Having seen its shooting schedule delayed by the pandemic, the fourth season of Stranger Things is back on track. The show has announced a smattering of names who will be joining the cast for the next run, including horror legend Robert Englund, plus Jamie Campbell Bower and a host of others.
Season 4 will catch up with what happened to Hopper (David Harbour), while following stories that play out both in and away from Hawkins, Indiana.
Englund will play Victor Creel, a disturbed and intimidating man who is imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for a gruesome murder in the 1950s, while Bower is joining as Peter Ballard, a caring man who works as an orderly the hospital. Tired of the brutality he witnesses day after day, will Peter finally take a stand?
Eduardo Franco will be Argyle, Jonathan’s (Charlie Heaton) new best friend, a fun-loving stoner who proudly delivers delicious pizza pies for Surfer Boy Pizza, with Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson, an audacious 80’s metalhead who runs The Hellfire Club, Hawkins High’s official D&D club. Hated by those who don’t understand him – and beloved by those who do – Eddie will find himself at the terrifying epicenter of this season’s mystery.
Game Of Thrones veteran Tom Wlaschiha will play Dmitri, a Russian prison guard who befriends Hopper, with Sherman Augustus as Lt. Colonel SullivanAn intelligent, no-nonsense man who believes he knows how to stop the evil in Hawkins once and for all. Mason Dye has the role of Jason Carver, who seemingly has it all – he’s handsome, he’s rich, he’s a sports star, and he’s dating the most popular girl in school. But as a new evil threatens Hawkins, Jason’s perfect world begins to unravel. Finally, there is Nikola Djuricko, on to play Yuri, a seedy and unpredictable Russian smuggler who loves bad jokes, cold hard cash, and crunchy style peanut butter.
Season 4 will land on Netflix next year, but has yet to announce a specific date. The most recent teaser can be found here. Buy Stranger Things Season One at Amazon