‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Was Originally Set To Premiere In 2021, According To David Harbour
The two-year gap betweenStranger Thingsseasons 2 and 3 was already tortuous enough, but fans of the Netflix sci-fi series may have to wait even longer forStranger Things 4as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.
Production for the fourth season ofStranger Thingshad begun in Atlanta earlier this year but was suspended earlier this month in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. But if things had gone according to plan, the series might have premiered as early as next year, starDavid Harbourrecently revealed. But now the questions remains as to whether it can keep that originalStranger Things 4premiere date.
In a recentInstagram StoriesLive Q&A, Harbour, who plays the formerly deceased Chief Hopper in the hugely popular Netflix series, revealed that before production had shut down,Stranger Thingsseason 4 was set to arrive in early 2021:
“Was supposed to come out early next year, I think, although I don’t have authority on this.”
No official release date had yet been revealed by Netflix, but if production were to wrap in spring 2020, then an early 2021 release date is feasible. That would have set a two-year gap between the fourth and third season ofStranger Things, which debuted on Netflix in July 2019.
But with production onStranger Thingssuspended, that gap could stretch on even longer. Harbour noted in the Q&A that with the coronavirus pandemic still at its height, theStranger Things 4premiere date will “probably be pushed back.” The series, which is being produced in the U.S. and Canda,halted filmingin Atlanta starting March 16, with the initial delay time reported to be two weeks long. But with no end in sight for the rising number of cases in the U.S., that delay will likely be extended.
With the large number of cast members who are rapidly aging and going through (or have already gone through) puberty, this presents a problem forStranger Things. But we breezed through that already in season 2, in which Finn Wolfhard’s voice noticeably dropped two octaves.
