Overview
- The feature-length final episode, The Rightside Up, runs about 128 minutes and premiered worldwide with limited screenings in more than 350 cinemas across the U.S. and Canada.
- Netflix coordinated regional release times for a synchronized debut across markets, including Latin America and Europe.
- The company and the Duffer brothers have confirmed there will be no Season 6, positioning this installment as the definitive conclusion to the main narrative.
- Next for the franchise, Netflix has announced Stranger Things: Tales From '85 for 2026, a seven-episode animated series released in two volumes with the Duffers involved as producers.
- Early response is divided, with outlets citing a conclusive yet uneven finale and lingering frustration from parts of Volume 2, while promotional send-offs included a Las Vegas drone show of up to 5,000 drones and a surprise appearance by Jamie Campbell Bower.