The complaint claims that "Yellowjackets" and the film "Eden" are "in most respects… identical." Showtime and Lionsgate have been stung by a new lawsuit claiming that the hit TV series Yellowjackets ripped off a 2015 film titled Eden.

In a copyright infringement lawsuit filed on Nov. 14 in New York federal court, a company that holds the rights to survival thriller Eden alleges “strikingly similar elements” in the works. Both follow a soccer team whose members start to exhibit cult-like behavior and are forced to resort to cannibalism after crash landing in a remote location.

Showtime has been accused of stealing "Yellowjackets" from a 2015 film called "Eden" that also centers on a soccer team crashing in the woods

A copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against Showtime Networks and Lionsgate’s Entertainment One regarding the popular Yellowjackets series. Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime in 2021. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson,