‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Footage Teases Will & Vecna’s First Meeting in Flashback Opening Scene (VIDEO)

The beginning of the end is here for Stranger Things as Netflix unveils the first five minutes of the fifth and final season ahead of its arrival on the streamer. The new tease is the most revealing peek fans have been offered yet, appropriately dropping on Stranger Things Day, otherwise known as the day Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) went missing.

The newest glimpse of the highly anticipated final chapter is sure to excite viewers as it turns back the clock to 1983, unveiling a new perspective on Will’s disappearance. Along with the official trailer, featurettes, and other teases, such as photos, casting, episode titles, and more, plenty of other information about Stranger Things Season 5 has already been unveiled. In the meantime, as we await the show’s return, scroll down for a closer look at the latest news and updates, and stay tuned for more on Stranger Things as Season 5 nears.

Does Stranger Things Season 5 have a trailer?

Stranger Things Season 5 finally has a full trailer, pulling the curtain back on this epic final adventure. While an official teaser was released back in July, and a featurette saw the cast reflect on the show’s long-running impact, the new trailer continues to hint at the invasion of The Upside Down and Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) in Hawkins, Indiana, where some of the town’s bravest citizens are preparing to go to battle. Can they defeat the evil that lingers? Only time will tell. See that exciting trailer here:

As mentioned above, Stranger Things Season 5 has unveiled its first five minutes to fans, which you can watch here:

When will Stranger Things Season 5 premiere?

Stranger Things Season 5 will officially premiere in three phases, with Volume 1 landing on November 26th at 8/7c, Volume 2 on Christmas Day at 8/7c, and the finale dropping on New Year’s Eve at 8/7c as well as in select theaters.  The eight-episode final chapter will arrive nearly 10 years after the series first debuted on Netflix.

The platform previously teased the show’s premiere year for Stranger Things Day in 2024, which commemorates November 6, 1983, the date Will Byers went missing in the Upside Down after being kidnapped by a Demogorgon. The date also marks the introduction of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), an extremely powerful young girl who teams up with Will’s friends Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) to find him. And since that announcement, Netflix had officially wrapped in late 2024.

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What are the Stranger Things Season 5 episode titles and how long are they?

Among the installments are: Episode 1 – “The Crawl,” Episode 2 – “The Vanishing of…,” Episode 3 – “The Turnbow Trap,” Episode 4 – “Sorcerer,” Episode 5 – “Shock Jock,” Episode 6 – “Escape from Camazotz,” Episode 7 – “The Bridge,” and Episode 8 – “The Rightside Up.”

And despite rumors about Stranger Things‘ upcoming episodes being two-plus hours long, Ross Duffer took a moment to set the record straight with fans by teasing the final run-time of the first three installments. According to a video posted on Duffer’s Instagram, Episode 1 will clock in at one hour and eight minutes, Episode 2 is 54 minutes long, and Episode 3 is an hour and six minutes.

 

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Who stars in Stranger Things Season 5?

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Brown, Wolfhard, Matarazzo, McLaughlin, and Schnapp will all be back for the final chapter alongside Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, and more. Season 5 will also see the addition of The Terminator franchise’s Linda Hamilton in a new role.

What is Stranger Things Season 5 about?

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The series, a love letter to ’80s classic genre films, has captured the attention of millions, as strange events unfold in the fictional Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana. According to Season 5’s logline, the action is set against the background of fall 1987 as Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But after the villain has vanished, it complicates their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine, and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. With the anniversary of Will’s disappearance nearing, so does a familiar dread, with the final battle looming. To end the nightmare once and for all, they’ll need to team up and stand together one last time.

Stay tuned for updates on Season 5 and Stranger Things‘ other projects.

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