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Zack Sharf Joseph Quinn is the breakout favorite of “Stranger Things 4” thanks to his performance as the misunderstood Hellfire Club leader Eddie. Quinn is a British actor who started his career with roles on BBC dramas such “Dickensian” and “Howards End,” but fans discovering the actor for the first time in “Stranger Things 4” might not have known since Quinn rocks an American accent.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story includes discussion of major plot developments in Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” currently streaming on Netflix.One of the many thrills embedded in “Stranger Things” has been watching each of the young cast literally grow into young adults before our eyes.

Stranger Things season four.The actor, who spent up to eight hours in a makeup chair for the role, explained some of his rituals to help get in character as the killer.Speaking to People, Campbell Bower said: “I would take photographs of each victim. I’d print them off, my next victim, and I would cross their eyes out and put them up on my wall.

A post shared by Robert Trujillo (@robtrujillo)This isn't the first time the show has brought attention to great music. Earlier this year, Kate Bush's 1985 track, «Running Up That Hill,» got major attention after playing in an episode. The singer reacted to the resurgence of her track in a post on her website, saying she was «really moved.»«The Duffer Brothers have created four extraordinary [seasons] of  in which the child actors have grown into young adults,» Bush wrote, referring to Matt and Ross Duffer, who created the Netflix series.

Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers have responded to Millie Bobby Brown’s recent criticism of the show.Brown, who plays Eleven in the Netflix fantasy series, participated in a video interview with The Wrap in which she and her co-star Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) were asked what they want for their characters in the fifth and final season.Agreeing with Schnapp’s view that the Duffer Brothers “need to kill” some characters, Brown said: “It’s way too big. Last night, we couldn’t even take one group picture because there was like 50 of us. I was like, ‘You need to start killing people off’.“The Duffer brothers are two sensitive Sallies that don’t want to kill anyone off.

Stranger Things season four has broken a US streaming record for minutes watched within a single week.According to Nielsen (via The Hollywood Reporter), the Netflix series racked up 7.2 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 30 to June 5. This is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since Nielsen’s weekly rankings began almost two years ago.Stranger Things also holds the biggest two-week tally for any streaming show, achieving 5.14 billion minutes of viewing when season four released in the week of May 23-29, for a two-week total of 12.34 billion minutes.The record for the most minutes watched within a single week was previously held by Netflix documentary series Tiger King and Ozark in the spring of 2020, who both topped 5 billion minutes during the coronavirus pandemic.Nielsen’s figures count all episodes of the series, although it’s likely the majority of the 7.2 billion minutes came from the first seven episodes of season four, released on May 27.The final two episodes of season four, including a finale that’s two hours and 20 minutes in length, arrived on Netflix today (July 1).Netflix announced earlier this year that Stranger Things would conclude with season five, teasing spin-offs are already in development.Speaking to NME about the show’s end, co-creator Matt Duffer said: “We do have an end.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBlame it on Vecna.Netflix’s streaming service was unavailable for a brief period early Friday after the highly anticipated release of the final two episodes of “Stranger Things 4.”According to global uptime-monitoring site Downdetector.com, user reports of problems with Netflix spiked right around 3:01 a.m. ET — when “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 went live.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe Duffer Brothers are going to take aspiring TV creators behind the scenes in the Upside Down.Matt and Ross Duffer, who are the creators, writers and executive producers of Netflix smash hit “Stranger Things,” launched a class on celeb-focused online learning platform MasterClass about how to develop an original TV series. The debut of their class comes on the eve of the July 1 premiere of “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2 — the final two episodes of the season.The Duffer Brothers’ class comprises 18 video lessons, totaling 5 hours and 18 minutes of instruction.

Netflix has announced a global virtual watch party to coincide with the final two episodes of Stranger Things season four.The event, set to air ahead of Volume Two’s release on Friday (July 1), will feature a live video Q&A with cast members David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Joseph Quinn hosted by Netflix Geeked’s Terri Schwartz.It will be followed by a virtual screening of episodes eight and nine “in a custom-curated theatre built to host thousands of guests” where fans can connect with each other in a live chat messenger and watch reactions from cast members.You can join the watch party by signing up on the official website here. Once you’ve RSVPed, you’ll be directed to create a profile on Scener and download a Google Chrome extension.⚡️ ARE ⚡️ YOU ⚡️ READY? ⚡join David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Joseph Quinn for a Q&A followed by a virtual watch party of STRANGER THINGS 4 Vol.

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Kate Aurthur editorThe fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” has been unlike its previous seasons both in tone (this time, it’s full horror) and the length of the show’s episodes (the finale, one of the two Volume 2 episodes premiering on July 1, will be two-and-a-half hours). But according to Matt and Ross Duffer — collectively known as the Duffer brothers — they had no other choice.In an interview for Variety’s Showrunners Sitdown With Kate Aurthur presented by FX, the Duffer Brothers said that because of how “Stranger Things 4” was structured, with its four distinct storylines, “If you look at one of the episodes — like, you couldn’t cut it out 15 minutes early,” Matt Duffer said. Ross Duffer cited the finale as an example: “Reel one is build-up dread.

her website, the 63-year-old singer reflected on how her 1985 track, «Running Up That Hill,» has had a resurgence after being featured on the latest season of .«The Duffer Brothers have created four extraordinary [seasons] of in which the child actors have grown into young adults,» Bush wrote in her statement, referring to Matt and Ross Duffer, who created the Netflix series. «In this latest series, the characters are facing many of the same challenges that exist in reality right now.

Stranger Things villain Vecna was inspired by the Night King in Game Of Thrones, the Netflix show’s makeup designer has revealed.BAFTA-winning designer Barrie Gower explained to Digital Spy that Matt and Ross Duffer had looked to the villainous character from the HBO show for inspiration.“Their brief, really – they were fans of our work from Game Of Thrones, and the character we did, the Night King. And they were also fans of recent work we’d done for Chernobyl for HBO as well, with all the radiation-burn victims,” Gower explained.“For season four they were after an iconic villain, and I think they almost wanted a mix of those two approaches.

Netflix have released a Stranger Things timelapse video documenting the transformation process for Vecna – check it out below.In the fourth season of the hit series, Jamie Campbell-Bower plays new villain Vecna, underneath a heavy amount of prosthetics courtesy of artist Barrie Gower.Take a look at the video here:watch Jamie Campbell Bower transform into Vecna in this timelapse from STRANGER THINGS 4 pic.twitter.com/TuNAqrkGZI— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 15, 2022Describing the transformation process, Gower said: “we’d have this very orchestrated sort of dance we’d do around Jamie. He would start sitting down, and we’d stand him up.

Netflix has unveiled a first look at the second volume of Stranger Things season four.The brand-new images below show the characters uniting in their respective groups as they prepare for the season’s dramatic conclusion.The character groups still appear to be separated and faced with their own individual dilemmas, with those in Hawkins trying to find a way to defeat Vecna, Eleven trying to regain her powers, and Hopper still trying to escape Russia.The first seven episodes of Stranger Things season four were released on Netflix last month. Volume two will consist of two longer episodes, which will arrive on July 1.The eighth episode will be one hour and 25 minutes in length, while the finale will be the show’s longest instalment yet, running at two hours and 30 minutes.Ahead of the final two episodes, Netflix previously released a teaser trailer which picks up after the events of episode seven ‘The Massacre At Hawkins Lab’.

Natasha Lyonne is set to star and executive produce the Peacock series Poker Face, on top her leading lady duties in Netflix's Russian Doll.And on Friday, the multihyphenatejoined other filmmakers at Variety's Storytellers event hosted by Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles.She hit the red carpet ahead of the festivities in a stylish houndstooth patterned champagne suit. Unique: Natasha Lyonne, 43, showed off her fashion sense at Variety'sStorytellers event hosted by Netflix FYSEE in Los Angeles.The pants hugged her curves and flared at the bottom of the legs, much like the fashion of the 70s.The New York City native instead just went with the matching vest underneath the blazer, which helped set off the retro appeal with its wide lapels.

Just days after the first half of Stranger Things Season 4 debuted on Netflix, the streaming service has released a trailer for Volume 2.The first-look footage debuted during Netflix's Geeked Week panel, which featured appearances from the cast and creators Matt and Ross Duffer.The trailer features an ominous warning from Vecna - the main villain in Season 4 played by Jamie Campbell Bower - offering a troubling warning to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown). Teaser:Just days after the first half of Stranger Things Season 4 debuted on Netflix, the streaming service has released a trailer for Volume 2 Vecna:The trailer features an ominous warning from Vecna - the main villain in Season 4 played by Jamie Campbell Bower - offering a troubling warning to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)The trailer begins with one of the openings to the Upside Down closing up in front of Eleven, who is bleeding from her eyes and has a bloodied gown.'It is over Eleven,' Vecna says, as Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) is seen examining the same wall, with blood splattered on his suit as well.

Stranger Things season four.The first seven episodes of season four were released on Netflix last month, with the final two installments set to arrive on July 1.Ahead of the final two episodes, Netflix has released a trailer which picks up following events in episode seven ‘The Massacre At Hawkins Lab’.The trailer features numerous brief flashes of scenes, including Jim Hopper (David Harbour) next to frozen Demogorgons and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) armed in a Dungeons and Dragons-inspired outfit.A teaser for the final two episodes reads: “You can’t stop this now.”The eighth episode is set to be one hour and 25 minutes in length, while the finale will be the longest episode yet at two hours and 30 minutes.Netflix announced earlier this year that Stranger Things would conclude with season five.Speaking to NME about the show’s end, co-creator Matt Duffer said: “We do have an end. I’m sure a lot of it’s going to change, but now [it’s] the end.

The Stranger Things' child actors are growing up so fast that the show's creators said they'll have to account for it on the show.Matt and Ross Duffer, who created the hit Netflix show, talked about having to do a time jump in between season 4, the first part of which came May 27 and the second part which is due out July 1, and season 5 in an interview with TVLine.'I’m sure we will do a time jump,' Ross said. 'Ideally, we’d have shot [Seasons 4 and 5] back to back, but there was just no feasible way to do that.So these are all discussions we’re going to have with our writers when we start the room up.' Opening up:The Stranger Things' child actors are growing up so fast that the show's creators said they'll have to account for it on the show (Ross and Matt Duffer pictured May 2022)The Duffers also admitted that they weren't 'ready to say yet a start date for shooting' for the upcoming season.

Zack Sharf “Stranger Things 4” is going to end with the biggest bang the Netflix series has ever seen. Speaking to Empire magazine, series creators Matt and Ross Duffer revealed the upcoming season finale will include more VFX shots than all of the show’s third season combined. It’s worth noting the “Stranger Things 4” finale is super-sized and clocks in with a runtime that’s two and a half hours long.“The final episode has more FX shots than the entirety of Season 3,” Matt Duffer said.“There’s an hour-long chunk in the final episode that just doesn’t stop,” added Ross.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Massacre at Hawkins Lab,” they Volume 1 finale episode of “Stranger Things” Season 4.The second part of “Stranger Things” Season 4 will debut in less than a month. But what member of the Hellfire Club can wait that long for answers to all the questions posed by the shocking Volume 1 finale and its major reveal that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) created the Upside Down and the big bad Vecna, by locking One (Jamie Campbell Bower) inside the supernatural realm.“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer, professionally known as the Duffer Brothers, weren’t willing to spill on everything just yet when sitting down with Variety to talk about the first seven episodes of Season 4 on Thursday — but they gave us plenty to go on until Volume 2 debuts July 1.