Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.
20.05.2022 - 19:55 / etcanada.com
Anticipation is building for next week’s debut of the fourth season of “Stranger Things”, and in advance of the premiere Netflix has unveiled the first eight minutes of the first episode.
The scenes are a flashback to 1979, set within Hawkins National Laboratories, with young Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and similarly gifted kids in the research facility practicing their telekinetic skills.
While Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) conducts a test on another child — identified as Ten — suddenly chaos erupts within the facility, with Brenner making his way through the halls encountering the the bloody bodies of the children and staff.
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As the scene ends, in the midst of all this horrific carnage stands Eleven, drenched in blood. “What have you done?” Brenner asks in horror as the screen fades to black.
“It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins,” reads Netflix’s synopsis for the new season.
“Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time — and navigating the complexities of high school hasn’t made things any easier,” the synopsis continues. “In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a gruesome mystery that, if solved, might finally put an end to the horrors of the Upside Down.”
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The first seven episodes of the nine-episode fourth season of “Stranger Things” drop on Friday, May 27, with the final two episodes — “Volume 2” — premiering on July 1.
Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 4 of Stranger Things.
elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Netflix acknowledged the opening scene to “Stranger Things” Friday-released fourth season may be painful for many fans of the show to watch.The streaming service has added a warning screen for US viewers ahead of “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club” because it graphically shows the bloodied bodies of dead children early into the first episode.“We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago. But given the recent tragic shooting at a school in Texas, viewers may find the opening scene of episode 1 distressing.
“Stranger Things” fans checking out the new season are being greeted with a warning.
Content Warning: The following article contains discussion of violence involving children.Netflix has added a content warning to the first episode of Stranger Things season four, following the recent school shooting in Texas that left 21 dead, including two teachers and 19 children.As reported by Variety, the warning card will only appear for US viewers, at the start of episode one before the recap of season three. It reads: “We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix is adding a warning card to the “Stranger Things 4” premiere in light of the shooting on Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 21 people dead — including 19 children and two teachers.The warning card, which will show up for viewers in the U.S. when the episodes launch on Friday, reads: “We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago.
“Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 1 is finally debuting on Netflix. The season is unlike any other, and not just in terms of length. The scope of Season 4 is immense, and the story sprawls from Hawkins to Russia to California, where Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the Byers relocated after the events of Season 3.
Stranger Things has been absent from our lives for three years but the wait is almost over. The Netflix show will be making up for lost time by releasing two volumes.
Rock n’ roll, baby! Joseph Quinn plays metalhead and Dungeons & Dragons extraordinaire Eddie Munson on the upcoming season of Netflix’s Stranger Things — a role he sees as an essential addition to the show’s depiction of 1980s culture.
Going back to the Upside Down! Stranger Things returns to Netflix on Friday, May 27, after a nearly three-year wait — and even some diehard fans may need a refresher on where season 3 left off.
Stranger Things” — and Netflix execs have too. The show’s Season 4 arrival couldn’t come at a better time for the streamer, which could use a boost from its crown jewel series after a tumultuous spring.Here’s the good news for Netflix: With 9.5 million hours of the first season of “Stranger Things” viewed last week, it’s clear the Upside Down fandom is more than ready to return to Hawkins, Ind.
season 4 introduces a number of new characters, with Joseph Quinn and Eduardo Franco being among the newcomers to the cast. The two rising stars join the hit Netflix series as Eddie Munson and Argyle, respectively. “I’m new to this show and at the same time, Argyle’s character is new to their crazy a** lives,” Franco tells ET’s Will Marfuggi. Most famous for his roles on and, the 27-year-old actor plays Jonathan’s (Charlie Heaton) new best friend who delivers pizzas for Surfer Boy Pizza in California, where the Byers family has moved to after leaving Hawkins, Indiana, at the end of season 3. A typical stoner-type character, Argyle finds himself unexpectedly sucked into the chaos that finds Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Will (Noah Schnapp) and Jonathan.
presumed dead (but was shown to be alive in a sinister camp in Russia, trapped by evil scientists). His distraught pseudo-daughter, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), went with the Byers family as Joyce (Winona Ryder), Will (Noah Schnapp) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) left Hawkins, Indiana for less-dangerous pastures. Steve (Joe Keery) made a new friend in Robin (Maya Hawke).
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.
“Stranger Things” Season 4 Volume 1, Netflix has unveiled one last trailer for the long-awaited new season. And fans of the Upside Down will be pleased.“Don’t try to be heroes.
The final trailer for Stranger Things season 4 is here!
It’s felt like a lifetime since Netflix subscribers left Hawkins, Indiana in July 2019, when the third season of “Stranger Things” came to a close.
’ anticipated return with season 4, Netflix released the first eight minutes of the upcoming premiere -- taking audiences back in time to Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) days in the Hawkins Laboratory. But it’s a glimpse at the past that viewers may not be expecting. In the opening scene, Matthew Modine returns as Martin Brenner, the lead scientist in charge of the laboratory where they’re conducting experiments and research on Eleven as well as the many children that came before her. During a routine session with Ten, things quickly go wrong when he telepathically sees a bloody massacre.
Later this month will finally see the return of Netflix‘s hit genre-hodgepodge YA/sci-fi series “Stranger Things.” The kids are again faced with another threat from the Upside Down; the interdimensional space that is home to all sorts of nasty creatures looking to cause havoc on the sleepy town of Hawkings. The streaming service has released the first eight minutes of the first episode from season four (see below), a group of episodes that reportedly have cost them $30 million a pop.