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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 has released images from the final hours of Stranger Things, which drop July 1.

The Duffer Brothers on Wednesday talked about the evolution of Stranger Things in season 4 and how it went from a TV version of The Goonies in previous years to the small screen horror show inspired by Nightmare on Elm Street and Hellraiser.

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.

Eduardo Franco to co-star as Argyle alongside the characters of Eleven, Mike, and Dustin.The Arizona native and Mexican descent actor is Jonathan’s new Californian friend; Franco’s character is joining the group’s journey to save the world.According to Ross Duffer, “Argyle is your quintessential ’80s stoner. Even though this is an overall darker season, there’s also comedy. There’s still fun to be had throughout the adventures this year,” the creator told Radio Times.

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.

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.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterMatt and Ross Duffer, aka the Duffer Brothers, decided to break up their nine-episode fourth season of “Stranger Things” in a rather unconventional way. By now, most fans of the Upside Down surely know that the first portion of the season, which launches Friday, consists of seven super-sized episodes, while Volume 2, which debuts July 1, has only two installments.Though Episodes 8 and 9 are longer than all the episodes that came before them, running at 85 minutes and nearly two and a half hours, respectively, there could still be concerns among viewers that only two episodes does not a second volume make.But the Duffers assured Variety that Episode 7 of “Stranger Things 4” is not just at the level of any previous season closer they have done, but sets up Episodes 8 and 9 in a way that makes the two-episode Volume 2 feel like it can stand alone.

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.

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer know that it’s been a long wait for the fourth season of Netflix’s smash hit, but they promise an even greater payoff with the new season’s massively expanded scope and collective running time greater than any of the previous installments.

Zack Sharf When “Stranger Things” debuted on Netflix in July 2016, many television critics compared the series favorably to the spirit of Amblin movies like “The Goonies” and “E.T. the Extraterrestrial.” According to co-creator Ross Duffer, that vibe will no longer exist when the show returns for its long-awaited fourth season. “Stranger Things 4” picks up six months after Season 3’s Starcourt Mall battle between the main characters and the Mind Flayer.

Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Netflix's hit science-fiction show Stranger Things, have shared new details of the show's long-awaited fourth season. The series' next chapter will be spread across two volumes, with the first premiering May 27 and the second July 1.

Stranger Things has been renewed for a fifth—and final—season. In the summer of 2016, out of seemingly nowhere, everyone was talking about Stranger Things.

Stranger Things, a signature show for Netflix since its premiere in 2016, has been renewed for a fifth and final season.

Netflix revealed Thursday the long-awaited fourth season of “Stranger Things” will be split into two halves — and you won’t have to wait that long for the first part to debut.“Stranger Things 4” Volume 1 will premiere May 27, with Volume 2 to follow on July 1, creators Matt and Ross Duffer, credited as the Duffer Brothers, said in a letter to fans posted on Netflix’s blog. That letter also included the huge news that the show has been renewed for a fifth and final season.“With nine scripts, over 800 pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, ‘Stranger Things 4’ was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one. Everyone involved is incredibly proud of the results, and we can’t  wait to share it with you,” the Duffer Brothers wrote.

Maya Hawke is teasing a «scary» turn for her character in ' fourth season. ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 22-year-old actress, who plays Robin in the Netflix series, about what fans can expect when the new season debuts.«The Duffer brothers [Matt and Ross Duffer, the show's creators] are just really free and really smart.

Stranger Things fans won’t have to say farewell to their favorite Hawkins, Indiana, residents as soon as they think.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creators and real-life brothers Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer opened up about their plans for when they envision wrapping the acclaimed Netflix series.“Season four won’t be the end,” Ross, 36, told the publication in an interview published on Tuesday, August 18. “We know what the end is, and we know when it is.

The Duffer Brothers have found a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic when it comes to “Stranger Things”.

Netflix and the creators of Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, are being sued by a company that says the idea for the hit show was stolen from a screenplay called Totem.A lawsuit filed by Irish Rover Entertainment on Wednesday (July 15) in California federal court claims that Stranger Things has copied a number of things from Totem, a screenplay written by Jeffrey Kennedy (via TheWrap).The suit alleges that the Netflix show lifted the “plot, sequence, characters, theme, dialogue, mood, and