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Idris Elba’s Lagos-set work Dust to Dreams, starring music artist Seal, will premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Shorts program, the lineup of which was unveiled Thursday.

Seal is joined by Nollywood stars Nse Ukpe-Etim, Eku Edewor, Atlanta Bridget Johnson and Constance Olatunde in the drama set against a nightclub on the cusp of a new era as its dying female owner sets a succession plan in motion.

Luther and Hijack star Elba made his directorial debut on the 2018 movie Yardie.

The year’s edition of TIFF Shorts will showcase 48 short films, representing 28 countries, across seven presentations, including Strange Cuts, the Midnight Madness-adjacent strand introduced in 2024.

Further program highlights include the world premieres of Patrick Xavier Bresnan and Ivete Lucas’ The Contestant, featuring David Hasselhoff, and Disc by Cannes alum Blake Winston Rice (Tea), co-written with and starring Victoria Ratermanis and Jim Cummings.

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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the lineup for its 2025 Short Cuts programme, celebrating the 50th edition of TIFF with a bold collection of 48 short films from 28 countries, including 20 Canadian works. From world premieres led by A-list talent to daring experimental shorts, this year’s selection reflects TIFF’s increasingly global curatorial reach.

Headlining the announcement are three major world premieres: "Dust to Dreams" by Idris Elba, "The Contestant" from Patrick Xavier Bresnan and Ivete Lucas (The Passing), featuring David Hasselhoff, and "Disc" by Cannes alum Blake Winston Rice, co-written by and starring Victoria Ratermanis and Jim Cummings.

Joecar Hanna’s "Talk Me," executive produced by Spike Lee, makes its North American premiere, as does "The Non-Actor" starring Maya Hawke and Victoria Pedretti. The documentary "All the Empty Rooms" from Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Joshua Seftel, executive produced by Adam McKay, will have its international premiere.

For the first time,...

World premieres of the Jude Law and Jason Bateman-starring limited series Black Rabbit, Sterlin Harjo’s The Lowdown, and Mae Martin and Ryan Scott’s Wayward were unveiled as part of the Toronto Film Festival‘s Primetime program, where the small screen hits the big screen.

The TIFF focus on new TV series has also booked first looks for the doc series Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League from creators Richard Brown and Tebogo Malope, Hansal Mehta’s Gandhi and The Savage, created by Houman Seyyedi.

Netflix’s Black Rabbit from creators and showrunners Zach Baylin and Kate Susman stars Bateman and Law as reunited brothers that centers on New York City’s next hotspot restaurant and lounge. The series will launch Sept. 18 on the streaming giant.

Netflix is also bringing to the Toronto TV showcase the Wayward thriller, which stars comedian Martin, Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Gadon...

Aubrey Plaza is adding a new project to her slate: The actress/producer is set to star as infamous ’90s Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss in biopic “The Heidi Fleiss Story,” IndieWire has confirmed.

Fleiss allegedly ran the “world’s largest high-end prostitution ring” that counted actors, politicians, and other leading men among its clients. Rachel Sennott co-wrote the script with Rachel and Travis Jackson; “The Heidi Fleiss Story” will be “Chambers” creator Leah Rachel’s directorial debut. The critically acclaimed production company Pinky Promise is behind the project. Production will take place in Los Angeles this year.

“The Heidi Fleiss Story” will center on Fleiss’ tabloid reign right before her trial along with a meta component of her attempting to tell her side of the story first. The synopsis reads: “In 1993 Los Angeles, a powerful young woman named Heidi Fleiss is arrested for running the largest high-end prostitution ring in the world.

There’s a new Hunger Games movie in the works. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story. The story focuses on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. In this film, viewers will see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the contestants.

Director Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, who created the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes several familiar faces and new stars. Ralph Fiennes will play President Snow, taking over the role from Donald Sutherland. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace plays Maysilee Donner.

Other actors in the film include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman,...

Lionsgate has officially confirmed plans to bring a new Hunger Games movie to the big screen. This film will take place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the original Hunger Games story.

It will focus on Panem during its 2nd Quarter Quell, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games. Fans will get to see a young Haymitch Abernathy as one of the participants.

Francis Lawrence will direct the movie, which is set to be released on November 20, 2026. The screenplay will be written by Billy Ray and Suzanne Collins, the creator of the Hunger Games series.

The cast includes some well-known names. Ralph Fiennes will take on the role of President Snow, replacing Donald Sutherland who played the character in previous films. Elle Fanning returns as Effie Trinket, and Mckenna Grace will play Maysilee Donner.

Other actors joining the project include Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee,...

Aubrey Plaza’s call sheet is about to get a lot longer, as she’s come on to produce and star in “The Heidi Fleiss Story.”

Plaza will portray the infamous “Hollywood madam” Heidi Fleiss, busted in the early ‘90s for what was said to be the world’s largest high-end prostitution ring – which implicated Hollywood, politicians and other power figures.

The project marks the directorial debut of Leah Rachel (creator of Netflix’s “Chambers”). The film hails from Pinky Promise, Jessamine Burgum and Kara Durrett’s production company.

Heatseeking actress and Gen Z icon Rachel Sennott co-wrote the script with Rachel and Travis Jackson. Their take on the tabloid sensation follows Fleiss before trial, scrambling around Los Angeles trying to blackmail and leverage various connections to get the case dropped, with the help of an aspiring young writer named Jaclyn.

Production is set for Los Angeles in the coming months.

Stranger Things is coming to an end with its upcoming season on Netflix, and Ross Duffer is teasing the first two episodes.

In a new post on social media, one-half of the Duffer Brothers series creators teased that the post-production process on the first two episodes of the sci-fi series’ final season had been completed.

“Chapters One and Two: locked, mixed, scored, colored, Done,” read the caption on Instagram.

Duffer included photos of the episode titles with Chapter One being titled “The Crawl” and Chapter Two being titled “The Vanishing of…,” with the name of the character excluded to prevent spoilers.

The series creator said that “The Crawl” is their favorite episode as it is “the most eventful episode since Season 1.”

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Duffer also teased that the second episode “has by far the craziest cold open we’ve ever done,...

Stranger Thingsstar Finn Wolfhard recalls the moment he knew that the series was really coming to an end.

Speaking to Variety, Wolfhard opened up about his attempts to ignore Stranger Things' impending end while filming the hit series' fifth and final season. "Everyone was thinking about the end and was down, and I would just be like, 'Yeah, but we're all here hanging out. It's fine,' And I would push it away," Wolfhard said.

He went on to note that things came to ahead on Dec. 20 while filming the series' grand finale on a sound stage in Atlanta, during which he noticed a massive crowd including everyone from his co-stars to Netflix executives. "I turned around from the monitors, and it was hundreds of people just hanging out for the first time in the same room after 10 years of working. And they were just watching." Wolfhard added, "So if...

Fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of Stranger Things season 5 for a while, and with the official release date having been announced two months ago, the excitement has only grown stronger. With the first set of episodes dropping on Netflix this November, everyone is gearing up for what will surely be an exhilarating start to the final season.

The cameras officially stopped rolling on the fifth installment back in December 2024, and the new episodes are currently being edited to perfection in post-production. We've been trying to keep ourselves busy in the meantime while we wait for Stranger Things season 5, and luckily, the cast and crew have been keeping us pretty occupied by sharing behind-the-scenes stories and other juicy deets about the show.

One of those cast members is David Harbour, who plays the beloved Jim Hopper in the hit sci-fi horror series. During a recent appearance at FanX’s Tampa Bay Comic Convention,...

Finn Wolfhard was determined to stay in the moment. “Everyone was thinking about the end and was down, and I would just be like, ‘Yeah, but we’re all here hanging out. It’s fine,’” he recalls. “And I would push it away.” On Dec. 20, there was no more denial. He was filming the grand finale on a stage in the show’s Atlanta studio and noticed a massive crowd, including no less than Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, gathering. Among the throng, Wolfhard spotted cast members Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Maya Hawke, who all remained in Atlanta even though they wrapped production days earlier. “I turned around from the monitors, and it was hundreds of people just hanging out for the first time in the same room after 10 years of working. And they were just watching,” he remembers. “So if that wasn’t enough of a mindfuck there,...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence last played the fan-favorite characters Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen, respectively, in 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 2. Seriously, where does the time go? Anyway, since then, The Hunger Games movie franchise has only expanded, spawning two prequels: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), which centers on a young President Snow before he rose to power, and now, Sunrise of the Reaping, which will follow a 16-year-old Haymitch as he prepares to fight in the second Quarter Quell. With a star-studded cast confirmed for Sunrise of the Reaping, which is set to hit theaters in November 2026, rumors of a certain Hunger Games alum returning to make a surprise cameo in the upcoming sequel have been circulating online for quite a while now. But could there be some truth to these rumors?...

With The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping set to hit theaters on November 20, 2026, fans have been buzzing about whether any familiar faces from the original franchise might return — especially Josh Hutcherson, who portrayed Peeta Mellark across all four films in the blockbuster YA adaptation. Now, Hutcherson is weighing in. Speaking to Brit + Co, the actor finally broke his silence about possibly returning to the world of Panem.

“That’d be cool. No, I know nothing in that world right now. Hunger Games is amazing, and I’ve loved it for many years and I will love it forever.”

While Hutcherson hasn’t been approached to appear in Sunrise on the Reaping, the door isn’t closed, especially considering Peeta and Katniss do make a brief appearance in the book. Suzanne Collins’ newest installment takes place 24 years before the 74th Hunger Games, focusing on a young Haymitch Abernathy during his deadly run through the arena.

With the next prequel in The Hunger Games franchise hitting theaters on Nov. 20, 2026, at least one familiar face is open to returning.

Josh Hutcherson, who originated the role of Peeta Mellark in the 2012 adaptation of Suzanne Collins‘ first novel in the YA series, recently addressed the possibility of reprising the role in Sunrise on the Reaping, which has been rounding out its cast in recent months.

“That’d be cool. No, I know nothing in that world right now,” Hutcherson clarified to Brit + Co. “Hunger Games is amazing, and I’ve loved it for many years and I will love it forever.”

Although the events of Sunrise on the Reaping are set 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, the book briefly features a grown Peeta and Katniss Everdeen (originated by Jennifer Lawrence) as Haymitch Abernathy (which Joseph Zada is set to take over from Woody Harrelson) recounts the...

When The Hunger Games franchise released its final entry, Mockingjay – Part 2, in 2015, it was difficult to see how the dystopian adventure series could continue after the story wrapped. However, a decade later, The Hunger Games keeps thriving.

With a prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, already out, and another prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, on the way, fans of the franchise had a lot to look forward to. But the feature films aren't the only new additions to the franchise, as The Hunger Games is officially becoming a stage play. In a new announcement on Instagram, The Hunger Games officially cast the new Katniss Everdeen: Mia Carragher for the upcoming play in London.

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The Hunger Games: On Stage is set to debut on West End later this year, and casting is already on the way.

Elle Fanning said Hunger Games fans are the reason she was cast as Effie Trinket in the upcoming prequel film.

During a recent interview with MTV, the actress chatted about her casting in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping and taking the role over from Elizabeth Banks, who portrayed an older version of Effie in the franchise’s first four films.

“It was funny because I think fans made this happen in a way,” Fanning said. “The studio [Lionsgate] said they were getting kind of hounded online, like, ‘Elle needs to play Effie.’”

The A Complete Unknown star added that she’s especially excited to play Effie because she’s been “a huge fan” for some time.

“Effie has always been my favorite character,” she explained. “I think Elizabeth Banks brought so much — just even beyond those books — layers to that character. I love her, and I have got to talk to Elizabeth.

At San Diego Comic-Con, Elle Fanning opens up about how fan campaigns helped her get cast in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Beginning in 2012, the Hunger Games series has produced five movie adaptations to date, including the four mainline franchise films and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Next up is the Haymitch backstory movie Sunrise on the Reaping.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be directed by Francis Lawrence and features Joseph Zada in the lead role of young Haymitch. Fanning has been cast as a young Effie Trinket, while other cast members include Mckenna Grace, Ralph Fiennes, Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Kieran Culkin, Ben Wang, and Glenn Close.

Speaking with MTV at Sdcc, Fanning addressed the role fans played in her casting process. According to the actor, the studio told her that "they were getting kind of hounded online" by fans who demanded "Elle needs to play Effie!

Iris Apatow and Edvin Ryding are officially heading to Panem. Lionsgate has announced that the two young stars will portray Capitol University students Proserpina and Vitus in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming prequel film entering production this summer. Their characters are assigned to the prep team for the District 12 Tributes — a duo whose journey will take center stage in the highly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ latest novel. They join a loaded cast led by Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Billy Porter, and Lili Taylor. Rising stars Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, and Ben Wang round out the Districts' new generation of players.

Previously announced supporting cast members include Laura Marcus as Silka, Percy Daggs IV as Ampert, Rada Rae as Wellie, Jhaleil Swaby as Panache, John Doeble as Buck, Alina Reid as Kerna, Salimou Thiam as Clayton,...

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has cast Katniss Everdeen’s parents.The upcoming prequel movie has added Scot Greenan and Grace Ackary as Burdock Everdeen and Asterid March, respectively - the father and mother of Jennifer Lawrence’s iconic heroine from the original Hunger Games films.It has also been announced that Melody Chikakane Brown and Jefferson White have joined The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Hattie Meeney and Mr. McCoy, respectively. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will feature Joseph Zada in the lead role of Haymitch Abernathy - the character previously played by Woody Harrelson in the original tetralogy - while Whitney Peak has been cast as his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. Maya Hawke will take on the role of Wiress, the former Hunger Games victor who now mentors the tributes of District 12, while Mckenna Grace will portray District 12 tribute Maysilee Donner. Jesse Plemons,...

Stranger Things is full of jaw-dropping moments and events that would make little sense in the real world. Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, at the center of it all is Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven, born with special psychokinetic abilities and experimented upon by Dr. Martin Brenner. However, she mysteriously goes missing after destroying the Demogorgon in the first season, later appearing again with no explanation.

But what if the reappeared El was not El at all but a secret clone crafted by Dr. Brenner? As Hawkins braces for its final showdown with Vecna, this fan theory is gaining steam: could the El we know be a backup, secretly swapped in by Brenner to fulfill some sinister contingency?

Stranger Things Clone Theory Suggests the Real Eleven is Long Gone Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Stranger Things | Credits: Netflix

Season 4 of Stranger Things was a lot to digest.

Stranger Things is all set to come to an end after nearly a decade, with the Netflix series expected to deliver all manner of horror, action, excitement, and surprises as it brings the sci-fi series phenomenon to its long-awaited conclusion. And one such surprise could be the return of a particular fan-favorite character.

Speaking with Extra TV, Stranger Things breakout Joseph Quinn, who has now joined the MCU as Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch in the Marvel outing The Fantastic Four: First Steps, played things suspiciously coy when asked whether audiences should expect to see Eddie Munson make a triumphant comeback in Stranger Things Season 5.

“Oh my god, yeah, I mean, it’s going to be out soon, isn’t it? Who knows? There’s always a chance for anything, isn’t there, really? Nothing’s impossible.”

Not outright denying that Eddie, who was killed in Stranger Things Season...

Just days ago, the internet blew up when the runtimes for the Stranger Things Season 5 episodes supposedly leaked and the news quickly went viral. Fans were ecstatic about the lengthy runtimes which saw each episode go beyond 120 minutes, and the series finale clocking in at an ambitious Titanic-like duration of 180 minutes. Three hours of absolute Stranger Things bliss to wrap things up. However, we have some bad news, as one of the showrunners behind the Netflix series has now responded to the leak.

Debunking what was seemingly revealed, it's worth noting that, when Ross Duffer took to his Instagram account to say, “Lol not even close to accurate," he didn’t reveal if the reported running times were too short or too long. He just debunked them. Meaning we could still be in store for some epic runtimes when Stranger Things brings things to a close after all these years.

It's been three-year long wait for Stranger Things to return to Netflix, but the series will soon make its comeback this fall with its highly anticipated fifth and final season. The new episodes begin rolling out on Thanksgiving and continue on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. Netflix is rolling out the red carpet for a high-profile three-part holiday farewell event for its most beloved original series.

But because we have been waiting so long for the final season to make its arrival, fans have been sitting on the edge of their seats searching for any and all teases. Recently, the supposed runtimes for all nine episodes of Stranger Things season 5 apparently leaked online, but co-creator and co-showrunner Ross Duffer has spoken out to debunk the runtimes as incorrect.

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In an Instagram Story post featuring a screenshot of the fake Stranger Things season 5 runtimes that went viral,...

The first official teaser trailer for “Stranger Things 5” arrived last week, followed soon after by social media rumors that the final season would run a tidy but daunting 19 hours long.

Don’t worry; series co-creator and showrunner Ross Duffer has officially debunked the “leaked” episode runtimes as false.

While it was highly circulated on social media that each of the final eight episodes would be feature-length, with many clocking in at two and a half hours or more, Ross Duffer shot those claims down via Instagram stories, stating that the rumored episode durations are “not even close to accurate.”

Of course, “Stranger Things” has featured robust runtimes before. The fourth season’s finale ran two hours and nineteen minutes, which only added plausibility to the circulating rumors. Especially as Duffer previously teased, “So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet. It’s like eight blockbuster movies.

Flavor meets fandom with Chips Ahoy’s limited edition “Stranger Things” cookies.

Inspired by the Upside Down, the chewy cookie features chocolatey base, fudge chips, and a red strawberry-flavored filling, marking the brand’s first-ever fruit-flavored filling. In addition to the traditional tray, they’ll be available in two-count portion packs.

Chips Ahoy is also releasing its original chocolate chip cookies in retro-inspired packaging that harkens back to the 1980s.

The cookies are scheduled to hit retailers nationwide on August 11, but you can register to pre-order yours now.

Also on August 11, Chips Ahoy will launch a free augmented-reality game that challenges players to find hidden cookies in the Upside Down. In-game achievements will translate into the chance to win prizes, including an Eddie Munson-inspired guitar plus limited edition “Stranger Things” merchandise.

“Our collaboration with ‘Stranger Things’ appeals to both long-time lovers of Chips Ahoy cookies and ‘Stranger Things’ fans who have loved every episode,...

Though now widely recognized as a seminal film with indelible cultural influence — sparking references, parodies and homages aplenty since its 1994 release — Pulp Fiction, created on a small seven-figure budget, wasn’t something star Uma Thurman initially realized would have such a watershed impact.

In a recent interview with The Times U.K., the Oscar nominee discussed her four-decade-plus career and turn alongside Charlize Theron in Victoria Mahoney’s The Old Guard 2, released July 2 on Netflix.

“I knew it was special, you could tell from the writing, the uniqueness,” Thurman said of the Quentin Tarantino- helmed and written feature, “but it was a relatively small film.”

Amid its debut at Cannes, where it won the coveted Palme d’Or, Thurman had already been acting for 10 years. At 24, she starred as Mia Wallace, the wife to Ving Rhames’ crime boss and an aspiring actress, for which she was Oscar nominated...

Stranger Things is more popular than ever as fans get ready for the final season. According to Netflix’s latest Engagement Report, viewership of the show has been rising steadily throughout mid-2024, and now all four seasons combined have been watched for over 400 million hours in just the first half of 2025.

In total, Stranger Things picked up 404.10 million viewing hours between January and June 2025.

Season 3 was added to Netflix on July 4, 2019. Season 4 came in two parts: Volume 1 arrived on May 27, 2022, and Volume 2 followed on July 1, 2022. Even after all these years, the show keeps pulling in huge numbers.

In Netflix’s Engagement Report #5, released this week, the breakdown of the numbers shows how popular each season remains. The first season of Stranger Things was watched for 97.7 million hours and reached about 14.3 million views.

Season 2 brought in 88.6 million hours with 11.2 million views. Season 3 wasn’t far behind, with 82.3 million hours watched and 10.9 million views.

Stranger Things is still pulling in huge numbers on Netflix, and fans are clearly getting ready for the show’s big ending. According to Netflix’s latest Engagement Report, the series picked up a massive 404.10 million viewing hours in just the first half of 2025. This covers all four seasons of the hit sci-fi horror drama.

The boost in viewership started building throughout mid-2024, likely because fans were preparing for the long-awaited release of season 5. The show has consistently been one of Netflix’s most popular, but the new data shows just how strong its following remains years after its debut.

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Looking at the numbers in Netflix’s report, season 4 led the way with 135.5 million hours watched globally between January and June 2025. Season 1 came in next with 97.7 million hours, followed by season 2 at 88.6 million and season 3 at 82.3 million. The report shows that people are either...

Una pareja inestable descubre que sus emociones desencadenan fenómenos sobrenaturales. © Getty Images

Esta pareja no la vimos venir. De acuerdo con Variety, Lewis Pullman y Maya Hawke protagonizarán la comedia surrealista Wishful Thinking.

La película sigue a una pareja volátil (Pullman y Hawke) que descubre que su estado emocional tiene consecuencias sobrenaturales en el mundo que les rodea. La pareja deberá decidir si luchar por su relación o aceptar que su poderosa conexión puede estar haciendo más mal que bien.

Te Puede Interesar Millie Bobby Brown y Gabriel Labelle protagonizarán la rom-com ‘Just Picture It’.

El guion y la dirección corren a cargo de Graham Parkes, conocido por trabajar en GoodbyeWorld Games, un estudio de juegos indie que Parkes fundó con amigos y que publicó Before Your Eyes en 2021.

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Despite being marketed as a children’s book, the Harry Potter series is no stranger to death and heartbreak. From Sirius Black’s tragic end to Hedwig’s unexpected sacrifice, J.K. Rowling has filled her beloved saga with losses and grief, reminding readers that war comes with a cost. But even in a story filled with loss, there are certain deaths that hit harder than others.

For years, Fred Weasley’s death during the Battle of Hogwarts has been considered by fans as one of the saga’s most gut-wrenching moments. Considering how fans gradually fell in love with the twins, losing one of them left readers and the Weasley family shattered. However, a compelling theory resurfaced on the internet claiming how another death was more heartbreaking than Fred’s.

According to Potterheads, Dobby’s death quietly overshadowed Fred’s final scene. Yes, we’re talking about the quirky, sock-loving elf,...

The end is coming for Hawkins, and fans now have a first look at how it will all play out. Netflix has released the first teaser for the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things.” This marks the final chapter of the popular sci-fi show that started back in 2016.

The main cast is returning one last time. Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Maya Hawke, and Jamie Campbell Bower will all be back. New faces are joining too, with Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux stepping into the story. Netflix confirmed this in their official announcement.

The teaser was shown on Stranger Things Day, the yearly event that celebrates the show. This day marks the anniversary of when Will Byers first disappeared in the show’s very first episode, way back in 1983. That episode was called “The Vanishing of Will Byers.

The final season of “Stranger Things” is finally on the way, and fans now have their first look at what’s coming next. Netflix has just dropped the first teaser trailer for season 5, and it looks like Hawkins is heading for its biggest fight yet. This will be the end of the story that started back in 2016.

All the familiar faces are coming back. Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Maya Hawke, and Jamie Campbell Bower will all return. Some new faces are joining too, like Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux.

According to Netflix, this will be the final time we see this group together.

The teaser was revealed on Stranger Things Day. That’s the yearly celebration of the show, marking the date when the first episode happened, November 6, 1983. That first episode was called “The Vanishing of Will Byers.

Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke will be starring together in a new movie!

On Wednesday (July 16), it was announced that the 32-year-old Thunderbolts* actress and the 27-year-old Stranger Things actress will be starring in the new surrealist rom-com Wishful Thinking written and directed by Graham Parkes.

Keep reading to find out more…The movie is about a “volatile couple who discovers their emotional state has supernatural consequences on the world around them. The pair must decide whether to fight for their relationship or accept that their powerful connection might be doing more harm than good,” according to Variety.

Also on July 16, Netflix debuted the first teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of Maya‘s show Stranger Things.

Last month, it was announced that Lewis will be starring alongside famous dad Bill Pullman in a new movie!

Updated with the latest: Stranger Things Season 5 now has its first trailer.

The final installment of the Netflix tentpole series will arrive in three parts at the end of this year. Season 5 officially wrapped production December 2024 after it had reached the halfway point in July. Production on the final season kicked off in January 2024.

The fifth and final season of the show has been in the works ever since Part 2 of Season 4 arrived in July 2022, with the writers room for the next season opening August that year. A pandemic delaying Season 4’s arrival and then dual Hollywood strikes pushed Season 5 further than originally planned.

Find everything we know about Stranger Things Season 5 below.

When will Stranger Things Season 5 come out?

Netflix announced at its big Tudum event May 31 that the first of three parts of the final season will arrive Nov. 26, 2025 on the streamer. Part 2 will come out on Christmas,...

Season 5 of ‘Stranger Things’ is coming to Netflix in November, and we’ll give you all the details we know so far here!

Does the town of Hawkins, Indiana, have a future? Things looked pretty grim for the sleepy Midwestern town at the end of Season 4 of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” but there’s still hope left. Mike, Dustin, Eleven, Lucas, and Will aren’t willing to give up on their efforts to defeat evil once and for all, and they’ll have plenty of help from friends. Will it be enough? When will fans get the chance to find out by watching “Stranger Things” Season 5? Below, we’ll break down everything we know about the show’s final season!

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Lionsgate has partnered with a long list of international distributors to release “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” to audiences around the globe.

The studio is set to release “Sunrise on the Reaping” in North America and the United Kingdom on Nov. 26, 2026, but it will reach broader audiences by way of partnerships across various territories. Lionsgate’s international distribution partners on the film include Leonine in Germany, Metropolitan Film in France, Notorious in Italy, Nordisk in Scandinavia, Belga in Benelux, Forum in Eastern Europe and Israel, Ascot Elite in Switzerland, Pris in Portugal, Empire Entertainment in South Africa, Spentzos in Greece, Bg Filmcilik in Turkey, Acme in the Baltics, Myndform in Iceland and Idc across Latin America. Negotiations for distribution in additional markets are still ongoing.

“Sunrise on the Reaping” will be the sixth film in Lionsgate’s “Hunger Game” franchise, which has collectively grossed $3.3 billion at the box office.

Lionsgate has locked in a host of independent international distribution partners for The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping, which begins filming this summer.

The sixth installment in the billion dollar franchise is due to be released from November 20, 2026.

Lionsgate will release the film in North America and the UK. International partners include Leonine (Germany), Metropolitan Film (France), Notorious (Italy), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Belga (Benelux), Forum, Ascot Elite (Switzerland), Pris (Portugal), Empire Entertainment (South Africa), Spentzos (Greece), Bg Filmcilik (Turkey), Acme (Baltics), Myndform (Iceland), and Idc (Latin America), a 50/50 joint venture with Lionsgate. Negotiations are ongoing in additional markets.

As we revealed in recent months, some of the asking prices were big here. There was also strong studio interest, including from Amazon and Sony. In the end, the project has stayed with the indies,...

Lionsgate has revealed a raft of international sales deals on The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the upcoming sixth installment of the company’s $3.3bn-grossing franchise.

International distribution partners on the film, set for worldwide release on November 20, 2026, include Leonine (Germany), Metropolitan Film (France), Notorious (Italy), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Belga (Benelux), Forum (Eastern Europe and Israel), Ascot Elite (Switzerland), Pris (Portugal), Empire Entertainment (South Africa), Spentzos (Greece), Bg Filmcilik (Turkey), Acme (Baltics), Myndform (Iceland) and Idc, a joint venture with Lionsgate (Latin America).

Lionsgate, which reports ongoing negotiations in additional markets, will release the film in North America and the UK.

"I need you to fight one last time."

Netflix released the first trailer for Stranger Things 5, the fifth and final season of its massively popular '80s-set sci-fi adventure series. The teaser previews an epic battle between the Hawkins crew and the sinister interdimensional being Vecna. The story that began way back in 2016 has been building to this.

The trailer features a lot of exciting imagery without giving away a lot of plot details. The trailer starts with Steve Harrington inside of a van with a satellite dish on top outside of a radio station, and throughout the trailer, he's cranking the volume up on whatever he's broadcasting up to 1000 decibels. Over the radio, we hear Dustin Henderson counting down to the start of a "burn" — creatures from the Upside Down hate fire — while everyone else waits anxiously. Something big is about to happen. The trailer also features our first...

Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke, both members of Hollywood royalty, are joining forces for a new romantic comedy with a surreal twist. They'll play a pair of lovers buffeted by forces beyond their control in Wishful Thinking. The film will mark the feature directorial and writing debut of Graham Parkes.

Variety reports that Pullman and Hawke will play a couple with a troubled relationship whose volatility isn't confined to the emotional realm. In fact, their turbulent romance is having bizarre physical effects on the world around them. With the world in turmoil, they'll have to decide whether their love is worth fighting for, or if they should break it off for the good of reality. It'll be the directorial debut for Parkes, a video game designer who co-created the acclaimed 2021 adventure game Before Your Eyes, and is working on its follow-up, Goodnight Universe, which will be released later this year.

Hora de decirle adiós a Hawkins. © Netflix

Netflix ha revelado el primer tráiler y el póster oficial de la largamente anticipada quinta y última temporada de Stranger Things, que promete una despedida a lo grande.

Esta se sitúa en el otoño de 1987. Hawkins está marcado por la apertura de las Grietas y nuestros héroes están unidos por un único objetivo: localizar y eliminar a Vecna. Pero ha desaparecido, se desconoce su paradero y sus planes. Para dificultar su misión, el gobierno ha puesto la ciudad en cuarentena militar y ha intensificado la búsqueda de Eleven, obligándola a esconderse nuevamente. A medida que se aproxima el aniversario de la desaparición de Will, también lo hace un temor pesado y familiar. Se avecina la batalla final y, con ella, una oscuridad más poderosa y mortífera que cualquier cosa a la que se hayan enfrentado antes. Para poner fin a esta pesadilla, necesitarán que todos,...

“Let’s end this, kid,” David Harbour’s Hopper earnestly declares in the first teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The first volume of the sci-fi drama’s final chapter arrives November 26, followed by volume two on Christmas Day and the finale on December 31.

Season five picks up in the fall of 1987, not long after the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, has been invaded by the alternate dimension known as the Upside Down. The characters have gotten a bit older (it’s been three years since the season four finale) and the hair styles have grown a little bigger (Nancy Wheeler’s perm is…perm-ier).

The new episodes will see Hopper, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), Joyce (Winona Ryder), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Will (Noah Schnapp), Max (Sadie Sink), Jonathan (Charlie Heaton), Steven (Joe Keery), and...

We've been waiting for this for the past three years, but the first trailer for Stranger Things' fifth and final season is finally here. The sneak peek is suitably epic and is packed full of visual effects, and the promise of an epic conclusion to the series that first premiered on Netflix in 2016.

The story is still being kept largely under wraps, but we do get a first look at Terminator icon Linda Hamilton as the mysterious Dr. Kay and some huge set pieces.

Among them is a scene where the comatose Max is being dragged to safety by Lucas as invading Demogorgons close in. Vecna's terrifying new design can also be seen in the trailer's closing moments.

"Wherever this blood leads...I need you to fight one last time," Hopper tells Eleven before lobbing a few grenades. "Let's end this, kid."

In Stranger Things season 5, it's the fall of...

The nearly three-minute teaser for Netflix’s Stranger Things season five is loaded with clues and confirms the Duffer Brothers are sending off the popular series with an epic final season. The Upside Down will burn, Demodogs and the Demogorgon terrorize our Hawkins heroes, and Nancy cries as she washes blood off her hands. There’s so much to take in that repeat viewing is required.

Netflix’s first final season teaser release was accompanied by a batch of new photos.

“The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished—his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches,...

Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke will join forces for the surrealist relationship comedy “Wishful Thinking,” Variety can report exclusively.

Writer-director Graham Parkes will helm the film, about a volatile couple who discovers their emotional state has supernatural consequences on the world around them. The pair must decide whether to fight for their relationship or accept that their powerful connection might be doing more harm than good.

Pullman’s profile has risen considerably over his last few projects, including Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” (a.k.a. “The New Avengers”), “Top Gun: Maverick” and the acclaimed Apple Studios series “Lessons in Chemistry.” Hawke, a breakout from the sunsetting Netflix juggernaut “Stranger Things,” stole the show in the hugely profitable Pixar sequel “Inside Out 2” last year, in addition to roles in “Wildcat” and “Asteroid City.”

Highway 10, Buckwild and Pinky Promise are producing “Wishful Thinking.” Matt Smith and Dan Gedman will oversee for Highway 10, which also serves as financier.

Netflix has officially dropped the long-awaited teaser trailer for the fifth and final season of ‘Stranger Things,’ and it’s a chilling, action-packed glimpse into the darkest chapter yet. Set in the fall of 1987, the trailer teases an emotionally charged endgame as the people of Hawkins face a town under siege, from within and without.

Scarred by the catastrophic opening of the Rifts, Hawkins has been placed under military quarantine, with soldiers swarming the streets and the government intensifying its hunt for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), forcing her back into hiding. Meanwhile, Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) — defeated, but not destroyed — has disappeared, and his ominous silence leaves our heroes bracing for a threat more powerful than anything they’ve faced before.

(L to R) Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler and Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers. Cr. Matt Kennedy/Netflix © 2025 Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

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Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the final chapter of Stranger Things, and it teases an epic showdown in Hawkins. The streamer also dropped 12 new photos for the final season, which you can view here.

We see the first footage of Linda Hamilton as Dr. Kay, and demogorgans popping out everywhere.

Picking up in the fall of 1987, Hawkins looks like a Hellscape, the town scarred by the opening of the Rifts to the Upside Down and our heroes united by a single goal: to find and kill Vecna. “But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly...

One. Last. Adventure. The gang is back one last time for the Final season of “Stranger Things” later this year, and a new teaser trailer for “Stranger Things 5” has arrived this morning.

They’re calling it a “teaser” but it’s pretty much a full-on trailer, previewing an epic war that will pit all of our favorite characters up against the threats of the past. Demogorgons are leaping all over the place in this thing, but today’s new trailer makes it clear that the main villain of the show’s final season is undoubtedly the Freddy Krueger-inspired monster known as Vecna.

Watch the official teaser trailer for “Stranger Things 5” below!

The first four episodes will premiere November 26, the next three episodes on December 25, and the series finale on December 31. Each volume releases globally at 5pm Pt/8pm Et.

In the final season, “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred...

It’s the end of an era, and finally, we’ll know what happens to Hawkins, Indiana once and for all. The trailer for the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” has been unveiled, with more hints as to how the hit Netflix series will conclude.

Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, and more reprise their roles in the ensemble cast for “Stranger Things 5.” The fifth season also welcomes new cast members Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly, and Alex Breaux.

The first teaser for “Stranger Things 5,” the final installment of the viral Netflix series, was released during the annual “Stranger Things” Day in honor of the first episode of the series being set on November 6, 1983, titled “The Vanishing of Will Byers.”

Season 5 will take place in 1987 and also has another “Vanishing of” episode, with that character name hidden in the teaser.

After a three-year wait, the first look at the final season of Stranger Things is finally here.

Below is the teaser trailer for season five of the Netflix coming-of-age sci-fi smash. The footage is heavy on special effects, spectacle and the sprawling cast looks full of intense emotions while keeping the storylines largely under wraps.

The new season will be released in three parts, all around holiday weekends: Volume 1 on Nov. 26 (consisting of four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each will drop at 5 p.m. Pt.

First, here’s the official description of the new season: “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military...