{"id":22627,"date":"2025-10-30T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22627\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:28:26","slug":"queen-song-backs-hawkins-last-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22627\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Song Backs Hawkins’ Last Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAt long last, we can begin.\u201d<\/p>\n

These words open the first official trailer for the long-awaited final season of \u201cStranger Things,\u201d released by Netflix on Thursday, which uses Queen\u2019s \u201cWho Wants to Live Forever\u201d as its soundtrack.<\/p>\n

The \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5 trailer shows the residents of Hawkins, Indiana, quarantined in their own town after the world-shattering events from the finale of Season 4. As the Hawkins gang endeavor to stop the horrors of the Upside Down one last time, the villainous Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) too makes an attempt to finish things once and for all \u2014\u00a0with Vecna again seeking the once-abducted Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) to carry out his plan. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re really starting to lose it, being stuck in here with no end in sight,\u201d Finn Wolfhard\u2019s Mike says in the trailer, with an epic version of Queen\u2019s \u201cWho Wants to Live Forever\u201d playing in the background. \u201cMaybe tonight is our break. We find Vecna, we end this one and for all. Together.\u201d You can watch the full trailer below.<\/p>\n

The \u201cStranger Things\u201d finale has been a long time coming. Fans of the Duffer brothers<\/a>\u2018 phenomenon have made repeated mention over the years of the series\u2019 production timeline, with the big-budget, effects-heavy show releasing only five season from 2016 to 2025. The final two seasons of \u201cStranger Things\u201d had the biggest gap, with more than three years passing between the finale of Season 4 and the premiere of Season 5. That\u2019s a long wait following the cliffhanger ending of Season 4.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think what\u2019s unique about this season is that it starts a little bit in chaos because our heroes ultimately lost at the end of Season 4,\u201d said series co-creator Ross Duffer in a statement. \u201cWe usually set up their normal life and how they\u2019re going about school, and then we introduce the supernatural element. But in this case, this season is sprinting from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not experiencing normal life. Nothing in Hawkins is normal anymore\u2026their movement is restricted, and there are Big Brother cameras everywhere,\u201d co-creator Matt Duffer said in a statement. \u201cSo not only are they active \u2014 their everyday, normal lives are anything but.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trailer shows some epic action from the acclaimed show\u2019s final season, with Vecna launching a full-scale attack on the surface world with his creatures from the Upside Down. A slew of returning characters get the spotlight \u2014\u00a0among them, Mike, Will, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Hopper (David Harbour), Joyce (Winona Ryder), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Steve (Joe Keery), Nancy (Natalia Dyer), Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and many more. It also teases a set of new characters to the series\u00a0\u2014 primarily, Linda Hamilton\u2019s Dr. Kay. Sorry, Joseph Quinn fans, but don\u2019t expect Eddie Munson<\/a> to join the returning crew.<\/p>\n

The first volume of \u201cStranger Things 5\u201d premieres on Netflix Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. PT, with the second volume premiering on Christmas Day at the same time. The final episode of the series will premiere at 5 p.m. PT on New Year\u2019s Eve. In a special deal between Netflix and theaters, fans can also watch the finale in theaters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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