Stranger Things: The Show That Changed Streaming Television
If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Stranger Things, fans would say, you’re missing out.
The science fiction horror drama, created by Matt and Ross Duffer “the Duffer brothers” debuted in 2016 and in many ways, changed the direction the streaming giant was headed. Luckily, for fans and for Netflix, Season Four is about to drop anytime – a win/win for all involved.
Even fans have likely stepped away from the widely popular television show as they’ve waited nearly two years for the new season. Here’s a quick recap: In the first three seasons, viewers follow a group of jr. high school kids in a plight to find their missing friend, Will Byers and a mysterious young lady, Eleven, appears on the scene.
A “gate” has opened and allowed Eleven and (inadvertently) Demogorgon’s into the city of Hawkins, Indiana. We discover another world called the Upside Down in which Byers was eventually found and the kids have several epic battles with Demogorgon’s (think alien-like creatures who are after the kids) and finally they fight the ultimate, Mind Flayer.
By the end of season three, our favorite sheriff of Hawkins, Hopper (David Harbour) is believed to be dead, the Byers are moving out of town and the Russian bunker has been destroyed according to Insider.
Series leads include Winona Ryder, Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery.
Fairly new or unknown young actresses and actors playing the roles of the teens reportedly made $30,000 per episode in season one. Ryder and Harbour made $100,000 and $80,000 per episode respectively, but the entire cast received a substantial increase once the show proved it was a global hit.
Bobby Brown for instance, pulled in $350,000 per episode in season three. With her skyrocket to fame, the 16-year-old landed a $6.1 million contact for the 2020 Netflix film Enola Holmes and numerous endorsement deals, making her net worth soar to approximately $10 million, according to Capital FM.
Though season four was expected earlier this year, like many productions, it has been delayed due to the pandemic and teaser trailers have been released, sparking interest and excitement as to when exactly, season four will be available.
According to Digital Spy, Netflix’s second quarter of 2019 marked the companies first major loss in eight years, amid competitors like Disney + and other streaming services entering the market.
However, in the third quarter, which happened to feature season three of Stranger Things, numbers bounced back. Data from research firm Sensor Tower showed 18 percent more users downloading the Netflix mobile app and “likely” due to the release of the hit sci-fi thriller.
Prior to the shows third season release, a survey showed 13 percent of former Netflix customers planned to resubscribe, specifically for the return of Stranger Things and five percent of new customers were signing up simply to watch the show.
Not surprisingly, season three broke records with an average 12.8 million viewers in the first four days of release and 824,000 people in the U.S. streamed all eight episodes the first day.
Netflix has been working on original content, versus streaming the classic Friends or The Office and success like Stranger Things has pointed them in the right direction.
Unable to compete with those already famous hits quickly being pulled from Netflix for spin off streaming companies, the original streamer hopes to continue creating their own hits like Stranger Things and others.
Fans have been watching the teasers released earlier this summer and speculating on the upcoming season. Filming wrapped in summer 2021 and in a recent interview with Variety, Executive Producer Shawn Levy has promised a “very ambitious” new season, with bigger scale and multiple settings.
In fact, Levy argues, the slow pace in which filming during a pandemic requires, allowed The Duffer Brothers to write the entire season and make corrections before many reshoots would be necessary.
Already confirmed is the fact that Hopper is thankfully, not dead and will return for season four. Producers have also confirmed four new cast members joining the original returning members: Amybeth McNulty, Myles Truitt, Regina Ting Chen and Grace Van Dien.
We also know (according to the teaser) we’ll be going back to the Hawkins National Laboratory and Dr. Marin Brenner whom Eleven calls “Papa” and according to Entertainment Weekly, audiences will finally discover what actually happened to Hopper as he’s being held in Russia.
All this and more will be revealed upon season four hitting Netflix in the next few months. Fans, stars and Netflix can’t wait.
Sources: Insider, Capital FM, Digital Spy, Variety, Entertainment Weekly
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