Finn Wolfhard: Last News

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard is reflecting on the way he’s been personally affected by seeing his 10-year run with the show come to a close, with the conclusion of production on the series’ fifth and final season.

For Finn Wolfhard, making the leap from child actor to writer/director was much easier with a mentor like Jesse Eisenberg.

The pace is picking up with studio wide release A Minecraft Movie booming and plenty of indie fare to fill out behind from Neon’s Hell of a Summer and IFC Films’ The Luckiest Man in America to Fathom’s next installment of The Chosen and expansions of The Friend from Bleecker Street and Gkids’ re-release of Princess Mononoke.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com “My Hero Academia: You’re Next,” “The Apothecary Diaries” and “Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain” are among the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2025 nominees, while Finn Wolfhard and Rina Sawayama are among presenters set for the May ceremony. Crunchyroll unveiled its nominees across 32 different categories, representing 50 series and films developed by over 35 studios.

We have the nominees for the ninth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Dan Da Dan, Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Kaiju No. 8, Solo Leveling and The Apothecary Diaries will vie for the marquee Anime of the Year prize, which will be handed out during a May 25 ceremony in Tokyo.

William Earl Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the editor of Variety.com and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive. “Hell of a Summer” (Opening in theaters on April 4 from Neon) — Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk wrote and directed this throwback slasher, with the duo also co-starring in the film.

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink has addressed the upcoming final season of the show, saying she is “ready to cry with everyone”.The fifth season of the Netflix sci-fi hit, which is slated for release this year, recently finished filming, though details on what will happen are still under wraps for now.However, Sink – who has played Max Mayfield since season two – has teased an emotional final chapter for the Hawkins residents.“I haven’t seen anything from it yet, I’m very curious though,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s going to be super emotional so I’m ready to cry with everyone.”Recalling the final day of filming, Sink added: “I had cried so much that my eyes were so puffy – they had never been like that before and there are some pretty embarrassing photos of me just with these giant puffy eyes.”Despite being planned for release in 2025, show creators the Duffer brothers suggested last month that a premiere this year could be “quite the push”.“Right now, we’re just cutting all the visual effects sequences for the show so they can get started on those, so that they can be running in time for a release,” Matt Duffer told Variety.“A lot of it hasn’t been decided, in terms of exactly the release dates and cadence,” he added.

Finn Wolfhard has announced his debut solo album ‘Happy Birthday’ and has shared its nostalgic lead single ‘Choose The Latter’.Opening with bright and jangly guitars, a bumping bassline and steady drums, ‘Choose The Latter’ is reminiscent of early 2000’s indie pop, with Wolfhard’s distinct voice singing: “If can’t move then I can’t see / I choose the latter / Choose the latter,” in the song’s rousing chorus.The song’s DIY accompanying music video sees Wolfhard performing the single while on a green-screen roller coaster. You can view it below.The track is the first taster of the Stranger Things star’s forthcoming debut album ‘Happy Birthday’. Wolfhard is no stranger to the music world as he previously fronted the band Calpurnia and was one half of the pop duo The Aubreys.A press release describes the album as “a dizzying rush of nine songs” that “grew out of Wolfhard’s personal challenge to pen 50 songs by the end of 2022.” ‘Happy Birthday’ is set for release on June 6 via AWAL and can be pre-ordered here.Speaking about the album, Wolfhard shared: “I ended up writing a lot of terrible stuff, but a few of those songs I was really proud of went to the Aubreys.

Millie Bobby Brown looked almost unrecognisable as she sported a new look this week.

Stranger Things is one of the most highly-anticipated releases of the year, but according to a new interview with creators the Duffer Brothers, it might not actually come in 2025 after all.The show’s fifth and final season has been in the works for a few years, with the previous season airing in two parts in 2022. The gap between seasons four and five is expected to be the longest between seasons so far – there was just over a year between one and two, just under two years between two and three, and a little under three years between three and four.It was revealed last year that the season is expected to be split into two parts, something that was also done for the previous season, but the Duffer Brothers told Variety that even releasing any of it this year could be “quite the push.”While filming has wrapped up, brothers Matt and Ross are busy in post-production, with Matt explaining: “Right now, we’re just cutting all the visual effects sequences for the show so they can get started on those, so that they can be running in time for a release.”As for when that release is, Matt said: “A lot of it hasn’t been decided, in terms of exactly the release dates and cadence.

Stranger Things, Matt and Ross Duffer, have looked back on the Netflix show’s popularity, in particular the Kate Bush viral moment from season four.In the most recent season Kate Bush’s 1985 classic ‘Running Up That Hill’ plays a significant role in Max’s (Sadie Sink) story line. The character becomes trapped in a dark dimension by the powerful enemy Vecna. Her friends try to rescue her by playing the song, her favourite, as it helps Max resist the villain’s influence.The popularity of the moment, and the show itself, led to the song becoming popular on social media, with a new generation discovering Bush’s work.

Stranger Things‘ final run of episodes “couldn’t have ended better,” according to series star Finn Wolfhard – see what he had to say below.Ahead of Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season premiering on Netflix this year, – a firm release date has yet to be announced – series co-lead Finn Wolfhard spoke to Variety about his experience filming the last collection of episodes.Wolfhard, who has been working on the beloved series for a decade – filming began in 2015, while season one premiered in 2016 – was just 12 years old when he was first cast for the project. Wolfhard reflected on his “whole childhood” revolving around the series and filming the final season: “It was incredibly emotional, obviously. It’s the last 10 years of my life.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Finn Wolfhard joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance and said that being in Park City to promote his new movie, A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” feels like a post-graduation moment as it’s his first press tour since wrapping filming on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” The actor spent a decade making the show, which served as his acting breakthrough. He filmed the final episode in December. “It was incredibly emotional, obviously,” Wolfhard said about his last day on the “Stranger Things” set.

Jamie Lang The story around Isaiah Saxon’s feature debut, “The Legend of Ochi,” took a drastic turn, as so many Hollywood stories did, with this month’s Los Angeles fires. Saxon lost his home in the blaze, and the film’s theatrical release was pushed back. However, having spent years developing and working on the fantasy feature, Saxon is standing steadfastly behind his film and will be present for its Sundance world premiere.

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard is making his debut behind the camera for horror/comedy Hell Of A Summer, which has just released its first Redband trailer.Wolfhard, best known for the role of Mike Wheeler in the Netflix show, has written and co-directed the film alongside actor Billy Bryk. Both film-makers also have acting roles in the movie, which stars Fred Hechinger (Gladiator II) as a man in his twenties who can’t seem to let go of the summer camp experience.The official synopsis for the film reads: “Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counsellor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers.

The world premiere of A24’s The Legend of Ochi will still go on at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday at the library, but the distributor has a set a new release date of April 25.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has canceled In the Know, its first foray into adult animation that combined stop-motion animation and live-action interviews. The freshman series was from Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, Silicon Valley), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office) and Brandon Gardner.

Millie Bobby Brown has shared an emotional farewell letter to Stranger Things.Netflix officially announced the end of filming on the sci-fi show on Friday (December 20), sharing a host of photos from the set alongside the caption: “THAT’S A WRAP ON STRANGER THINGS. See you in 2025.”Now, Brown has shared her own heartfelt goodbye to the show she’s worked on for over eight years.In a video shared to Instagram, the actress tearfully read a speech from her phone, saying: “Isn’t graduation supposed to bring relief, like you’re glad to leave behind the teachers and classmates? Not me.“I am nowhere near ready to leave you guys,” she added. “I love each and every one of you, and I’ll forever carry the memories and bonds we’ve created together as a family.

Stranger Things.Netflix officially announced the end of filming on the sci-fi show earlier today (December 20), sharing a host of photos from the set alongside the caption: “THAT’S A WRAP ON STRANGER THINGS. See you in 2025.”Finn Wolfhard, who played Mike Wheeler throughout the series, also shared his own post alongside one of the first photos from the show.He wrote: “We just wrapped Stranger things Season 5. I’m still in shock.

It’s a wrap for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. Production has officially ended, nearly a year after it began on Jan. 8, 2024. Netflix has released a slew of photos that take us behind-the-scenes during the past year on the set of Stranger Things 5. You can see them above and below.

And that’s a wrap on the final season of Stranger Things!