Just days before going to trial, the Stranger Things plagiarism lawsuit has been dropped
In a development that’s so seemingly straightforward that it almost feels like the invisible hand of a massive government conspiracy has stepped in to guide events in a specific way, the Stranger Things plagiarism lawsuit has been dropped by the plaintiff just a few days before it was set to go to trial. A judge rejected an attempt from Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer to get the case dismissed just weeks ago, but now—as reported by Deadline—the suit has been fully withdrawn by filmmaker Charles Kessler.
This all started about a year ago, when Kessler claimed that he had pitched the Duffers on an idea for a feature film called Montauk about a secret government facility in a small town that had inadvertently tapped into some wild sci-fi nightmares. That, of course, is the same premise as the Duffers’ hit Netflix show, which also had the working title Montauk while it was in development, and while that may seem like a nail in Stranger Things’ coffin, it was actually a reference to the real-life conspiracy theory involving the real-life town of Montauk and the real-life military base nearby that may have been involved in weirdo sci-fi experiments during the Cold War.