“Viewers may find the opening scene of Episode 1 unsettling,” reads part of the warning
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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Netflix is adding a warning card to the premiere of “Stranger Things 4” in light of Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 21 people – including 19 children and two teachers added .
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The warning card, which will be shown to US viewers at the start of Friday’s episodes, reads: “We filmed this season of ‘Stranger Things’ a year ago. But given the recent tragic school shooting in Texas, viewers may find the opening scene of Episode 1 unsettling. We are deeply saddened by this unspeakable violence and our hearts go out to each family mourning the loss of a loved one.”
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This warning will appear before the previous season synopsis, which autoplays for US viewers only at the beginning of Stranger Things 4 Episode 1. Additionally, Netflix updated the description for the premiere to include “Warning: Contains graphic violence involving children” and added “disturbing imagery” to the show’s classification notes.
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Last Friday, Netflix released the first eight minutes of the Season 4 premiere of Stranger Things as a sneak peek video ahead of the official launch of Volume 1 this Friday. This opening scene depicts a massacre involving Millie Bobby Brown’s psychokinetic and telepathic character, Eleven, and features the bodies of several children covered in blood.
Although it was publicly announced before the Uvalde school shooting, Netflix decided to add a warning card to the premiere episode, given the timing of the premiere in relation to the tragedy and because this particular scene is very graphic.
The steps Netflix took ahead of the premiere of Stranger Things 4 aren’t the first steps Hollywood took this week after filming at Robb Elementary. Others include Lifetime pushing the release of Mckenna Grace’s The Bad Seed Returns, CBS pulling the season finale from FBI, and plans for the red carpet premieres of Physical and The Orville: New Horizons. .
Volume 2 of Stranger Things 4, consisting of episodes 8 and 9, will be released on July 1st.
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