The filmmaker alleges that he pitched "the Montauk concept" to the Duffer Brothers at a Tribeca Film Festival party in April 2014. Kessler claims that he subsequently brought them "the script ...

Inspired by secret government programs like MKUltra and the Montauk Project, ‘Stranger Things’ weaves fact and fiction in its ...

The original pitch for Stranger Things featured time jumps, completely different characters, and an Indiana Jones-inspired teacher.

Stranger Things seemed destined to become a Netflix phenomenon, but its road to streaming glory was, most of the time, paved ...

The Duffer Brothers’ hit Netflix series sounds strangely familiar to a 2012 short film, according to its creator. Charlie Kessler, who wrote and directed the movie “Montauk,” is suing Ross ...

The Duffer brothers also revealed to Rolling Stone that ... And they incorporated themes stemming from the Montauk Project conspiracy theory. In the early writing phases, the show was called ...

That said, a new lawsuit from Charlie Kessler accuses the Duffer brothers of stealing the concept of Stranger Things from Montauk, a short film he allegedly pitched the brothers at a 2014 party.

with the Duffer Brothers counted among its executive producers. Most die-hard fans know that Stranger Things was initially going to be called Montauk and would be set in Montauk, New York ...

The show's creators, the Duffer brothers, were inspired by a real-life government base in Montauk, New York, called Camp Hero. In 2016, Matt and Ross Duffer confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter ...

Ross and Matt Duffer know a thing or two about developing an original idea into a television series. Therefore it should come as no surprise that the brothers have chosen to share their process ...