This time last year, the first seven episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 had been available to Netflix subscribers for a month, and the season’s final two episodes followed on July 1. But even before Season 4’s arrival, fans had already been informed that Stranger Things will end with Season 5, so needless to say that there’s a lot of anticipation surrounding how the show will wrap things up for our protagonists in Hawkins, Indiana. However, given current events, one of Stranger Things’ main actors has shared that we’ll be in for an even longer wait for this final season.
While chatting about her time on the 2023 new movie release Asteroid City, Maya Hawke, who plays Robin Buckley in Stranger Things, told Inverse that Season 5 is still in the scripting stage, and showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer, a.k.a. The Duffer Brothers, won’t finish putting words to paper until the writers strike has concluded. In her words:
