Stranger Things season 5 gets exciting release update from Netflix

Netflix reassured fans with that Stranger Things Season 5 release news is coming.

On time Stranger Things‘ Fifth and final season hits the streamer, it will likely be over three years since the series was last heard from. This will mark the longest gap between seasons in the history of the hit sci-fi franchise.

What fans do know is that the wait is almost over. Production is apparently wrapped, so release news for the series may be imminent.

Netflix gives Stranger Things 5 ​​release update

After years of waiting, Netflix confirmed one Stranger Things Release announcement for season 5 is coming “soon.”

Respond to fans on social media, the official Netflix France X (formerly Twitter) account posted (as translated from French) at “we’ll give you a date (for the series) soon:”

“Just a little more patience, we’ll give you a date soon…”

While “soon” is a somewhat nebulous term, it would make sense that the streamer gave an update on the series immediately.

According to a report from November 2024, Stranger Things is considered one of Netflix “greatest shows” of 2025, so there should at least be a release window soon:

“Then looking into 2025, you have new seasons of our biggest shows: ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Squid Games,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ on top of new shows from Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy, a new ‘Knives Out’ movie from Ryan Johnson, Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein,’ even the return of ‘Happy Gilmore.’ So we couldn’t be more excited about where we’re at right now and where we’re going.”

When is Stranger Things season 5 coming out?

With a release update apparently on the horizon for Stranger Things Season 5, fans will definitely start opening their calendars and looking at where the hit sci-fi series’ send-off season will land.

At the time of writing, the best bet for fans to predict a potential release date comes with previous precedent from the series.

Filming for season 5 began on January 8, 2024 (via the official Stranger Things X account). It was then reported that production on the show was halfway complete in July, putting its wrap date somewhere around December or January.

This would line up with recent speculation that a wrap party for the show took place sometime in early December and that principal photography has officially wrapped. If this is true, a release date could soon appear.

Season 4 finished filming in September 2021 before being released eight months later in May 2022.

Should Stranger Things Season 5 follows a similar post-production pipeline, a late summer or early fall 2025 release date seems to make the most sense.

Due to the scale of this last season, compared to “making eight movies” of star Finn Wolfhard, it wouldn’t be surprising if the series’ final release pushed this eight-to-nine-month window to the absolute limit, potentially coming as late as October or November 2025.

Stranger Things Season 5 will be released on Netflix in 2025.