{"id":17817,"date":"2022-07-01T14:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1672390"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T13:22:15","slug":"stranger-things-season-5-release-date-speculation-cast-predictions-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/stranger-things-season-5-release-date-speculation-cast-predictions-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things season 5: Release date speculation, cast predictions and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 01 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Stranger Things season 4 has now come to its shocking, emotional end in two feature length, blockbuster episodes.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say there are plenty of threads still left hanging for a fifth season of the show to pick up, with characters left in peril, arcs still incomplete and questions unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>But what we did get was a gut punch of a season finale, that brought season 4\u2019s central storyline to a head in a satisfying and often devastating fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the final episodes being released, Will Byers actor Noah Schnapp tweeted an ominous picture of himself along with the words: \u201cHappy Stranger Things finale\u201d \u2013 now we know why, and it\u2019s fair to say it wasn\u2019t an overreaction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">and now, a not-at-all worrisome message from Noah Schnapp <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/4PPvgs3pDk&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/4PPvgs3pDk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1542688636092575744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>But can we expect more from the Hawkins gang, and if so when? Read on for everything you need to know about <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-4-part-2-release\/&quot;\">Stranger Things<\/a>\u00a0season 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*WARNING \u2013 Contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4 volume 2*<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Has Stranger Things been renewed for season 5?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=355%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=405%2C270,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=408%2C272,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=556%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1672297\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--full=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/StrangerThings-55e3037.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler and Noah Schnapp as Will Byers in Stranger Things.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It has, so you don\u2019t need to worry that the series will be left on a cliffhanger. The series was officially renewed back in February, when Netflix and the show\u2019s creators the Duffer Brothers confirmed that season 4 would be <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-4-date-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u201cthe beginning of the end\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They said in a statement: \u201cSeven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for Stranger Things. At the time, we predicted the story would last four to five seasons. It proved too large to tell in four, but \u2013 as you\u2019ll soon see for yourselves \u2013 we are now hurtling toward our finale. Season 4 will be the penultimate season; season 5 will be the last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are still many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things; new mysteries, new adventures, new unexpected heroes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut first we hope that you stay with us as we finish this tale of a powerful girl named Eleven and her brave friends, of a broken police chief and a ferocious mom, of a small town called Hawkins and an alternate dimension known only as the Upside Down.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When will Stranger Things season 5 be released?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1670157\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/stranger-things-season-4-part-2-cast-6-4630712.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in Stranger Things.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We don\u2019t yet know exactly when the new season will be released but as it hasn\u2019t yet gone into production and given the monumental amount of effort that goes into creating each, we\u2019d guess it could be a couple of years off.<\/p>\n<p>While season 2 arrived just over a year after season 1, the show\u2019s production has slowed as the scope of the series has expanded. Season 3 took two years to arrive, while season 4 took 3 years, although this was in part due to delays from the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we would say that 2024 is a fairly good bet for when we will get new episodes.<\/p>\n<p>We also don\u2019t yet know what release model the new season will take. Seasons 1 to 3 all released their entire seasons in one go, while season 4 released in two volumes, with volume 1 containing seven episodes and volume 2 containing two. Whether season 5 sticks with this new, split model we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What will Stranger Things season 5 be about?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1625453\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/TRC_11_Still_HighRes-1fdea00.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We don\u2019t know exactly what story season 5 will tell but we\u2019ve already had some teases from the creators and cast in interviews.<\/p>\n<p>When season 5 was first announced, the Duffer Brothers said in a statement that the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-4-date-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u201ccomplete story arc\u201d<\/a> was planned out seven years ago, and that the fifth outing will see the culmination of that plan.<\/p>\n<p>In a later interview with SFX, they confirmed that the ending still fits <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-creators-ending-newsupdate\/&quot;\">\u201cthe rough sketch\u201d<\/a> they created, but it has become \u201cmore interesting and exciting than originally envisioned by me and Ross\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They said: \u201cWe know what the ending is. It\u2019s conceivable that it changes but I think it\u2019s unlikely because it\u2019s one of those endings that just feels, and has always felt, right. And it also feels sort of inevitable. Then when you come up with it, you\u2019re like, \u2018oh yeah well, that is absolutely what is has to be\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another thing we know is that season 5 is likely to feature a <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-time-jump-newsupdate\/&quot;\">time jump<\/a>, as Ross Duffer previously told <a href=\"\/\/tvline.com\/2022\/06\/07\/stranger-things-season-5-spoilers-time-jump\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TVLine<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m sure we will do a time jump. Ideally, we\u2019d have shot [seasons 4 and 5] back to back, but there was just no feasible way to do that. So these are all discussions we\u2019re going to have with our writers when we start the room up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also looks like season 5 is, like the previous seasons, going to be a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-plans-execs-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Ross Duffer<\/a> told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/stranger-things-season-4-interview-duffer-brothers-season-5\/&quot;\">The Wrap<\/a> that when the creators pitched the final outing to Netflix \u201cthey really responded well to it. I mean, it was hard. It\u2019s the end of the story. I saw executives crying who I\u2019ve never seen cry before and it was wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stranger Things season 5 cast \u2013 who will return for the final season?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4800480923R-33a6475.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4800480923R-33a6475.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/StrangerThingsStrangerThings4800480923R-33a6475.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Stranger Things cast<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We don\u2019t yet have a confirmed cast list for Stranger Things season 5 but we\u2019d expect all the surviving central characters to be back for more. This includes the villainous Vecna, who was defeated in the season finale but we\u2019re sure is likely to be back.<\/p>\n<p>Two characters that likely won\u2019t be back for more are <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-4-deaths-list\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) and Dr Brenner (Matthew Modine)<\/a>, who both met their ends in season 4. Someone whose fate was left more open is <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-max-death-explained\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sadie Sink\u2019s Max<\/a>, with the character currently in a coma and doctors unsure if she\u2019ll ever wake up. However, if we were to make a bet we\u2019d expect her to still return in some form for season 5.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a full list of the cast we\u2019d expect to be back for Stranger Things season 5:<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Harbour as Jim Hopper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven\/Jane Hopper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Noah Schnapp as Will Byers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Keery as Steve Harrington<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Priah Ferguson as Erica Sinclair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Reiser as Dr Sam Owens<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;li1&quot;\"><strong>Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard\/Henry Creel\/One\/Vecna<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;li1&quot;\"><strong>Cara Buono as Karen Wheeler<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;li1&quot;\"><strong>Eduardo Franco as Argyle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;li1&quot;\"><strong>Gabriella Pizzolo as Susie<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2><strong>Is there a trailer for Stranger Things season 5?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a trailer available for Stranger Things season 5 just yet, but we\u2019ll make sure to keep this page updated as soon as we have any further news or a trailer becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are available on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out our guides to the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/what-to-watch-tv\/best-tv-shows-netflix\/&quot;\"><strong>best series on Netflix<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/what-to-watch\/netflix-best-movies\/&quot;\"><strong>best movies on Netflix<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<strong>If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a36.99 a month<\/a>. 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