Shawn Levy Spills Beans About Stranger Things 5, Shares Duffer Brothers 'Had Their Hearts Broken Before'

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and friends will assemble for one last adventure in Stranger Things 5, along with a few new faces — including Linda Hamilton as the mysterious Dr. Kay. The final season launches on Netflix on November 26 with the first four episodes, followed by three episodes arriving on Christmas and the finale on New Year's Eve. Fans are super excited for the final season and ahead of the big release, the executive producer Shawn Levy opened up on how the Duffer Brothers always talked about 'sticking the landing' for the Stranger Things final season.

Shawn Levy On Stranger Things 5

Talking to Variety, Levy said, "There’s not that many of us who have been here from day one to day last. I feel privileged to be among them."Shawn recalls when Dan Cohen, his 21 Laps partner, walked into the office one day with Stranger Things' script. "‘You need to stop what you’re doing and read this thing,’ Cohen said to me.‘It’s one of the best scripts I’ve ever read.’ My memory is that I said, ‘We don’t do TV.’ And he was like, ‘Please, just trust me. Read it.’" Talking about season 5's discussing with the Duffer Brothers, Shawn added, "When we started talking about Season 5, it was it was non-negotiable that we stick the landing. They have had their hearts broken by shows that they loved that failed fans in the end. They did not want, and do not want, and refuse to be one of those shows. So this has been obsessively important to them." "The brothers have always talked about sticking the landing; they talk about it in relation to movies. They talk about it in relation to television series. The Duffers always pointed out when something stuck the landing — and how nothing matters more than sticking the landing, whether it’s a movie, an episode, a season, or a series. That’s like a North Star principle for them: You’ve gotta stick the landing," he shared.

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Co-created by the Duffer brothers, Ross and Matt, the final season sees everyone in Hawkins, Indiana, get together to fight Vecna and destroy the Upside Down once and for all. Additionally, the Duffers have teased that the story will reveal why Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) was taken by Vecna in the first season.The first four episodes to premiere on Netflix on November 26, 2025, at 5 pm PT. It will air in India on November 27 at 6:30 am.