{"id":30850,"date":"2023-03-07T11:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1796292"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T11:10:08","slug":"stranger-things-star-david-harbour-reveals-when-season-5-is-happening","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/stranger-things-star-david-harbour-reveals-when-season-5-is-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things star David Harbour reveals when season 5 is happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The Stranger Things stars are returning to the Upside Down very soon. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 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 fans have been patiently waiting for an update on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-episode-length-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">season 5<\/a> since Hawkins was plunged into chaos last July, and now David Harbour has revealed that there\u2019s a date in the diary for filming.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Middle East Film &amp; Comic Con in Abu Dhabi this weekend, Harbour \u2013 who plays Detective Jim Hopper on the show \u2013 said that there are \u201ca couple more months\u201d to go before <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Stranger Things<\/a> season 5 starts shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re walking into season 5,\u201d he explained (via <a href=\"\/\/collider.com\/stranger-things-season-5-fiming-start-window-david-harbour-comments\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Collider<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019ve got a couple more months to train. We start shooting that in June, though, and that will be the final season.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6320918652112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>The <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/netflix&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0show\u2019s star continued: \u201cI did a lot of training for season 4. He [Hopper] was in a very specific position, that Russian prison. It was about making him a different guy and sort of shedding a layer of himself physically, mentally, and emotionally. But now he\u2019s back in town, he\u2019s back in America where they have cheeseburgers, so he will be well-fed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming season of the hit sci-fi show is set to be its last \u2014 and it\u2019s set to be a tear-jerker according to the Duffer Brothers, who revealed last year <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-season-5-tear-jerker-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the two-hour pitch made Netflix executives cry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-writers-debunk-millie-bobby-brown-spin-off-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Stranger Things writers debunk Millie Bobby Brown Eleven spin-off rumour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/chase-stokes-stranger-things-steve-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Outer Banks\u2019s Chase Stokes auditioned for Steve in Stranger Things<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the team have kept the plot tightly under wraps, Matthew Modine \u2013 who played Dr Brenner on the show \u2013 recently told <a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> that he hopes his character can make a return in season 5, despite appearing to meet his demise at the end of the fourth season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that there\u2019s some way to resuscitate Dr Brenner and put him in season 5 because it would be wonderful to be part of the last season,\u201d he said.<\/p> <p>Season 5 may be the end of Stranger Things, however the franchise will live on thanks to the recently announced prequel stage play\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/stranger-things-prequel-stage-play-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Stranger Things: The First Shadow<\/a>, which explores Henry Creel\u2019s life in 1959 Hawkins and arrives in the West End later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stranger Things seasons 1-4 are available on\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/80057281&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0now. <\/strong><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 \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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