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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The director expressed plans to “actively develop a feature version” of Montauk, a paranormal tale ... as being written and directed by the Duffer brothers - later relocated its action to ...

Brothers Matt and Ross Duffer are set as the writer-directors ... The series centers around the disappearance of a boy in Montauk, Long Island, in 1980 and is said to have supernatural elements ...

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 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 ...