‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Might Not Debut Until 2019
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2017 1:30 pm EST
Netflix quickly renewed its flagship genre series for a third season, but it turns out that Stranger Things 3 is slow going. Showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer are reportedly still working on scripts for the third season, Stranger Things star and recently nominated Golden Globe actor David Harbour told Variety. That pushes the show’s production start to April 2018, which means that we likely won’t see Netflix’s crossover hit until early 2019.
Stranger Things was a breakout hit for Netflix in 2016, becoming a bonafide pop culture phenomenon that turned the child actors into stars and Harbour into a superhero. It also gave Winona Ryder that well-earned comeback. The Duffer brothers turned what was intended to be an ambitious anthology series into the sleeper hit of the decade, so you can’t fault them for wanting to live up to expectations — though it’s arguable whether season 2 managed to do that.
“Like any good thing. [Ross and Matt] need time. And those guys work so hard. I mean, they just sit in their apartment and write for 12, 14 hours a day.”
For now, Stranger Things seasons 1 and 2 is available on Netflix. To bide the time, you can rewatch it every day until 2019 — Netflix knows that you already do.
