Watch: Stranger Things' Season 5 Teaser Trailer Will Turn Your World Upside DownWarning: This article contains a minor spoiler for Stranger Things' final season-but don't worry, it won't turn your viewing experience upside down. It's been almost 10 years since #JusticeForBarb took over the internet. Indeed, Stranger Things creators Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer didn't think Shannon Purser's character Barbara Holland-nor her untimely death in season one-would make such an impact on fans. The uproar, however, was so intense that it turns out the Duffer brothers decided to finally give Barb (kind of) the closure her character deserves in the Netflix series' forthcoming fifth and final season. According to Time's Eliana Dockterman, who was treated to a tour of the series' set during filming of the final season, Barb's body can be found "half-buried" in a tunnel. As for how the body of gone-too-soon high schooler Barb is faring after years in the Upside Down, she is reportedly covered in vines and bears a bleeding gash on her neck. A grim, grisly final look at a fan favorite who disappeared in a pool, without a trace.readStranger Things' Season 5 Teaser Trailer Will Turn Your World Upside Down For Matt and Ross, now almost a decade removed from Stranger Things' 2016 season one release, they finally realize what they had-and subsequently lost-in Barb. As Ross recalled to Time, apparently with a lingering eye roll, "The one note that we consistently got back was, 'What about Barb?' And we're like, 'It's a show about Will.'" To which Matt added, "Netflix kept harassing us about it. And it turns out they were right."Courtesy of NetflixWith Ross admitting the brothers "neglected" Barb, he concluded, "As such, Hawkins neglected her, and it made her that much more famous." The show's final season-which will see the conclusion to the Upside Down and its monsters terrorizing Hawkins' citizens-will release in three installments this Fall and Winter. The first four episodes will go live on Nov. 26, followed by three more on Christmas Day and the finale episode on New Year's Eve. NetflixAs for what the final season will have in store for the show's beloved characters-portrayed by Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp and Sadie Sink-the season's synopsis promises it will open with a "heavy, familiar dread." "The final battle is looming," it continues. "And with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they've faced before. To end this nightmare, they'll need everyone-the full party-standing together, one last time." For a look back at the BTS secrets that have helped bring Stranger Things to life, read on. Netfix1. After working on M. Night Shyamalan's Fox series Wayward Pines, brother writing duo Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer came up with the concept for Stranger Things, though it was initially called Montauk. "It's very hard when your brain is latched onto a title, it's really, really hard to get people to agree and accept another title," Matt told The Daily Beast in 2016. "Initially when we came up with this title Stranger Things, it was hard for people to embrace."Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic2. The Duffers envisioned filming the series on Long Island, but it ultimately proved to be too challenging. "We liked Montauk, because we liked the coastal setting, and Montauk was the basis for Amity, and Jaws is probably our favorite movie, so I thought that that would be really cool," Matt explained to The Hollywood Reporter. "Then it was really going to be impossible to shoot in or around Long Island in the wintertime. It was just going to be miserable and expensive." Atlanta ultimately became the home base for production.
Netflix3. Before Netflix picked up the series, almost 20 networks passed on the project, according to Vulture, with executives believing audiences would not be able to invest in a show starring four children. Netflix4. To play Eleven, then 12-year-old Millie Bobby Brown had to say goodbye to her hair. "The day I shaved my head was the most empowering moment of my whole life," the actress reflected during PaleyFest in 2018. "The last strand of hair cut off was the moment my whole face was on show and I couldn't hide behind my hair like I used to. As I looked in the mirror I realized I had one job to do: inspire...
You don't need hair to be beautiful."Moviestore/Shutterstock; Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images5. She drew inspiration from Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road, as well as costar Winona Ryder's old yearbook photos. "Winona looked cool back in the day with the pixie cut," she shared, "and I thought maybe I could bring it back!"Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner; DISNEY CHANNEL/BOB D'AMICO6. The British actress revealed she turned to a surprising source to perfect her American accent: Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana. "It's so goodt," she told Jimmy Fallon during a visit to The Tonight Show. "Like the film, everything. Everything about it is