The lawsuit filed against the Duffer Brothers claimed that the Stranger Things creators allegedly stole the concept for the Netflix show, which they have denied.
Both Montauk and Stranger Things were made many years after a 1992 book by Preston Nichols titled The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time, which compiled conspiracy theories around “secret government experiments” in Montauk, Long Island.
The Duffer Brothers have responded to a plagiarism lawsuit filed on Tuesday by filmmaker Charlie Kessler saying his claims are “completely meritless.”
He added, “The Duffer Brothers have neither seen Mr. Kessler’s short film nor discussed any project with him.