Screen Rant

  • A lawsuit alleging the Duffer Brothers stole the concept for Stranger Things is dropped. 1 / 8

    Stranger Things Vertical
  • Filmmaker Charlie Kessler first claimed the brothers plagiarized his work last year. 2 / 8

    will byers stranger things TLDR vertical
  • He alleged they’d plagiarized his short film Montauk after he pitched ideas to them. 3 / 8

    pollywog stranger things TLDR vertical
  • Emails surfaced that seemed to prove the brothers planned Stranger Things well before meeting Kessler. 4 / 8

    eleven portal stranger things TLDR vertical
  • Nevertheless, a judge decided that the case should go to trial. 5 / 8

    Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven on Stranger Things
  • However, Kessler did a last-minute about-turn and dropped his lawsuit. 6 / 8

    Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin on Stranger Things
  • Stranger Things distributor Netflix states they are happy to put the “baseless lawsuit” behind them. 7 / 8

    Stranger Things Sean Astin Vertical
  • Season 3 of the hit show is set to premiere in early July. 8 / 8