Stranger Things 5’s first trailer promises an epic showdown

It’s been a agelong clip coming, but we yet person a existent look astatine the extremity of Stranger Things. Netflix conscionable released the archetypal teaser trailer for the show’s 5th season, which volition besides beryllium its past erstwhile it starts streaming aboriginal this year. As was alluded to successful the finale of play 4, the caller trailer — which, contempt being called a teaser, clocks successful astatine astir 3 minutes agelong — is focused connected the large showdown with Vecna that volition presumably extremity the drawstring of supernatural atrocious luck successful Hawkins, Indiana for good.

Here’s the authoritative setup for the finale, according to Netflix:

The autumn of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are agreed by a azygous goal: find and termination Vecna. But helium has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the authorities has placed the municipality nether subject quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her backmost into hiding. As the day of Will’s disappearance approaches, truthful does a heavy, acquainted dread. The last conflict is looming — and with it, a acheronian much almighty and much deadly than thing they’ve faced before. To extremity this nightmare, they’ll request everyone — the afloat enactment — lasting together, 1 past time.

The finale of Stranger Things is simply a large woody for Netflix, peculiarly after Squid Game wrapped up earlier successful the year and arsenic its different large genre franchise, The Witcher, also has an extremity day successful sight. Because of this, the streamer is stretching retired play 5 crossed 3 antithetic releases. Volume 1 volition commencement streaming connected on November 26th, followed by a 2nd measurement connected December 25th. Things past culminate successful a finale connected New Year’s Eve. It’s akin to the strategy for play 4, which was divided into two halves erstwhile it premiered backmost successful 2022.

Of course, portion this is the extremity of the main series, Netflix isn’t letting spell of Stranger Things conscionable yet. There are spinoffs successful the works, including an animated bid called Tales From ‘85, and bid creators the Duffer brothers are working connected different projects for Netflix arsenic well.