Stranger Things 5 release date confirmed for 2025 but could face further delays

6 November 2024, 14:01 | Updated: 4 February 2025, 18:12

Stranger Things 5 release date confirmed for 2025 by Netflix. Picture: Netflix

By Katie Louise Smith

Stranger Things 5 will be set in "the fall of 1987" – but when will the season come out on Netflix?

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Netflix have confirmed that Stranger Things 5 will officially be released in 2025 but the show creators appear to now be hinting that it'll be a long wait for the final season.

While the streamer is dead set on it coming out in 2025, the Duffer brothers have now said that achieving that release date goal is "quite the push".

Following delays brought on by the Hollywood strikes, Stranger Things 5's release date (and filming dates) had to be pushed back by several months and fans feared that it may not drop until 2026.

In celebration of Stranger Things Day (November 6th – the day Will Byers went missing), Netflix revealed all eight episode titles and confirmed that the countdown is officially ON for that all important release day.

But in a new interview with Variety, Matt and Ross Duffer have revealed that the official release date "hasn’t been decided". Here's the latest...

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When does Stranger Things 5 come out on Netflix?

Stranger Things 5 teaser sees Will and his connection to the Upside Down at the forefront of the story. Picture: Netflix

Stranger Things 5 is currently set to arrive on Netflix in 2025. No exact date has been announced but you definitely shouldn't expect to see it early in the year... Filming wrapped in December 2024 and post-production is now underway – something that Matt and Ross Duffer say will take most of the year.

The new season will consist of 8 "movie-length" episodes, and over 650 hours of footage has been filmed. The titles of those episodes are as follows:

The Crawl
The Vanishing of [REDACTED] - The full episode title has not yet been revealed.
The Turnbow Trap
Sorcerer
Shock Jock
Escape from Camazotz
The Bridge
The Rightside Up

BRB, am literally crying over that series finale episode title!

Netflix releases first look at Stranger Things 5

What date will Stranger Things 5 be released in 2025?

It'll likely be quite a while until we know the official release date for Stranger Things 5 and considering what the Duffer brothers have shared about when to expect the new season, it'll be a looong wait before we get to see it, too.

Speaking to Variety, Matt Duffer said: "A lot of it hasn’t been decided, in terms of exactly the release dates and cadence. That’s one reason I’m not allowed to talk about it. We’re getting on a call in about a couple weeks about it."

"I just know it was very important for us and Netflix that we get it out this year," he continued. "But even that is quite the push."

Ross added: "[We're] working as fast as we possibly can. Even Season 4, we cut that so tight. We were dropping in visual effects shots the day after the launch! So hopefully we’ll be a little more on schedule this year."

The latest Stranger Things 5 teaser confirms a huge time jump will happen thanks to Eleven's hair. Picture: Netflix

Based on the information shared by the cast and crew about how long filming and post-production will take, it definitely seems like fans will have to wait until the end of the year to see season 5. It may even be split into two parts again.

Stranger Things 4's two-part split was a narrative decision, but it also allowed post-production to have more time to complete the VFX on the final two episodes while the first seven were already airing.

We'll update this article as soon as more information about Stranger Things 5's release date.