Elsewhere of Stranger Things Season 3, we know the story will likely jump ahead another year to 1985, and feature “forces of evil that are new” joining the enormous “Mind Flayer” monster.
No one was exactly surprised that Stranger Things’ breakout success would lead to additional episodes in Season 2, though at least one felt pretty extraneous.
Production is scheduled to begin in April for an unspecified premiere, and TVLine now confirms that Stranger Things 3 will return to the eight-episode run of its inaugural season.
Where the first Stranger Things unfurled over a manageable eight hours and Season 2 bumped things up to nine, recent comments from executive producer Shawn Levy suggested that Season 3 had not necessarily settled on either length.