We are only a few weeks away from the next set of Stranger Things Season 5 Episodes Premiere on Netflix. Today, the spotlight is on nine of the series’ young protagonists as they prepare for a final battle against Vecna.
The first volume of this final season was light on major character deaths, but will everyone you see in the posters below – first shared on SFFGazette.com – make it out alive? Fans of the series will certainly hope so, but the stakes will be high.
During our last visit to the world of Stranger ThingsVecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) ambushes the heroes, prompting Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) to take control of the Demogorgons and Vecna’s mind and free his friends from the monster’s deadly grip.
“We always knew Will had a connection to Vecna and the Upside Down,” Ross Duffer recently said. “In Season 2, we started to look at this, but one of the first ideas in the new season is, ‘What if Will was able to harness this connection and use it against our villains?’
“We also found it very natural to refocus the story on Will. He was the child who was kidnapped in Season 1, so it felt right that the story came full circle. If anyone was going to be the key to ending Vecna, it had to be Will.” he added.
Matt Duffer noted: “We were more interested in exploring how he develops these powers, and how that relates to his character? And there’s a lot that Will has had to deal with over the previous four seasons – so many emotions and inner conflicts that remain unresolved.”
“So we wanted him to grow as a human and become a fully formed version of who he is, to really accept who he is. And once he’s able to do that, he’s able to harness these incredible powers.”
A lot Stranger Things fans felt that the emergence of Will’s powers was an “internet breaking” moment. Others, meanwhile, have mixed feelings, but whatever happens next, the hope is that the Duffers have crafted a suitably epic and worthy conclusion to the long-running series.
Which of these posters for Stranger Things Season 5 is your favorite?
Fall 1987. Hawkins is marked by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: to find and kill Vecna. But he has disappeared – his whereabouts and his plans are unknown. To complicate their mission, the government placed the city under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her into hiding.
As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, a heavy, familiar terror also approaches. The final battle approaches – and with it, a darkness more powerful and deadlier than anything they have faced before. To end this nightmare, they will need everyone – the entire group – to stand together, one last time.
Created by the Duffer brothers, Stranger Things is produced by Upside Down Pictures and 21 Laps Entertainment with The Duffer Brothers serving as executive producers, alongside Shawn Levy of 21 Laps Entertainment and Dan Cohen.
The cast includes Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbor (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke. (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lieutenant Akers) and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).
Stranger Things Season 5 will be broadcast in three parts. The first volume arrived on November 26, with the second to follow on December 25. The feature film finale will be released on December 31.
