The pandemic has impacted production significantly across the board. Release dates arebeing pushedall over the place, some productionshalted workdue to confirmed COVID cases, and then some shows aregetting canceleddespite earlier renewals due to the current circumstances. There’s no minimizing the devastating effects the pandemic is having on the industry (and beyond), but I’ll take a silver lining wherever I can get one, and apparentlyStranger Things 4has pivoted for the better in one particular way.
In early Octoberwe found out that cameras were rolling on the fourth season of the hit Netflix series courtesy of a photo shared on the official Netflix Twitter account. While the photo was an encouraging sign that things were moving forward again, one can’t help but wonder how much this delay really affected production and what it means for the season’s release date.
During a recent chat with executive producerShawn Levyfor his new Netflix series,Dash & Lily, he offered a briefStranger Thingsupdate, which included a little detail about their process that might have just changed for the better:
“I’ll just say the pandemic definitely massively delayed shooting and therefore the launch of our current Season 4, date still TBD. But it impacted very positively by allowing the Duffer brothers, for the first time ever, to write the entire season before we shoot it and to have time to rewrite in a way that they rarely had before so the quality of these screenplays are exceptional, maybe better than ever.”
If we’re stuck in this position where we’re likely waiting longer than originally anticipated for Season 4 of the show, it certainly helps to keep in mind that we’ve got some of their best screenplays ever coming our way at some point. Also, come November 10th, you’ll haveDash & Lilyto help pass the time! And when you fall head over heels for that show too, Collider will have you covered with loads ofDash & Lilycontent including the rest of our conversation with Levy and interviews withDash & LilystarsAustin Abrams,Midori Francis,Dante BrownandTroy Iwata.
