Stranger Issues is lastly taking followers to the large display — and it’s about time.
Sequence creators Matt and Ross Duffer have lengthy dreamed of giving followers a theatrical expertise for the present’s grand finale, and now it’s taking place. The 2-hour Season 5 finale, which is able to wrap up the beloved collection, will play in choose theaters alongside its Netflix streaming debut. Screenings are scheduled in additional than 350 places throughout the U.S. and Canada, beginning Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, coinciding with the episode’s world Netflix premiere, and can run by Jan. 1, 2026.
“We’re past excited that followers may have the prospect to expertise the ultimate episode of Stranger Issues in theaters — it’s one thing we’ve dreamed about for years, and we’re so grateful to Ted, Bela and everybody at Netflix for making it occur,” the Duffers stated in a joint assertion. “Attending to see it on the large display, with unbelievable sound, image, and a room stuffed with followers, looks like the right — dare we are saying bitchin’ — approach to rejoice the tip of this journey.”
Will the Finale Nonetheless Premiere on Netflix?
Don’t fear, followers, the finale episode will nonetheless premiere on Netflix on December 31 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Netflix chief artistic officer Bela Bajaria initially expressed hesitation a few theater launch, telling Selection, “Lots of people — loads, loads, lots of people — have watched Stranger Issues on Netflix. It has not suffered from lack of dialog or group or sharing or fandom. I believe releasing it on Netflix is giving the followers what they need.”
Matt Duffer defined that the theater choice isn’t nearly display dimension. “Individuals don’t get to expertise how a lot effort and time is spent on sound and movie, they usually’re seeing it at lowered high quality,” he instructed Selection. “Greater than that, it’s about experiencing it on the identical time with followers.”
When Does Season 5 Premiere?
The ultimate season will roll out in three chunks. Quantity 1 drops Nov. 26 on Netflix, that includes 4 episodes: “The Crawl” (1h 8m), episode 2 (54m), “The Turnbow Lure” (1h 6m), and “Sorcerer” (1h 23m). Quantity 2, with the following three episodes, premieres on Christmas Day, and the finale streams Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Stranger Issues 5 picks up within the fall of 1987, with Hawkins scarred by the Rifts and beneath navy occupation. Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is in hiding from a authorities in search of her, however she and the gang share one mission: discover and defeat Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) — although he’s at the moment lacking.
