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Stranger Things season four.The actor, who spent up to eight hours in a makeup chair for the role, explained some of his rituals to help get in character as the killer.Speaking to People, Campbell Bower said: “I would take photographs of each victim. I’d print them off, my next victim, and I would cross their eyes out and put them up on my wall.

A post shared by Robert Trujillo (@robtrujillo)This isn't the first time the show has brought attention to great music. Earlier this year, Kate Bush's 1985 track, «Running Up That Hill,» got major attention after playing in an episode. The singer reacted to the resurgence of her track in a post on her website, saying she was «really moved.»«The Duffer Brothers have created four extraordinary [seasons] of  in which the child actors have grown into young adults,» Bush wrote, referring to Matt and Ross Duffer, who created the Netflix series.

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers have responded to Millie Bobby Brown’s recent criticism of the show.Brown, who plays Eleven in the Netflix fantasy series, participated in a video interview with The Wrap in which she and her co-star Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) were asked what they want for their characters in the fifth and final season.Agreeing with Schnapp’s view that the Duffer Brothers “need to kill” some characters, Brown said: “It’s way too big. Last night, we couldn’t even take one group picture because there was like 50 of us. I was like, ‘You need to start killing people off’.“The Duffer brothers are two sensitive Sallies that don’t want to kill anyone off.

Stranger Things season four has broken a US streaming record for minutes watched within a single week.According to Nielsen (via The Hollywood Reporter), the Netflix series racked up 7.2 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 30 to June 5. This is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since Nielsen’s weekly rankings began almost two years ago.Stranger Things also holds the biggest two-week tally for any streaming show, achieving 5.14 billion minutes of viewing when season four released in the week of May 23-29, for a two-week total of 12.34 billion minutes.The record for the most minutes watched within a single week was previously held by Netflix documentary series Tiger King and Ozark in the spring of 2020, who both topped 5 billion minutes during the coronavirus pandemic.Nielsen’s figures count all episodes of the series, although it’s likely the majority of the 7.2 billion minutes came from the first seven episodes of season four, released on May 27.The final two episodes of season four, including a finale that’s two hours and 20 minutes in length, arrived on Netflix today (July 1).Netflix announced earlier this year that Stranger Things would conclude with season five, teasing spin-offs are already in development.Speaking to NME about the show’s end, co-creator Matt Duffer said: “We do have an end.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBlame it on Vecna.Netflix’s streaming service was unavailable for a brief period early Friday after the highly anticipated release of the final two episodes of “Stranger Things 4.”According to global uptime-monitoring site Downdetector.com, user reports of problems with Netflix spiked right around 3:01 a.m. ET — when “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 went live.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe Duffer Brothers are going to take aspiring TV creators behind the scenes in the Upside Down.Matt and Ross Duffer, who are the creators, writers and executive producers of Netflix smash hit “Stranger Things,” launched a class on celeb-focused online learning platform MasterClass about how to develop an original TV series. The debut of their class comes on the eve of the July 1 premiere of “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 — the final two episodes of the season.The Duffer Brothers’ class comprises 18 video lessons, totaling 5 hours and 18 minutes of instruction.

Netflix has announced a global virtual watch party to coincide with the final two episodes of Stranger Things season four.The event, set to air ahead of Volume Two’s release on Friday (July 1), will feature a live video Q&A with cast members David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Joseph Quinn hosted by Netflix Geeked’s Terri Schwartz.It will be followed by a virtual screening of episodes eight and nine “in a custom-curated theatre built to host thousands of guests” where fans can connect with each other in a live chat messenger and watch reactions from cast members.You can join the watch party by signing up on the official website here. Once you’ve RSVPed, you’ll be directed to create a profile on Scener and download a Google Chrome extension.⚡️ ARE ⚡️ YOU ⚡️ READY? ⚡join David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Joseph Quinn for a Q&A followed by a virtual watch party of STRANGER THINGS 4 Vol.

Winona Ryder has a lot of wisdom to share.

Kate Aurthur editorThe fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” has been unlike its previous seasons both in tone (this time, it’s full horror) and the length of the show’s episodes (the finale, one of the two Volume 2 episodes premiering on July 1, will be two-and-a-half hours). But according to Matt and Ross Duffer — collectively known as the Duffer brothers — they had no other choice.In an interview for Variety’s Showrunners Sitdown With Kate Aurthur presented by FX, the Duffer Brothers said that because of how “Stranger Things 4” was structured, with its four distinct storylines, “If you look at one of the episodes — like, you couldn’t cut it out 15 minutes early,” Matt Duffer said. Ross Duffer cited the finale as an example: “Reel one is build-up dread.

her website, the 63-year-old singer reflected on how her 1985 track, «Running Up That Hill,» has had a resurgence after being featured on the latest season of .«The Duffer Brothers have created four extraordinary [seasons] of in which the child actors have grown into young adults,» Bush wrote in her statement, referring to Matt and Ross Duffer, who created the Netflix series. «In this latest series, the characters are facing many of the same challenges that exist in reality right now.

Stranger Things villain Vecna was inspired by the Night King in Game Of Thrones, the Netflix show’s makeup designer has revealed.BAFTA-winning designer Barrie Gower explained to Digital Spy that Matt and Ross Duffer had looked to the villainous character from the HBO show for inspiration.“Their brief, really – they were fans of our work from Game Of Thrones, and the character we did, the Night King. And they were also fans of recent work we’d done for Chernobyl for HBO as well, with all the radiation-burn victims,” Gower explained.“For season four they were after an iconic villain, and I think they almost wanted a mix of those two approaches.

Netflix have released a Stranger Things timelapse video documenting the transformation process for Vecna – check it out below.In the fourth season of the hit series, Jamie Campbell-Bower plays new villain Vecna, underneath a heavy amount of prosthetics courtesy of artist Barrie Gower.Take a look at the video here:watch Jamie Campbell Bower transform into Vecna in this timelapse from STRANGER THINGS 4 pic.twitter.com/TuNAqrkGZI— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 15, 2022Describing the transformation process, Gower said: “we’d have this very orchestrated sort of dance we’d do around Jamie. He would start sitting down, and we’d stand him up.

the full video below. can't talk rn, i'm becoming vecna.[brought to life by barrie gower] pic.twitter.com/1EYf7wcjIyVecna was designed by makeup artist Barrie Gower, who was the mastermind behind the Night King on “Game of Thrones” as well as the burn victims of “Chernobyl.” During an FYC panel last month, the Duffer brothers discussed figuring out how to bring the monster to life.“Once we talked about what the characters were going through and their trauma, that’s when we came up with the idea of Vecna and having more of a sentient monster,” Matt Duffer said. “As in, a monster that is actually speaking, which we’ve never really had before besides some Mindflayer possession stuff where we dipped our toes into it in previous years.”Throughout the season’s 13 hours, they estimate that there are only five shots where they used CGI instead.

Netflix has unveiled a first look at the second volume of Stranger Things season four.The brand-new images below show the characters uniting in their respective groups as they prepare for the season’s dramatic conclusion.The character groups still appear to be separated and faced with their own individual dilemmas, with those in Hawkins trying to find a way to defeat Vecna, Eleven trying to regain her powers, and Hopper still trying to escape Russia.The first seven episodes of Stranger Things season four were released on Netflix last month. Volume two will consist of two longer episodes, which will arrive on July 1.The eighth episode will be one hour and 25 minutes in length, while the finale will be the show’s longest instalment yet, running at two hours and 30 minutes.Ahead of the final two episodes, Netflix previously released a teaser trailer which picks up after the events of episode seven ‘The Massacre At Hawkins Lab’.

Stranger Things season four.The first seven episodes of season four were released on Netflix last month, with the final two installments set to arrive on July 1.Ahead of the final two episodes, Netflix has released a trailer which picks up following events in episode seven ‘The Massacre At Hawkins Lab’.The trailer features numerous brief flashes of scenes, including Jim Hopper (David Harbour) next to frozen Demogorgons and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) armed in a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired outfit.A teaser for the final two episodes reads: “You can’t stop this now.”The eighth episode is set to be one hour and 25 minutes in length, while the finale will be the longest episode yet at two hours and 30 minutes.Netflix announced earlier this year that Stranger Things would conclude with season five.Speaking to NME about the show’s end, co-creator Matt Duffer said: “We do have an end. I’m sure a lot of it’s going to change, but now [it’s] the end.

Zack Sharf “Stranger Things 4” is going to end with the biggest bang the Netflix series has ever seen. Speaking to Empire magazine, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer revealed the upcoming season finale will include more VFX shots than all of the show’s third season combined. It’s worth noting the “Stranger Things 4” finale is super-sized and clocks in with a runtime that’s two and a half hours long.“The final episode has more FX shots than the entirety of Season 3,” Matt Duffer said.“There’s an hour-long chunk in the final episode that just doesn’t stop,” added Ross.

Stranger Things fans will soon be getting more insight into one of its main characters.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Massacre at Hawkins Lab,” they Volume 1 finale episode of “Stranger Things” Season 4.The second part of “Stranger Things” Season 4 will debut in less than a month. But what member of the Hellfire Club can wait that long for answers to all the questions posed by the shocking Volume 1 finale and its major reveal that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) created the Upside Down and the big bad Vecna, by locking One (Jamie Campbell Bower) inside the supernatural realm.“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer, professionally known as the Duffer Brothers, weren’t willing to spill on everything just yet when sitting down with Variety to talk about the first seven episodes of Season 4 on Thursday — but they gave us plenty to go on until Volume 2 debuts July 1.

Jamie Campbell Bower is apologizing to fans for keeping his “Stranger Things” season 4 character a secret.

One final showdown. As fans await the conclusion to season 4 of Stranger Things, executive producer Shawn Levy hinted that the best is yet to come.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” now streaming on Netflix.Jamie Campbell Bower is a bit of a method actor — whether he refers to himself that way or not.In Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” he plays a vital role of Henry, aka One, aka Vecna. But when he first auditioned for the part, he was told nothing. In fact, he wasn’t even sent scripts.

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Stranger Things 4” Part 1.)The monster in “Stranger Things 4” is the stuff of nightmares, literally. Vecna feeds off his victims’ trauma and haunts them with their own darkest thoughts.

Stranger Things” Season 4 is finally over — well, at least for Volume 1. Netflix debuted the first seven episodes of Season 4 on May 27, nearly three years after Season 3 premiered, but for the first time in the series’ history, the new season will be split into two parts, which means fans will have to wait to see which beloved characters make it through the biggest season yet.Season 4 isn’t just the first to get a two-part release, it’s also the longest by far with nine episodes that are all over an hour long.

Ahead of its midnight premiere, Netflix has added a content warning to the fourth season of Stranger Things following the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Netflix has teased Stranger Things events around the world ahead of season four’s release on Friday (May 27).On Tuesday (May 24), the official Stranger Things social media accounts released a thread of coordinates related to different locations in New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan, Cologne, Krakow, Barranquilla, Kuala Lumpur and Al-’Ula.The post reads: “Something big is coming. Find your city, and that’s where we’ll be.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer, aka the Duffer brothers, were being quite sincere when they teased ideas for expanding the show’s universe in a February letter to fans announcing the end of the Netflix show.The Duffers actually do have an idea for a spinoff series to follow the conclusion of the story of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Hopper (David Harbour), Joyce (Winona Ryder) and the rest of the Upside Down crew — and only one person outside of the duo knows what it is.“We do have an idea for a spinoff that we’re super excited about … but we haven’t told anyone the idea yet, much less written it,” the Duffer brothers wrote in an emailed interview with Variety last week. “We think everyone — including Netflix — will be surprised when they hear the concept, because it’s very, very different.

Netflix has released the opening eight minutes of Stranger Things season four – you can check it out below.In the sequence, a flashback visits Hawkins Laboratory in September 1979, as a bloody massacre unfolds.Netflix also announced the first seven episodes of the nine-episode season will be released on May 27, with the final two episodes set to be released on July 1.Show creators The Duffer Brothers recently confirmed episode seven and nine will be movie-length episodes.Speaking to TheWrap, Matt Duffer said: “Seven and nine in particular are movies. And nine is a long movie.”Asked about the length of episode nine, Ross Duffer said: “We’re still refining it but we will say that it is over two hours.

The secrets of “Stranger Things 4” have not been kept as under wraps as its creators hoped.

Millie Bobby Brown and her boyfriend Jake Bongiovi attended the premiere of “Stranger Things” together. The two have been dating over the past year, with this outing marking their second red carpet together.Millie Bobby Brown almost quit acting before landing ‘Stranger Things’Millie Bobby Brown reveals the ‘gross’ change she’s seen from media and fans since turning 18Millie and Jake attended the show’s premiere in New York, which was attended by all manner of stars. The two looked elegant, with Millie wearing a white gown with a slit in the leg and a black mesh shoulder.

Creators and showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer took part in the Deadline Contenders TV panel over the weekend, where they shared some new details about the hotly anticipated fourth season. (Season 3 premiered way back on July 4, 2019.)They referred to the news season as their “’Game of Thrones’ season.” “We kind of jokingly call it our ‘Game of Thrones’ season because it’s so spread out.