Overview
- FlixPatrol data reported by Collider shows the four-episode Netflix sequel at #1 in more than 70 countries, including the United States.
- Director David Kerr confirms the production used identical twin babies, facial scans, digital face placement, CGI, and machine learning to complete certain baby shots under child-actor time rules.
- Opening village scenes were filmed in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, with support from local councils under the working title St James.
- Additional sequences used Longfield Hall in Camberwell for school scenes and Ongar railway station in Essex for the period look.
- Rowan Atkinson describes a focus on a lonely Christmas and notes heavy involvement in writing and post-production, while Collider predicts Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 2 could retake the top spot upon release.