“Stranger Things” isn’t all that uncommon after all, according to a new lawsuit filed against Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Netflix’s hit supernatural series. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, filmmaker Charlie Kessler says that “Stranger Things” ripped off his award-winning 2012 short film “Montauk.” “This action arises from Defendants’ misappropriation, unauthorized use and exploitation of Plaintiff’s protected work, ideas and concepts for an innovative short film entitled ‘Montauk,’ and feature film script entitled ‘The Montauk Project’ … resulting from Defendants’ unexcused breach of implied contract that existed between Plaintiff and Defendants,” the suit...
- 4/3/2018
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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