The rumored English Squid Game collection from David Fincher is selecting up some steam, with Deadline not too long ago reporting the venture could possibly be his subsequent.
In a latest report, Deadline talked about that Fincher is engaged on the venture, having joined on to develop it. The report notes although the Fight Club director may nonetheless movie an image between every now and then, the Squid Recreation collection is “seemingly” what he’s set to work on all through 2025.
This isn’t the primary time that reviews of an English Squid Recreation from Netflix have popped up. Final 12 months, it was additionally reported that Fincher had been eyed to helm the venture.
What do we all know in regards to the English Squid Recreation collection?
Previous reports from The InSneider’s Jeff Sneider instructed that Netflix was all for making an American model of the present, though Sneider famous that he didn’t know what a U.S. model of Squid Recreation would appear like. Nevertheless, he did point out that some audiences’ insistence on not watching overseas language properties is one other factor that would make Netflix lean into remaking the series.
Fincher’s newest work consists of the 2023 motion thriller The Killer for Netflix, in addition to 2020’s Mank, which was additionally a Netflix venture.
Squid Recreation hails from writer-director Hwang Dong-Hyuk, who’s greatest identified for his works on South Korean movies corresponding to The Fortress, Miss Granny, and Silenced. It facilities round a gaggle of 456 cash-strapped gamers who settle for a wierd invitation to compete in kids’s video games at a distant island in hopes of successful 456 billion received. Nevertheless, they quickly discover out that the prize comes with lethal excessive stakes.
A second season of the hit Netflix collection is ready to premiere on December 26, 2024.
(Supply: Deadline)
