Linda Hamilton has joined the cast of Stranger Things, ahead of the show’s fifth and final season.
The news was confirmed during Tudum: A Global Fan Event on Saturday.
Linda is best known for playing Sarah Connor in the Terminator film franchise.
🚨Breaking News From #TUDUM🚨
Linda Hamilton is joining the cast of Stranger Things 5! pic.twitter.com/qYJMeGS700
— Netflix (@netflix) June 17, 2023
Linda joins an already star-studded cast – that includes Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke and Winona Ryder.
Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Priah Ferguson and Brett Gelman are also all set to return for the upcoming season of the popular Netflix series.
A release date for season five has not yet been confirmed, but the first episode of the season is titled Chapter One: The Crawl.
Stranger Things 4 Vol.1 was released on May 27 last year, and the last two episodes which made up Vol. 2 were released on July 1.
After Vol. 2 was released, the show was watched for 188.2 million hours between July 4 and July 10 – it’s first full week of availability.
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