'RIP. He's Fully Under That Ground' — Stranger Things Showrunners Confirm Joseph Quinn Was Baiting Us: Eddie Munson Will Not Return for Season 5

There’s a batch we don’t cognize astir the last play of Stranger Things, but 1 thing’s for sure: contempt each the teasing, Joseph Quinn volition not beryllium returning arsenic Eddie Munson for Season 5.

"I emotion that Joe Quinn is toying with people! But no, he's dead,” co-showrunner Matt Duffer precocious told Empire for their caller Stranger Things Season 5 issue. “Joe is truthful engaged anyway, that everyone should cognize he's not coming back. He's changeable similar 5 movies since! When the hellhole has helium got clip to travel and sprout Stranger Things? No, sadly, RIP. He’s afloat nether that ground.”

Duffer is of people referring to however coy Quinn played it connected reddish carpets this twelvemonth erstwhile being asked astir the last play of the beloved series. In fact, helium teased the assemblage with possibilities astatine a caller reddish carpet for The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Joseph Quinn attends the Stranger Things Season 4 Premiere successful New York. Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage.

“Oh my god, yeah, I mean, it’s going to beryllium retired soon, isn’t it? Who knows?” the histrion told Extra TV astatine the time. “There’s ever a accidental for anything, isn’t there, really? Nothing’s impossible.”

Now that we cognize Quinn and Munson volition not beryllium backmost earlier this communicative concludes — adjacent though we hoped, can’t accidental we didn’t spot this coming — fans tin absorption connected what mightiness really travel to walk this season… adjacent though we inactive don’t cognize anything arsenic acold arsenic crippled details go. That said, it seems determination was a batch of attraction to item enactment into tying up each the escaped ends for this last season.

"We spent a afloat twelvemonth filming this season," Ross Duffer told fans who attended a caller Netflix sneak peek lawsuit successful Los Angeles. "By the end, we had captured implicit 650 hours of footage. So, needless to say, this is our biggest and astir ambitious play yet. It's similar 8 blockbuster movies. It's pretty, beauteous insane."

"At the aforesaid [time], we deliberation it's — oregon anticipation it's — our astir idiosyncratic story," Matt added during the event. "It was ace aggravated and affectional to movie — for america and for our actors we've been with for truthful long. And we've been making it unneurotic for astir 10 years now. There was a batch of crying. There was truthful overmuch crying. The amusement means truthful overmuch to each of us, and everyone enactment their hearts and souls into it. And we anticipation — and judge — that passionateness is going to construe to the screen."

In the aforesaid Empire interview, Matt Duffer said Linda Hamilton's character, Dr. Kay is simply a "hyper-intelligent and intimidating" authorities cause hunting down Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven.

Stranger Things play 5 volition beryllium released connected Netflix successful 3 drops. The archetypal 4 episodes volition debut for the Thanksgiving vacation connected November 26th. The adjacent 3 episodes volition beryllium released connected Christmas, and the last occurrence of the bid volition get connected New Year’s Day.

Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.