Overview
- Netflix unveiled the official Volume 1 trailer at its Netflix x CicLAvia One Last Bike Ride event, teasing Demogorgon attacks, an “insane” plan, and Eleven displaying expanded powers.
- Volume 1 (Episodes 1–4) premieres Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. PT, Volume 2 (Episodes 5–7) arrives Dec. 25, and the series finale drops Dec. 31, with global releases aligned to U.S. Pacific time.
- Co-creator Ross Duffer posted the official runtimes for Episodes 1–4, totaling about 4 hours and 31 minutes.
- Netflix’s synopsis places the story in fall 1987 with Hawkins under military quarantine, the group intent on finding and killing Vecna, and the government intensifying its hunt for Eleven.
- Trades report a limited North American theatrical run for the Dec. 31 finale as Netflix stages worldwide fan events and public activations leading into the launch.