‘Stranger Things’ Season 5: New set photos show Gaten Matarazzo filming with Joe Keery as the actor updates on the plot, a detail that reveals a completely different role

The cast of Stranger Things is still hard at work on the upcoming fifth season of the beloved Netflix series!

Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery were spotted hanging out together while filming a scene on Thursday afternoon (December 12) in Atlanta, Ga.

The upcoming fifth and final season will take place in fall 1987 and episode titles for the eight episodes have already been revealed.

'Stranger Things' Season 5: New Set Photos Show Gaten Matarazzo Filming with Joe Keery Amid Actor's Update on Storyline

Meanwhile, there’s a major cast exit that happened ahead of season 5!

In a recent interview, Gaten shared new details about his character Dustin’s journey in season five.

 

“He’s still the guy we know and love, but there is a context of that trauma and that weight of loss that seems to carry on with him through the early process of the season, and hopefully, that’s something that people like to see, see him grow through that arc, and see him start to deal with intense grief at a young age,” Gaten told TheDirect.com. “I think a lot of people, myself included, can really resonate with and understand what that confusion and that rage can feel like. Because it is an enraging thing to deal with. So, I’m stoked for people to see that.”

He added, “I think it’s a different vibe, for sure, because obviously, things are a lot different going into this season, comparatively to past ones. Whereas in the last season, in Season 4, we kind of see there are small victories around in the sense that, it seems like Vecna has been subdued… But also, there’s a big, major loss where we see the rifts open in throughout Hawkins. We see, at the end of Season 4, Hawkins is in real disarray. And so we’re starting this season in the aftermath of that.”

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