Broken into two volumes, volume one of Stranger Things Season 4 will premiere on May 27, 2022, and volume two will premiere on July 1, 2022.
Season 4 will have nine episodes and has continued to be produced by the show's creators the Duffer Brothers, along with Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Iain Paterson.
The show's main cast will continue to consist of Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and others
On February 14, 2020, Netflix released an initial synopsis written by the Duffer Brothers to coincide with the release of the season's first teaser trailer.
As with seasons past, planning for the fourth season of Stranger Things began before the preceding season's release.
By November 1, 2019, casting had begun to add four new male characters to the fourth season's line-up.
In February 2020, it was announced in a joint statement from the Duffer Brothers and Netflix that production had officially begun on the fourth season.