Netflix & STRANGER THINGS Creators Sued for Copyright Infringement … Again
Mike Sprague
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Netflix and the Duffer Brothers are being sued. Again. This time writer Jeffrey Kennedy says Stranger Things stole from his script, Totem.
According to the lawsuit, Stranger Things copies a lot from Kennedy’s screenplay, including “plot, sequence, characters, theme, dialogue, mood, and setting, as well as copyrighted concept art.”
Netflix told TheWrap: “Mr. Kennedy has been peddling these far-fetched conspiracy theories for years, even though Netflix has repeatedly explained to him that The Duffer Brothers had never heard of him or his unpublished script until he began threatening to sue them. After we refused to give in to his demands for a payoff, he filed this baseless lawsuit. There is no shortage of people who would like to claim credit for creating ‘Stranger Things.’ But the truth is the show was independently conceived by The Duffer Brothers and is the result of their creativity and hard work.”
Irish Rover Entertainment is seeking unspecified damages. If you remember, this isn’t the first time the show has been sued. Charles Kessler filed a similar lawsuit in 2018 but dropped it before it went to trial.
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