While theStranger Thingscast has remained exceedingly mean - lipped about the upcoming third season , the stars seem to nem con agree that it will be chilling than ever . A few weeks ago , Natalia Dyer , a.k.a . Nancy Wheeler , dubbedseason 3 “ bigger , darker , [ and ] shivery ” than the first two . More recently , Noah Schnapp , who plays Will Byers , confirmed that sentiment in an audience with MTV News — then took it a step further .
Schnapp revealed that the “ threat , ” whatever it may be , is much more intense this time around . " Oh , yeah , the threat is … it ’s brutal . It gets bad . It ’s very heavy , " the 14 - class - honest-to-goodness histrion say . " I finger like every time of year it kinda mother more — like it ’s accept over Hawkins . "
In the firstStranger Thingsseason , Hawkins face threat not only from a authorities organization that aimed to silence the gang and keep cognition of the Upside Down muted , but also the Demogorgon . Season 2 brought even more monster , one of them the size of Hawkins itself .
Will had a pretty vivid storyline during the first two seasons ; when asked whether his character will get a fiddling snatch of a breather inseason 3 , the thespian was honest . “ I do n’t consider anyone in our show ever gets a break , that ’s kind of what it ’s about , ” Schnapp said . “ So I ca n’t really say I get to just relax by the beach . ”
Even executive manufacturer Shawn Levy revealed the down in the mouth fate that is in store for the mass of Hawkins in Season 3 . “ I can only promise you that time of year three eventually goes places that are dark and by all odds more military action - compact than we ’ve ever live before , ” LevytoldThe Playlist in August 2018 . " It would be a fault for anyone to mean that season three is the summer of sport and lightsomeness because it ’s a whole luck more than that . "
Fans will be able to judge the frights for themselves whenStranger Thingsseason 3 premieres on Netflix on July 4 , 2019 .
