It's been more than two years since the last season's premiere on July 4, 2019.
"The delay is due in large measure to COVID and the pace at which we have to work to do so safely, but it also happens to be the season that we chose to go much bigger," Levy said in the new interview. "It's the scale of this season and the multi-settings of season four."
Levy told Variety that fans will get an announcement about season four "quite soon" - so perhaps a full-length trailer and premiere date reveal aren't too far off.
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Season two of "Stranger Things" premiered on Halloween, while season three was released on the Fourth of July. Will Netflix go for another holiday premiere, perhaps Thanksgiving or Christmas 2021? We'll know soon enough, according to Levy.
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