“It’s pretty, pretty insane,” co-creator Ross Duffer said at a Netflix preview event.
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The future ofStranger Thingsseems bright, despite the current state of Hawkins, Ind.
Plus, they showed guests the first look at two of their upcoming non-Stranger ThingsNetflix series.
Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven in ‘Stranger Things’ season 5.Credit:Netflix
“We spent a full year filming this season,” Ross told the gathered crowd ofStranger Things 5.
“By the end, we had captured over 650 hours of footage.
So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet.
Millie Bobby Brown and Matt Duffer on the set of ‘Stranger Things’ season 5.Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix
It’s like eight blockbuster movies.
It’s pretty, pretty insane.”
And we’ve been making it together for almost 10 years now.
Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna in ‘Stranger Things 4’.Steve Dietl/Netflix
There was a lot of crying.
The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it.
And we hope and believe that passion is going to translate to the screen."
Season 5 will be big and epic.
Theres no time for a ramp-up.
Its going to be intense from beginning to end," Matt said.
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Its also going to feel familiar," Ross added.
He confirmed, “There are many more stories to tell.”
The production makes itsstateside debut this March on Broadway.
Beyond that, “There are moreStranger Thingsstories to tell and in the works,” Matt confirmed.
And also, it needs to basically just be awesome or we need to think its awesome.
And there are a lot of what we think are awesome things in the pipeline."
In any case, the Duffers are sticking around Netflix for the foreseeable future.
We dont want to say too much more about the story yet, but the title is accurate.
Bad things do happen."
