{"id":120553,"date":"2025-11-06T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/120553\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:02:09","slug":"stranger-things-creators-defend-final-season-release-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/120553\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things creators defend final season release plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things<\/a> has been split into three parts. The first volume of four episodes will debut on November 26, with volume two (consisting of three episodes) following on Christmas Day, and the epic series finale dropping on New Year\u2019s Eve. Some fans would have preferred the binge release of previous seasons, but creators Matt and Ross Duffer are defending this more spread-out approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also excited about the first volume because, in season four, we weren\u2019t aware that it was going to get split in two,\u201d Ross Duffer told SFX Magazine<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not Netflix\u2019s fault, it\u2019s nobody\u2019s fault. There was the pandemic, and we ended up dividing it in two so we could get episodes out sooner. But this time, we knew we were going to divide it into two, so it really is in two halves. Volume One really exists as its own mega-movie. It has its own climax.\u201c<\/p>\n

Ross went on to describe the fourth episode as one of the most challenging episodes they\u2019ve ever made. \u201cEpisode four was the most challenging episode we\u2019ve ever made, and that includes the finale \u2013 though on an emotional level, the finale was the hardest,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how many days I found myself crying, and I\u2019m not someone who cries very often outside of watching Pixar movies.\u201c<\/p>\n

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The binge model has never really been my cup of tea, but I\u2019m not the type of person who watches a TV show that way. A staggered release is more my speed; it gives fans a chance to catch up and helps to build buzz.<\/p>\n

The final season of Stranger Things is going to be quite the event, and the finale is going the extra mile with a theatrical release<\/a>. That\u2019s right, the series finale will be released in over 350 theaters in the U.S. and Canada; a rare synchronized release for the streaming service. In a statement, the Duffer brothers said, \u201cWe\u2019re beyond excited that fans will have the chance to experience the final episode of\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0in theaters \u2014 it\u2019s something we\u2019ve dreamed about for years, and we\u2019re so grateful to Ted, Bela, and everyone at Netflix for making it happen. Getting to see it on the big screen, with incredible sound, picture, and a room full of fans, feels like the perfect \u2014 dare we say bitchin\u2019 \u2014 way to celebrate the end of this adventure.\u201c<\/p>\n

Would you prefer to see all eight episodes of the final season of Stranger Things released simultaneously, or would you prefer a staggered release approach?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fifth and final season of Stranger Things has been split into three parts. The first volume of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,1094,111,139,69,3197,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-120553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-netflix","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-stranger-things","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}