Stranger Things is set to begin production for their fifth and final season in early January 2024.
The target start date is rumored to be sometime during the week following the New Year on January 5 or the beginning of the following week on January 8.
The main cast and crew for the hit Netflix series are believed to already be in Atlanta, doing prep work before the cameras start rolling, according to Deadline.
The outlet also reported that the actors will be doing table reads in the next few weeks.
Previously, season five was set to begin production earlier this year before plans were abruptly halted due to the WGA strike, which began on May 2.
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and the rest of the cast and crew are set to begin production for their fifth and final season in early January 2024; seen in May 2022 in NYC
The target start date is rumored to be sometime during the week following the New Year on January 5 or the beginning of the following week on January 8
Scripts had already been finalized by then, but the Duffer brothers — the creators, executive producers and showrunners behind Stranger Things — opted to postpone production as they wanted writers on set while filming.
Then, production was further delayed by the actors strike.
On November 8, SAG-AFTRA and the studios reached a tentative agreement to end the strike on midnight of that day.
David Harbour told People about how he received a call the day after about starting production immediately.
‘They literally called me…10 minutes after the SAG thing on Twitter,’ he explained.
‘The first [assistant director] is like, “So, get the flight for you on Monday, right? We’ll be acting in Atlanta”,’ he recalled.
Besides Harbour, the original Stranger Things cast also includes Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton.
Earlier this year, Brown — the 19-year-old star whose claim to fame began when she started portraying Eleven at age 12 — admitted she is ready for Stranger Things to end.
The main cast and crew for the hit Netflix series are believed to already be in Atlanta, doing prep work before the cameras start rolling; still from Stranger Things
Previously, season five was set to begin production earlier this year before plans were abruptly halted due to the WGA strike, which began on May 2
Scripts had already been finalized by then, but the Duffer brothers — the creators, executive producers and showrunners behind Stranger Things — opted to postpone production as they wanted writers on set while filming. On November 8, SAG-AFTRA and the studios reached a tentative agreement to end the strike on midnight of that day
She sparked ire after suggesting the show has ‘prevented’ her from working on projects she is ‘passionate’ about.
After saying that she is ready to say ‘goodbye’ and ‘get out’, insiders told DailyMail.com exclusively that crew members have been left ‘disappointed’ with her lack of ‘respect’ for the series that has ‘made for career’.
Despite it all, the source said that the crew ‘all love her’.
‘These comments won’t put a bad taste in their mouths for too long, because by the time they start filming and finish the show, this will be long in the rearview,’ the insider noted.
