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Duffer Brothers Win Visionary Award, Netflix Risks Pay Off

6/2/2026

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Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, creators of Stranger Things, received the Visionary Award at the Gotham TV Awards in New York.
Ross Duffer said the series began as a rejected movie and a 50-page script later championed by Netflix executives Matt Thunell and Ted Sarandos.
Matt Duffer recalled Netflix’s blank check ten years ago and now urges studios to embrace risk, citing the Backrooms’ $81 million opening.

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Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, creators of Stranger Things, received the Visionary Award at the Gotham TV Awards in New York.
Ross Duffer said the series began as a rejected movie and a 50-page script later championed by Netflix executives Matt Thunell and Ted Sarandos.
Matt Duffer recalled Netflix’s blank check ten years ago and now urges studios to embrace risk, citing the Backrooms’ $81 million opening.