Netflix is inching closer to broadening its beloved franchise based on the South Korean sensation series. The inaugural season of Squid Game was launched in 2021, leaving millions of fans eagerly anticipating the sequel. The second season is set to premiere over three years later on December 26, with a third and final instalment due next year.
However, this won't mark the end of the saga as Netflix has been rumoured for some time to be preparing an English-language adaptation. After more than a year of conjecture, it's now reported that acclaimed director David Fincher, known for Zodiac and Gone Girl, is linked to the spin-off, provisionally named Squid Game: America, reports the Mirror . This news was initially hinted at by Jeff Sneider back in April 2023.
In June this year, The Playlist corroborated the rumours, stating "Fincher has been quietly working on [an English-language] Squid Game for the last two years or so". They also suggested he "even has a writer working on it: British writer Dennis Kelly," famed for the Channel 4 thriller Utopia. This week, Deadline has claimed that the Squid Game spin-off is making even more progress.
"[Squid Game: America] is likely the project Fincher commits his time to in 2025," they reported. Initial rumours proposed the English-language derivative would either be a film adaptation or a remake of the first season. However, insiders like Daniel Richtman and others are now hinting that the series will span a full season set in the same un.
