He will oversee the English-language version of the show, which has uncanny similarities to Fincher's own film 'The Game' David Fincher is reportedly set to develop an English-language version of the hit Korean series Squid Game for Netflix . READ MORE: ‘The Killer’ review: not quite top-tier David Fincher but he still hits the target The Fight Club and Gone Girl director has been rumoured to be involved with the dystopian show for several months , and now Deadline have reported that he is “likely” to be committing his time to its English language incarnation in 2025. This would represent the first scripted spin-off from Hwang Dong-hyuk’s South Korean original, which debuted on the streaming service in 2021.
The show instantly became a pop culture juggernaut, spawning an upcoming second season and a reality competition in 2023. Deadline also report that Fincher’s version of the show will be written by Dennis Kelly, known for Utopia and The Third Day , as well as the film version of Matilda The Musical . Fincher’s involvement with Squid Game has uncanny echoes of the director’s third feature film The Game.
That 1997 movie, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn , also followed a regular businessman becoming entangled in a mysterious and deadly game that is beyond his control. The new season of the Korean version of Squid Game , meanwhile, returns on December 26. A teaser trailer has given fans a taster of what is to come , with Gong Yoo’s mystery character Th.