‘Stranger Things’ Creators Say “Season four won’t be the end” For Hit Series
Netflix’s hit horror-sci-fi series, Stranger Things will not be ending with season four! (Spoilers ahead) But where will the show head next? In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter the creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers, answered a few of the burning questions fans have had since the end of Season 3.
At the conclusion of the third season we saw our Hawkins gang spread across the midwest, after Hopper’s disappearance. However, the latest teaser revealed that he actually ended up in Cold War era Russian. So what does season four hold?
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What is your favorite moment from season three?
MATT DUFFER We really loved the finale. You always have moments where you’re not sure whether it’s going to work, but seeing it in execution, seeing the “Neverending Story” duet between Dustin and Suzie work in the way that it did, seeing the fans react to it so positively [was great]. Gaten [Matarazzo] and Gabriella [Pizzolo] absolutely killed it. The moment we were filming it, we knew it was going to work.
ROSS We were so happy with the mall and so proud of our whole art department for bringing it to life — all these extras, their ’80s costumes and their ’80s hair. It was like a time machine.
‘Stranger Things’ is very conscious of the Cold War. Did you plan for Russian characters from the beginning, and will we see more of them going forward?
MATT We were looking for a way to introduce new villains and new characters and new flavor into the show, and of course [the Russians] provided not just new villains but fun, endearing characters like Alexei. It was nice that we had planted it in season one, but we really had no idea that the show would go beyond that.
Dacre Montgomery’s character becomes more than just the villain he was in season two. What was the inspiration behind Billy’s arc?
ROSS The Billy arc that you see in season three was initially going to be in season two. We came off of season one, we were so excited by the response, and we sort of poured in all of these ideas into season two, which included the Billy arc as well as other ideas that are now filtering into season four. Immediately we knew that the Billy arc would be better served over an entire season, and Dacre is a force of an actor. The minute we saw his audition tape he just blew us away, so we were very excited to give him that center stage in season three.
What’s a lesson you have learned over three seasons of this show?
ROSS Visual effects are something we really knew nothing about in season one. We attempted to do everything practically, and some of it worked, some of it didn’t. We dipped our toes into visual effects for moments like the Demogorgon breaking through the wall, and moments like that gave us the courage to go a little further in season two. That was scary for us, but we realized it’s something we could continue further. It’s been a learning process for us, but it’s an exciting one.
MATT We keep learning the same lesson over and over again: We cram too many ideas into the show. We’ve learned to really rely on our actors; we take so much inspiration from them. The script evolves as we start to work with them, and that’s something we’ve been increasingly open to. Seeing what Maya was doing in the first couple of episodes really informed how we wrote her character moving forward and made Robin more interesting and well-rounded.
What’s the status of shooting season four?
ROSS Everyone’s excited to get back to work, but the priority is the safety of the cast and crew, and that will dictate when we go back.
MATT We’ve had a lot more time to work on the scripts. For the first time, we have all the scripts written and we’re able to look at it as a whole piece and make adjustments.
Will season four be the last?
ROSS Season four won’t be the end. We know what the end is, and we know when it is. [The pandemic] has given us time to look ahead, figure out what is best for the show. Starting to fill that out gave us a better idea of how long we need to tell that story.
Now we finally have confirmation the Stranger Things four will not the last of the Hawkins teens. But for now, we will just have to wait to see how things unfold in season four. Check out the teaser for Stranger Things four below and be sure to follow ScaryNerd for more of all things horror. You can check out the full length interview for THR here.
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