Stranger Things 5: Vol 1, 2 and finale release dates confirmed by Netflix

We know the episode titles, but at long last, it’s the information we’ve all really been waiting for: the release date(s) for Stranger Things 5.

Netflix have officially confirmed that the fifth and final season of Stranger Things will drop in three segments this year: Volume 1 will consist of four episodes and will land on November 26, before three more episodes will follow on Christmas Day as part of Volume 2. Then, the grand finale will arrive as a standalone epic on New Year’s Eve 2025! (Each instalment drops at 5pm PST – and you can find global release dates here.)

Once again starring the likes of Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower and of course this week’s Kerrang! cover star Finn Wolfhard, Stranger Things 5 is set in the year 1987, and will see a ‘final battle’ play out…

The synopsis reads: “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans 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.”

Check out the announcement video, featuring a brief look at what’s to come, below:

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