The Writers Guild of America and its ongoing strike have claimed yet another victim.
The showrunners, Matt and Ross Duffer, confirmed that the final season of the chart-topping Netflix show, Stranger Things, can’t start production on the date promised.
Here’s what the Duffers said in the tweet:
Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we’re excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike. We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then — over and out. #wgastrong.”
As a result of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers breaking down, the WGA went on strike last Tuesday, May 2.
It certainly didn’t take long for the WGA to prove its point.
The late-night talk shows were the first victim of the strikes, which was then followed by the big budget films and TV shows, including the MCU’s Blade reboot and, possibly, the Fantastic Four reboot as well.
Season 4 of Stranger Things concluded last July and fans have eagerly been waiting for a positive update since.
Unfortunately, with the delay, it’s highly unlikely that Stranger Things Season 5 will be ready to hit Netflix in 2024, much to the chagrin of the series’ fans. The fan-favorite show has already received criticism for the large gap between the release of each season, which has made it difficult to address the drastically aged appearances of some of the cast members.
It’s unclear if Netflix plans to delay the premiere of Stranger Things Season 5 but it’s looking more and more like the ideal route as the strike soldiers on.
If it’s any consolation, Stranger Things isn’t ending with its fifth season. The mainline series might no longer continue after Season 5 but Netflix has plans for other still-unannounced spin-offs as well as an animated series.
At the rate that this is going, we should expect to hear more cancelations other than Stranger Things Season 5.
