Stranger Things bosses tease major guest stars for season four of Netflix show
STRANGER Things scriptwriters have dropped a huge hint over the "cool" guest cameo appearances for the fourth series of the hit Netflix show.
Creators the Duffer brothers have confirmed there will be a handful of famous faces hot on the heels of The Princess Bride actor, Cary Elwes, who delighted viewers when he starred in the previous instalment.
The legendary Hollywood star played Larry Kline, the lively mayor of Hawkins, where the supernatural action is based.
The sci fi series has also featured Broadway star Gabriella Grace Pizzolo, actor Pruitt Taylor Vince and Nashville star Will Chase as guest stars.
Cameos have also been granted to Night At The Museum producer Shawn Levy and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit actor Alec Utgoff.
Speaking to Deadline Magazine, the brothers confessed of the special appearances: "We have a couple of cool ones this year. It's a really fun way to meet one of your icons.
"You know, write a part for them and see if they want to do it."
Fans will have to wait a little longer in anticipation of fresh episodes, after the coronavirus pandemic postponed filming.
Yet teaser details have been released, with the trailer revealing the title "From Russia with Love."
Season three ended in tragedy as Hopper (played by David Harbour) was believed dead after battling the bad Russians.
Following his apparent death Joyce, Will, Jonathan and Eleven packed up their belongings and left Hawkins in a removal van.
Hopper is found alive, being held captive in a camp in Russia but now thinner, slightly battered and sporting a new buzz cut.
It remains to be seen what happens to him, or if protagonist Eleven (played by Millie Bobby Brown) really has lost her mind-moving powers.
The Duffer Brothers previously revealed the new series would test the boundaries and told Entertainment Weekly: "[Season four is] going to open up a little bit...not necessarily in terms of scale, in terms of special effects, but open up in terms of allowing plotlines into areas outside of Hawkins."
Yet they have since told Deadline they know the ending of the series - which has only been commissioned by Netflix until the end of season four.
Matt Duffer said: "I think when we were developing Season 1 — and to Netflix's credit, they sort of pressured us to make sure we had this mythology really hammered out — we had like a 25-page sort of Stranger Things mythology that only maybe a small handful of people have seen.
"So season by season, we're kind of turning the page and revealing a little bit more and more.
"So we do have a general sense of where we're going.
"We've known the ending of the show for quite a while."
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Last week, the show's writers confirmed the season is finished - in terms of the scripts at least.
Taking to their official Twitter page, the writers shared a snap of a pile of scripts on a table and captioned it: "Stranger Things 4: the complete season. #ST4."
While none of the dialogue was visible on the pages, fans were still able to speculate about the season, particularly how many episodes it will contain.
One wrote after counting the pile: "9 episodes?" but another suggested: "We are waiting for this thank you I think those are 10 episodes?"