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 June 27, Hawke revealed on the "Podcrushed" podcast that the season will consist of "basically eight movies", and that the episodes are "very long".^[48] On July 3, Ross Duffer revealed that production was halfway done.^[49] In October 2024, Wolfhard stated to People that they were "almost done shooting".^[50] Filming wrapped on December 20, 2024.^[51][52] The last shot recorded on set was a lunchbox that "didn't include any of the cast".^[26] The Duffer brothers, despite the scheduling and time constraints that could have arisen, managed "to structure it" so every actor's last day was really their last scene. Keery revealed that everyone felt some "fatigue" after filming for a year, material which he describes as "incredible." Certain actors, such as Nell Fisher, had also filmed scenes from the finale prior to the table read.^[27]

The Duffers revealed that they have been able to try new methods of filming for this season, such as first-person shots of the Demogorgon, the "demo-vision".^[4]

Post-production

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In January 2025, the Duffers announced that post-production for the season was underway and that work on the visual effects was "ahead of schedule".^[53][54] In October, the Duffers revealed that the editing process of the season was already complete.^[12]

In October, it was reported each episode to have cost $50–60 million, with the season as a whole reaching a budget of $400–480 million.^[55]