Linda Hamilton is heading to Hawkins, Indiana, where sheâll join the cast of âStranger Thingsâ for the popular Netflix seriesâ fifth and final season, according to .
Hamiltonâs âTerminatorâ co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is also Netflixâs chief action officer and the star of the âArnoldâ documentary that debuted on the steamer this month, appeared at a Tudum event on Saturday in Brazil to help her announce the news.
âGood to see you, Arnold. Letâs get dinner soon,â Hamilton said in a video message that played during the event, adding âand everyone else, Iâll see you in HawkinsâŚâ
A fan of the show herself, Hamilton also joked in her video announcement that she doesnât know âhow to be a fangirl and an actress at the same time.â
âIâm gonna work on that,â she added.
The announcement marks the first major casting news for Season 5 of the supernatural 1980s-set thriller series, but details surrounding Hamiltonâs character remain a mystery.
The news also comes as production on âStranger Thingsâ Season 5 remains at a standstill amid the ongoing writersâ 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 âwriting does not stop when filming begins,â therefore production âis not possibleâ until a deal is made.
Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler and has starred in âStranger Thingsâ since the showâs 2016 debut, recently told EW that theyâre âpressing pause until the strike is figured out.â
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.