Stranger Things Season 5 Set Photos Offer New Look at Return to Hawkins

The fifth season of Stranger Things isn't expected to begin filming until the SAG strike comes to an end, but the early stages of the production have continued now that the WGA strike is resolved. In fact, the Stranger Things writers celebrated their return the minute the strike ended. The Netflix series takes place in Hawkins, Indiana but it's filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Recently, drone pilot and videographer @ItsJaredFilm shared some photos of the reconstruction of the Hawkins set on social media. 

While the plot of Stranger Things' fifth and final season is unknown, there's a lot of speculation that much of it will take place in the Upside Down. However, it looks like we'll still get some scenes in the 1980s town. You can check out the photos in the tweet below:

👀 #StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 pic.twitter.com/sG3r1WBsps

— Jared (@itsjaredfilm) October 5, 2023

How Will Stranger Things End?

Stranger Things creators, Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, recently revealed that their pitch for the fifth season was a tear-jerker. 

"Listen. It's our process but it's just like, we really just try to focus on one season at a time," Ross Duffer previously told The Wrap. "We do have an outline for season 5 and we pitched it to Netflix and they really responded well to it. I mean, it was hard. It's the end of the story. I saw executives crying who I've never seen cry before and it was wild. And it's not just to do with the story, just the fact that it's like, Oh my God, this thing that has defined so many of our lives, these Netflix people who has been with us from the beginning, seven years now, and it's hard to imagine the journey coming to an end."

Will Stranger Things Get a Spin-Off?

The Duffers previously confirmed they plan to start developing a spin-off sooner rather than later. In a funny turn of events, Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler) is the only actor from the beloved series who knows what the spinoff is about. Apparently, the young star guessed the premise and he recently shared with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that he's been sworn to secrecy. 

"We were on set filming Stranger Things 4 and we were all talking about if there's going to be, like joking, 'Oh they're all going to have us back in 20 years and we're all going to fat and old,' that kind of thing," Wolfhard shared. "And then I was like, 'But if you guys are actually going to do a spin-off, it should be this...' And then I said it, and the Duffers looked at each other and looked at me and they were like, 'Could we talk to you for a second?' And then they pulled me off and they were like, 'That is the idea. Who told you?' and I was like, 'No one,' and they were like 'What do you mean? You just came up with it?' and I was like, 'Well, no, I just thought that that would be a cool way to expand.' It was really funny and they were like 'Okay, well... don't tell anyone.'"

Stranger Things is expected to return for its final season in 2024.