Don’t expect Eddie Munson to be rising from the dead in Stranger Things season five.
During a recent interview with Empire, the Duffer brothers confirmed that, despite rumors, Joseph Quinn won’t be returning for the hit Netflix show’s final season.
In season four, his character Eddie, a metalhead and high school outsider, (spoiler alert!) is killed by creatures in the Upside Down after he sacrifices himself to distract the Demobats, allowing the rest of the group to fight Vecna.
“I love that Joe Quinn is toying with people! But no, he’s dead,” Matt Duffer said. “Joe is so busy anyway, that everyone should know he’s not coming back. He’s shot like five movies since! When the hell has he got time to come and shoot Stranger Things? No, sadly, RIP. He’s fully under that ground.”
It’s true, Quinn has been quite busy since Stranger Things season four came out in 2022. He’s since starred in Hoard, A Quiet Place: Day One, Gladiator II, Warfare and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
But fans don’t need to worry because plenty of other fan-favorites are returning, including Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Priah Ferguson, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke, Joe Keery, David Harbour, Winona Ryder and Brett Gelman.
Elsewhere in their interview with Empire, Matt Duffer also teased Linda Hamilton’s new role in season five, which sees her play Dr. Kay, a government agent who’s hunting down Brown’s Eleven.
“She’s hyper-intelligent and intimidating,” he shared. “She’s a scientist but if she needs to, she can get into a fight and shoot a gun.”
The new season of Stranger Things is set to be released in three parts: Volume 1 on Nov. 26 (consisting of four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve.
Find everything we know about Stranger Things‘ final season here.
