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Stranger Things Season 5 Fan Art Sees a Terrified Will Under Vecna’s Control

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February 21, 2025

Christoph Rediske

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Season 5 of Stranger Things set for 2025 will delve into the Upside Down’s dark forces.
Production delays have prolonged the show’s run, with filming for the final season starting in 2024.
Will Byers may play a pivotal role in defeating the Upside Down, tying the series together.

Netflix’s smash-hit sci-fi horror series Stranger Things is fast approaching its end, with season five set to be showcased in 2025. First released in 2016, the Duffer Brothers’ compelling fantasy series became one of the streamer’s most popular shows, with its fourth season the most-watched English TV series in the first four weeks of release. Due to the shocking circumstances surrounding season 4’s finale, the eagerly-awaited upcoming season is set to hone into the supernatural dark forces of the Upside Down more than ever before.

Although it seems like the coming-of-age show ran for longer than five seasons, production took nearly 10 years to complete because of a three-year gap between season three and season four. The schedule for Stranger Things was also pushed back due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Thankfully, filming for the last season finally got underway on January 8th, 2024. Now, the epic series is gearing up for its big reveal that’ll see Will Byers and its main characters take center stage as they take on the ultimate showdown against the Upside Down. But before all that, an animated piece of art starring Will and Vecna is enough to keep the nightmares alive until season 5.

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Stranger Things Season 5 Animated Art Sees Will Being Held Under Vecna’s Control

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As fans’ imaginations run wild about what could be in store for Will Byers in Stranger Things season 5’s upcoming episodes, artist thesonnyfive gives a glimpse into how they think his storyline may go with Vecna, and it’s pretty terrifying. The animated artwork features Will being turned into Vecna’s puppet as the cold-hearted and horrific monster stands behind him, seemingly controlling his every move. Just below Will and Vecna are the rest of the group, Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), as well as a Demogorgon. The artist has done a great job at animating the artwork to give it a more sinister touch as well as featuring the show’s theme song.

After the Stranger Things season 4 dramatic ending, Vecna was defeated but, of course, he is highly likely to return to cause even more chaos than before. The cruel creature won’t be alone though, as other monsters like the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer will make an appearance too. As fans have seen throughout Stranger Things, Will has a binding connection to the Upside Down, so season 5 could see him using this link to finally end it all and save the day. Matt Duffer revealed last year in an interview that Will’s arc will “tie the whole series together,” so it seems as though he might be Hawkins’ only hope for peace.

Recently, Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler, expressed how emotional it was for him that Stranger Things had come to an end, especially since growing up on the show for ten years. “My whole childhood was there. It was sort of the ‘Toy Story 3’ moment of leaving your toys behind. It was really special,” stated Wolfhard.

Although there isn’t an official release date at present, Stranger Things season five will premiere on Netflix in 2025.