#stranger-things

#stranger-things

Rumors are running rampant online that Matt and Ross Duffer used OpenAI's ChatGPT when producing the last season of "Stranger Things" after fans zoomed on a still from a behind-the-scenes documentary that appears to show that one of the brothers had the AI chatbot open while working on the script. "WTF man, now we know why season 5 sucked," wrote one upset fan of the show on X-formerly-Twitter in response.

Maglio: You've got super fans pausing and zooming in on individual frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. Did they use ChatGPT in your presence, and if so, what for? Radwan: I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open? Maglio: I'm personally not, but the internet seems sure.

He played the wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2010) and in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018); he also portrayed Caius Vulturi in the Twilight saga (2009) and Jace Wayland in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013). But the role that has truly catapulted actor as well as singer and model Jamie Campbell Bower, 37, to wider recognition is that of the antagonist in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things.

Over five seasons and nine years, "Stranger Things" has evolved from an '80s-set story about a small Indiana town reeling from the sudden disappearance of a local boy into Netflix's big-budget flagship show. The fifth and final season, which premiered on Nov. 26 and concluded on New Year's Eve, broke streaming records and led the platform to its biggest Christmas Day viewership of all time. It's the most-watched show in Netflix history, with over 1 billion all-time views.

Did Maya (Hawke) want to die, Ross, or am I making that up?

A young woman with mysterious powers makes an enormous personal sacrifice - hoping that her decision will effect positive change in the community she leaves behind. In a tearful goodbye, she thanks her closest companion for changing her life and promises they'll always be with each other. But in the end, what the world thinks happens to her might not tell the full story.

Hellfire lives! That is, if Dustin Henderson - and the actor who brought him to life, Gaten Matarazzo - has anything to say about it.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Duffer Brothers have effectively ruled out eventually revisiting Mike, Eleven and co. in a Stranger Things sequel as a gross cash grab, despite a spinoff of the Netflix hit on the horizon. Matt Duffer told The Hollywood Reporter that there's no plan or intention to tell the story because it's a coming-of-age story. Ultimately, that's what it's supposed to be. That's what the show always was.

Introduced in season four, Vickie Dunne - played by Amybeth McNulty - became a fairly huge part of Robin Buckley's (Maya Hawke) storyline, playing her lesbian love interest. Between season four and season five, Vickie and Robin confirmed their relationship, and Robin spends a fair amount of time in the final season promising to take Vickie out on a proper date and shielding her from the fact that Hawkins is facing impending doom.

Formally, he's addressing Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), the little boy who grew up to be the big monster that brought so much fear and pain to the families of Hawkins, Indiana. But Will may as well be speaking on behalf of any character in a coming-of-age story. That's their goal, after all: to leave the relatively comfortable confines of childhood and embrace their uncertain, oft-terrifying future as adults. They're not afraid to grow up. Not anymore.

You have to answer your email, Finn Wolfhard's father tells him. The young actor is home in Vancouver in 2017 for a break after filming IT and Stranger Things season 2 back-to-back. In another life, he'd be preparing to enter high school or searching for a summer job that would pay him enough cash to take his crush on a date to the mall. Instead, he's hearing it from his father for neglecting an email from his agent.

The animated series is set in the winter between the second and third seasons of Stranger Things, "where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town," per Netflix's logline. In addition to having a different visual style, new actors will be lending their voices to the animated spinoff, including star Odessa A'zion. It arrives in 2026, so you won't have to wait too long for a return to the world of Stranger Things.

The 1980s-set Netflix series Stranger Things, returning this week for Season 5, has always had a real knack for choosing songs of the era and exploding their popularity. The most notable example of this was Season 4's epic use of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill," but every season has featured some unexpected yet welcome needle drops, including The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go," The Police's "Every Breath You Take," and Metallica's "Master of Puppets."

When Netflix announced a unique release schedule for the final season of "Stranger Things" that sees the final season of the juggernaut hit split into three releases on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve, it felt like a brash pronouncement of their pop culture dominance. There are few shows that could get away with competing with the holidays, but few shows have been as prominent as the creation of the Duffer brothers,

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things required a full calendar year of production in Atlanta, a marathon of 240 shooting days that will bring the beloved Netflix series to a close with eight super-sized episodes. A job of that scale and duration is an arduous undertaking that could rightfully intimidate any crewmember. For Caleb Heymann, it's kind of his thing.

It's obviously important to be able to balance being a normal kid and having a social life outside of this crazy world, while also pursuing what you love,

Man, there are some wild Stonathan theories, which aren't really theories as much as they are just fanfic. People really want to see Joe Keery and Charlie Heaton make out. Whatever does it for you. Two very handsome men,

But ahead of the end of the Upside Down, you'll find a bunch of new Funko Pops celebrating the hit Netflix series, most of which are just $15. This new batch of Stranger Things Funko Pops includes models for Derek, Dustin, Holly, Eleven, Mike, Will, Lucas, Hopper, and Nancy. All of these are traditional Funkos, standing around 3.75 inches tall and giving the cast the iconic Funko makeover.