Stranger Things producer confirms season 5 is ready to film ASAP
"I can say that we are hoping to start filming as soon as possible."
Stranger Things fans, it seems as though the new season of the hit Netflix show is ready and raring to be filmed – but it will commence once the ongoing actors strikes in the US are over.
Filming for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things has been put on hold due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes but it looks as though once the actors strike has been resolved, everything is ready to go according to producer Shawn Levy.
Speaking to The Wrap, he revealed: “I can say that we are hoping to start filming as soon as possible. We really need the actors' strike resolved first. The Duffers have been hard at work since the writer strike ended."
He added: “We are raring to go — our cast, our crew. Everyone not only needs to get back to work because we have many hundreds of crew members who have not been able to make a living since the strikes began, but we will be shooting very shortly after the actors' strike ends.”
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As for what Stranger Things fans can look forward to a little more imminently, the West End stage show, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, will be coming to London's Phoenix Theatre on 14th December.
Speaking about that, Levy said: "We’re busy on a bunch of fronts because we also have our ‘Stranger Things’ play opening in London imminently. It’s fabulous. It’s f–king awesome.”
He added: “It has exceeded all our expectations. We’re very excited to share that with the world."
The show will be set in Hawkins in 1959, with the official synopsis saying: "Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town.
"When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach."
Netflix released the full cast list for the West End production last month and includes Shane Attwooll who will star as Chief Hopper, Jim's father, while Kemi Awoderu will play Sue Anderson and Chase Brown will play Lonnie Byers.
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- Stranger Things unveils season 5 teaser trailer for "cinematic" finale
- Stranger Things unveils cast for West End spin-off The First Shadow
Also joining the cast are Christopher Buckley in Sean Astin's role of Bob Newby, Ammar Duffus as Charles Sinclair, Gilles Geary as Ted Wheeler, Florence Guy as Karen Childress and Max Harwood as Allen Munson.
As for the new season of the Netflix series, fans were recently treated to a teaser of the cinematic finale, which fans are only anticipating to be quite the emotional rollercoaster.
We do know that the upcoming season will be the show's last, with stars of the show expressing that it was a great time to wrap up the sci-fi series after its seven-year-long run.
As for when it'll be coming to our screens, we'll just have to wait and see.
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Morgan Cormack is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering everything drama-related on TV and streaming. She previously worked at Stylist as an Entertainment Writer. Alongside her past work in content marketing and as a freelancer, she possesses a BA in English Literature.
