Episodes like movies! Stranger Things season 5 promises to be a record length for a Netflix series

Stranger Things Season 5 is still a long way off, but it’s already a dream come true. While the final chapter of the Netflix phenomenon series is still in filming, Maya Hawke, one of the stars of the program, has revealed an important hint about the overshoot of this highly anticipated ending.

Interview for the podcast crushedThe actor explains:Each season takes a long time to write and shoot. In the end, it’s like making eight moviesWe already know that Stranger Things Season 5 will consist of eight episodes, and that each one will have the scope and ambition of a feature film.

Remember, the episodes of season 4 were already much longer than the previous ones. The last episode was 2h20, one of the longest episodes in the history of the series.

A few days ago, another Stranger Things actor already gave hints about the epic dimension of season 5. Known for lending his features to the big bad Vecna, Jamie Campbell Bower said on the mic for the I’ve Never podcast. Said this earlier with Tommy Didario:

“If you thought the last season was crazy, this one is out of control, raging, crazy. He really is, he says. Everything is much bigger. This is completely insane.”

American journalist Jeff Snyder also revealed the titles of the first six episodes of season 5 – until then:

Chapter 1 – Walking

Chapter 2 – ***** The Disappearance of Wheeler

Chapter 3 – Turbow Trap

Chapter 4 – The Witch

Chapter 5 – Shock Jock

Chapter 6 – Escape from Camazotz

Stranger Things is available on Netflix.