Stranger Things Season 4 is set to premiere in 2022, but in the meantime, the Netflix-based science fiction horror series has offered fans a first glimpse of what's going on this time round in the upside-down.
A tweet from the official Stranger Things Twitter account has announced that the show will return for Season 4 in 2022. A short trailer accompanies the tweet which gives fans a sneak preview of what to expect in the upcoming season.
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Stranger Things returns in 2022. pic.twitter.com/RHwQng4QZh— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) August 6, 2021
The trailer itself features the return of Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Will, and Lucas as well as a number of other cast members. Within the thirty-second teaser, fans are treated to a short clip of Milly Bobby Brown's character sporting bangs as she's held back by men in suits alongside a number of other short insights. The words "something's coming," can be heard, followed by "it is almost here."
Despite Season 4's plot currently being shrouded in mystery, Netflix previously released another teaser trailer for the show back in May which appears to suggest that the upcoming episodes will delve deeper into Eleven's backstory. IGN reported on the trailer at the time of release, in which we see various children being experimented upon in what looks to be Hawkins National Laboratory.
The children in the trailer can be seen wearing hospital gowns the same as those depicted during Season 1 of the show before finally cutting to a shot of a door marked 11 and the words "Eleven, are you listening?". The newest teaser trailer for the show features the same door in its opening shot which only adds to the speculation that we'll learn more about Eleven's past next year.
Eleven, are you listening? pic.twitter.com/rnPHzYt65d
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) May 6, 2021
Netflix also confirmed that the show's fourth season will add a number of new cast members. The company announced back in June that the show will add four new cast members. Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Myles Truitt (Patrick), Regina Ting Chen (Ms. Kelly) and, Grace Van Dien (Chrissy) will all join the show's talented roster. The new teaser trailer appears to briefly show Van Dien's character performing a cheerleading routine in a blink-or-you'll-miss-it snippet around the twenty-five-second mark.
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