes. It’s just now about filling in those lines in the details. We’re pretty excited about where it’s potentially going to go. Again, like we said, it’s going to feel very different than this season. But I think that’s the right thing to do and I think it’ll be exciting.[10]
Matt indicated one of the plot's "broad strokes" is the main center of action being moved out of Hawkins for the majority of the season, a series first.[10] He also indicated the several loose ends left by the ending of season three, such as Hopper's perceived death and Eleven being adopted by Will's mom and relocating with her new family out of state, will all be explored sometime throughout the fourth season.[10]
On November 11, 2019, in celebration of Stranger Things Day, the official social media accounts of the show's writing room revealed the title of the fourth season's first episode ("Chapter One: The Hellfire Club"), and that it was written by the Duffer Brothers.[8][9]
Casting[edit]
On November 1, 2019, it was reported that casting had begun to add four new male characters to season four's lineup, with three of the roles being teenagers and one of them being an adult.[12][13] The teen-aged roles have been characterized as ranging "from a metalhead to an entitled jock to a character that sounds an awful lot like the twin of Fast Times at Ridgemont High stoner Jeff Spicoli," whereas the adult character has been attributed to the Russian storyline introduced during season three.[12]
Filming[edit]
Filming for the fourth season is slated to begin in January 2020 and will run through August.[1]
Release[edit]
The fourth season will consist of 8 episodes and will be released worldwide in 2020 via Netflix.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ausiello, Michael (October 24, 2019). "Stranger Things Season 4: Here's How Many Episodes We're Getting". TVLine. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Stack, Tim (September 30, 2019). "Stranger Things 4 officially announced with new teaser". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Stranger Things Renewed for Season 4 as Netflix Makes Overall Deal With the Duffer Brothers". Netflix Media Center. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Low, Elaine (September 30, 2019). "'Stranger Things' Gets Renewed for Season 4 as Duffer Brothers Ink Overall Deal With Netflix". Variety. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Adalian, Josef (September 30, 2019). "Netflix Orders Stranger Things 4, Teasing a World Beyond Hawkins". Vulture. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 "Netflix renews Stranger Things for a third season". Netflix Media Center. December 1, 2017. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "We're starting a club. Wanna join? #StrangerThings4 #StrangerThingsDay". Instagram. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Piester, Lauren (November 6, 2019). "Stranger Things Reveals the First Title of Season 4". E! Online. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bankhurst, Adam (November 6, 2019). "Stranger Things: Title Revealed for Fourth Season's First Episode". IGN. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Stack, Tim (July 9, 2019). "Stranger Things 4 would 'feel very different,' according to the Duffer Brothers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ausiello, Michael (October 31, 2019). "Stranger Things Poised to Add Four New Characters in Season 4". TV Line. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ↑ Houghton, Rianne (November 1, 2019). "Stranger Things season 4 reportedly adding four new characters". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
External links[edit]
- Stranger Things on Netflix
- List of Stranger Things episodes on IMDb
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