Netflix unveiled Tuesday the trailer for the upcoming season four of the hugely popular supernatural series “Stranger Things”.
The footage featured the Mind Flayer warning about an upcoming war as well as gave a glimpse into the upcoming chaos that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and her friends alongside the rest of Hawkins will face in the upcoming season.
The finale of Stranger Things season 3 saw Eleven losing her powers, which didn't appear to return in the trailer. It also featured the heroes battling the Mind Flayer in the middle of the Starcourt Mall.
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The third season, which premiered in July 2019, saw Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) taking her sons (Noah Schnapp and Charlie Heaton) and Eleven out of their Indiana town to start a new life.
The hit sci-fi series will take place in the spring break of 1986, as Eleven returns to Hawkins for vacation so she could spend time with her friends and catch up with her boyfriend Mike.
Season four starts six months after the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins.
It sees the group navigating high school and separated for the first time, all the while a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces.
The first volume of episodes will launch on May 27 with the second volume launching on July 1.
Returning for Season 4 are stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Charlie Heaton, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, and Brett Gelman.
There are several new characters in the upcoming season as well, including Robert Englund as Victor Creel, Jamie Campbell Bower as Peter Ballard, Eduardo Franco as Argyle, Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson, and Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel Sullivan.
The also features Mason Dye as Jason Carver, Nikola Djuricko as Yuri, Tom Wlaschiha as Dmitri, Myles Truitt as Patrick, Regina Ting Chen as Ms. Kelly, Grace Van Dien as Chrissy, and Amybeth McNulty as Vickie.
"Stranger Things" was created by The Duffer Brothers and is produced by Monkey Massacre Productions & 21 Laps Entertainment.
The Duffer Brothers serve as executive producers on the series, alongside Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Entertainment, Iain Paterson, and Curtis Gwinn.
The brothers developed the series as a mix of investigative drama alongside supernatural elements portrayed with childlike sensibilities.
They set the series in the 1980s and created an homage to the pop culture of that decade.
Several themes and directorial aspects were inspired and aesthetically informed by the works of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, and Stephen King, among others, including several films, anime, and video games.