Diving Back Into Stranger Things

If Ross and Matt Duffer had their way, Stranger Things never would have made it to a fourth season—not one still set in the 1980s, anyway. Their Netflix hit, Matt tells Anthony Breznican, was originally “going to be one season, and then we were going to do a time jump. We were really inspired by It”—the decade-spanning Stephen King novel that chronicles both childhood and adulthood for its killer-clown-hunting heroes. “If we wanted to continue…we’d have some of the kids as adults with their own kids.” That’s just one of the gems from Breznican’s freewheeling conversation with the Duffers, who are in an introspective mood as their series returns for its fourth go-around this Memorial Day weekend. 

Elsewhere in HWD, Savannah Walsh chats with Top Gundoubter Matt Patches; David Canfield has a long one-on-onewith Survivor host Jeff Probst; Richard Lawson reviews Baz Luhrmann’s manic Elvis; and Hillary Busis bids farewell to 14 series hanging up their spurs this TV season.

People Are Strange

The Duffer brothers analyze Stranger Things season four, speculate about revisiting the kids as adults, and discuss their first direct Stephen King adaptation.

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Eating His Words

After betting against a Top Gun sequel more than a decade ago, Matt Patches is making good on his promise—and tempting the movie fates once more.

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Outwit. Outplay. Outlast.

A candid chat with Survivor host Jeff Probst about a transformative year for the show that defined—and still pushes the boundaries of—modern reality TV.

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All Shook Up

Turgid and shallow, Elvis, starring Austin Butler as the King and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker, adds little to our understanding of an icon.

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TTFN

Dearly beloved, we’ve gathered here to bid adieu to This Is Us, Insecure, PEN15, and 11 more.

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