THE brothers behind Stranger Things have said they envisage the hit series will draw to a close after four seasons.

The Netflix sci-fi returns for its second season in October, but creators Ross and Matt Duffer can already see the end.

“We’re thinking it will be a four-season thing and then out,” Ross said during an interview published in the New York magazine on Monday.

The first season focused on a band of young friends trying to get their pal back after he disappeared into a mysterious alternate reality during which they forged a bond with hero Eleven, played by British actress Millie Bobby Brown.

“We just have to keep adjusting the story,” Matt added. “Though I don’t know if we can justify something bad happening to them once a year.”

THE gender pay gap between film stars has been further exposed by analysis that shows the top 10 highest-earning men took home nearly three times as much as their female counterparts.

Estimates by business magazine Forbes released on Tuesday showed the men earned a collective 488.5 million dollars (£381 million), topped by Mark Wahlberg who netted an individual 68 million dollars (£53 million).

But the annual analysis showed the leading women earned 172.5 million dollars (£135 million) during same period, with Oscar-winning La La Land star Emma Stone topping the list with 26 million dollars (£20 million).

The highest ranked man who earned less than Stone was Ryan Reynolds, who in 15th place took home 21.5 million dollars (£17 million), according to estimates of pre-tax profits in the 12-month period leading up to June.

SINGER Bonnie Tyler has celebrated beating Justin Bieber after her hit single Total Eclipse Of The Heart topped download charts.

She played the 1983 track for passengers on board a cruise ship to mark the solar eclipse that was visible in the US on Monday.

It prompted a fresh wave of downloads, sending her to the top spot of the country’s iTunes download list and above the Purpose star.