Video/Photos: STRANGER THINGS Season 5 Teaser Trailer and New Photos
The fifth and final season will premiere on Netflix with four episodes on November 26, 3 episodes on Christmas, and the finale episode on New Year’s Eve.
By: Josh Sharpe Jul. 16, 2025
It's time to return to Hawkins. Netflix has released the official teaser trailer for the long-awaited and highly anticipated fifth and final season of Stranger Things. As previously announced, it will release on Netflix across three premiere dates with four episodes on November 26, 3 episodes on Christmas, and the finale episode on New Year’s Eve. Each volume releases at 5 PM PT. Take a look at the teaser trailer and new photos below, featuring Broadway alum Gaten Matarazzo (Sweeney Todd), Maya Hawke (off-Broadway's Eurydice), David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Millie Bobby Brown, and more.
A love letter to the ‘80s classic genre films that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is a thrilling drama set in the seemingly normal Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana. After a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit group of friends and family search for answers and are pulled into a high-stakes and deadly series of events.
Beneath the surface of their ordinary town lurks an extraordinary supernatural mystery, along with top-secret government experiments and a dangerous gateway that connects our world to a powerful yet sinister realm. Friendships will be tested and lives will be altered as what they discover will change Hawkins and possibly the world — forever.
Season 5 picks up in the fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and a single goal unites our heroes: find and kill Vecna. However, he has vanished, and his whereabouts and plans are unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.
The cast includes Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers), and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).
Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in July 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7 Million views globally. The prequel play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which won four Tony Awards, made its Broadway debut this April. Take a behind-the-scenes look at the production, which is currently playing at the Marquis Theatre.
Photos courtesy of Netflix
Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin
Noah Schnapp and Maya Hawke
Nell Fisher
Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, and Gaten Matarazzo
Priah Ferguson
Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton
Linda Hamilton
Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, Caleb McLaughlin, and Noah Schnapp
Millie Bobby Brown
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