Stranger Things season five teaser excites fans

Stranger Things fans have gone wild after the show's makers posted an update from the set of its fifth season.

The Netflix sci-fi drama, first released in July 2016, is one of the streamer's biggest hits and has made stars of its cast. To celebrate the eighth anniversary of its debut, producers uploaded a behind-the-scenes clip announcing that the crew were halfway through filming season five.

Stranger Things' final episodes don't yet have an official release date but it's been suggested they could arrive next year.

THE GANG'S BACK TOGETHER

The two-minute teaser video opens with a shot of a clapperboard before showing a montage of well-known locations from the show such as Hawkins High School. Then Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas, narrates over the footage: "Welcome to season five of Stranger Things."

We then see a shot of Mike, Lucas, Will and Dustin - the original group of four characters who were at the centre of season one.

After spending much of the series' fourth outing separated, fans had been hoping to see the gang back together. Later on in the video Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike, says he's "excited to have scenes with the original four".