Marvel and Stranger Things may be distinctly different franchises, but they share a surprising connection, at least in terms of Deadpool & Wolverine. According to director Shawn Levy, the superheroes featured in the Marvel film were tied to Stranger Things characters in the script,

A user on Marvel Studios' subreddit posted the script, which Disney made freely available as part of the awards push for Deadpool and Wolverine. Instead of revealing the role of Jennifer Garner's Elektra, the script calls her Eleven, the character played by Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things.

Marvel probably has a laundry list of tactics and tricks to keep its biggest spoilers under wraps, but using Stranger Things character names is a new one on us Yet, that was the case with Deadpool and Wolverine.

In an unexpected twist, Shawn Levy, the creative mind behind Netflix’s Stranger Things and Marvel’s blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine, has confirmed an intriguing crossover between the two franchises.