Reportedly, David Fincher is preparing to develop an English version of the successful Korean series The squid game for Netflix.
It was rumored that the director of Fight Club and Gone Girl has been involved in the dystopian show for several months, and now Deadline has reported that he is “likely” to dedicate his time to the English-language incarnation of the South Korean series in 2025.
This would be the first adaptation of the original series of Hwang Dong-hyukwhich debuted on the streaming service in 2021. The show instantly became a pop culture juggernaut, spawning a second season and a reality competition in 2023.
Deadline also reports that Fincher’s version of the show will be written by Dennis Kellyknown for Utopia and The Third Dayas well as the film version of Matilda The Musical.
Fincher’s participation in The Squid Game has strange echoes of The Gamethe director’s third feature film. That 1997 film, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Pennwas also about an ordinary businessman who becomes involved in a mysterious and deadly game beyond his control.
The second season of The Squid Game
The series that arrived in 2021 at the streaming giant It became the most watched non-American series in historyso fans are impatiently awaiting the arrival of the second season, which will feature the return of the protagonist Seong Gi-hunplayed by the actor Lee Jung-jae.
Three years after winning the squid game, player 456 is still determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to it. With the prize he received, Gihun finances his research and begins with the most obvious: looking for a man in an elegant suit who plays ddakji on the subway. But when his efforts finally pay off, the path to taking down the organization turns out to be more deadly than he imagined… to end the game, he will have to re-enter
The Squid Game premieres on December 26 on Netflix.
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