‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 delayed by writers’ strike

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“Stranger Things” showrunners and brothers Matt and Ross Duffer announced Saturday that production on the fifth and final season of the Netflix series has been delayed by the ongoing Hollywood writers’ strike. The Writers Guild of America is demanding better pay, residuals for streaming content and higher contributions to the union’s health and pension plan for its members.

“Writing does not stop when filming begins,” the Duffers posted on the “Stranger Issues” writers’ room Twitter account.

“Whereas we’re excited to start out manufacturing with our wonderful forged and crew, it’s not doable throughout this strike. We hope a good deal is reached quickly so we are able to all get again to work. Till then — over and out. #wgastrong.”

“Stranger Issues” is amongst a number of small- and big-screen initiatives which were affected by the strike. Marvel Studios’ “Blade,” Apple TV’s “Loot,” NBC’s “Saturday Night time Dwell,” CBS’ “The Speak” and numerous late-night speak reveals have additionally been impacted, in accordance with the Hollywood Reporter.

Different reveals are working across the stoppage. Each Amazon’s “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy” and HBO’s “Home of the Dragon” have continued filming in the UK after stockpiling scripts forward of the strike, in accordance with Deadline. Nonetheless, many have raised questions on how such productions will deal with rewrites and different changes to the story with out writers current on set.

In February 2022, the Duffer brothers confirmed that the upcoming fifth season of “Stranger Issues” could be its final. The Emmy profitable sci-fi sequence stars Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink and Millie Bobby Brown as a ragtag bunch of children battling evil forces of their spooky small city through the Eighties.

“We hope that you just stick with us as we end this story of a strong woman named Eleven and her courageous associates, of a damaged police chief and a ferocious mother, of a small city referred to as Hawkins and an alternate dimension identified solely because the Upside Down,” the Duffer brothers mentioned on the time.

“As all the time, we’re grateful to your endurance and help.”

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