Inside Stranger Things 5: AI Buzz, Writers’ Room Realities, and the Final Cut

In a Hollywood Reporter Q&A, director Martina Radwan discusses One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5, addressing online AI rumors by emphasizing that there’s no evidence the Duffer Brothers usedChatGPT to write; instead, she describes the writers’ room as a space of creative exchanges, with writing and filming happening in parallel and guest directors involved. She also confirms Netflix’s on-set involvement, details practical production choices (like practical goo), notes there was no plan for a bonus finale, and references the debunking of the “Conformity Gate” conspiracy, highlighting that the documentary aims to show the real, iterative process behind Stranger Things 5.