Linda Hamilton is heading to Hawkins, Indiana, where sheāll join the cast of āStranger Thingsā for the popular Netflix seriesā fifth and final season, according to .
Hamiltonās āTerminatorā co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is also Netflixās chief action officer and the star of the āArnoldā documentary that debuted on the steamer this month, appeared at a Tudum event on Saturday in Brazil to help her announce the news.
āGood to see you, Arnold. Letās get dinner soon,ā Hamilton said in a video message that played during the event, adding āand everyone else, Iāll see you in Hawkinsā¦ā
A fan of the show herself, Hamilton also joked in her video announcement that she doesnāt know āhow to be a fangirl and an actress at the same time.ā
āIām gonna work on that,ā she added.
The announcement marks the first major casting news for Season 5 of the supernatural 1980s-set thriller series, but details surrounding Hamiltonās character remain a mystery.
The news also comes as production on āStranger Thingsā Season 5 remains at a standstill amid the ongoing writersā strike that began May 2 when the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the association representing studios, were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract.
Shortly after the strike began in May, creators Matt and Ross Duffer posted a on Twitter that āwriting does not stop when filming begins,ā therefore production āis not possibleā until a deal is made.
Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler and has starred in āStranger Thingsā since the showās 2016 debut, recently told EW that theyāre āpressing pause until the strike is figured out.ā
While the wait for the final season may be longer than anybody expected, viewers can at least begin to speculate how Hamilton will fit in as Hawkins comes to terms with the events that unfolded in the wild Season 4 finale.