{"id":25771,"date":"2024-08-30T19:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T23:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25771"},"modified":"2024-09-01T22:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T02:21:02","slug":"david-fincher-reportedly-will-direct-english-language-version-of-squid-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25771","title":{"rendered":"David Fincher Reportedly Will Direct English-Language Version of &#8216;Squid Game&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Paramount Pictures, Courtesy of Curious Case of Benjamin Button\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000399\/\">David Fincher<\/a> is reportedly working on an English-language version of the Korean hit film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10919420\/\"><em><strong>Squid Game<\/strong><\/em>.<\/a> Though Netflix has not yet officially announced the project, all indications are that the remake is definitely in the works for the streamer.<\/p>\r\n<p>According to Rodrigo Perez of <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/robert-towne-says-david-finchers-chinatown-prequel-series-is-written-ready-to-go-but-pssst-he-pivoted-to-squid-games-20240624\/\"><em>The Playlist<\/em>,<\/a> Fincher is postponing work on his <em><strong>Chinatown<\/strong><\/em> prequel (written by Robert Towne) to focus on <em><strong>Squid Game<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Perez also reported that writer Dennis Kelly has been contracted to write the script for the upcoming production, which is believed to be titled <em><strong>Squid Game: America<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The original <em><strong>Squid Game<\/strong> <\/em>series was the product of writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1375363\/\">Hwang Dong-hyuk<\/a>. In the show, which has been described by one critic as \u201cdystopian\u201d and a \u201cblackly effective comment on winner-takes-all capitalism,\u201d a group of 456 contestants compete for money by playing childhood games. Those who lose the challenge are subjected to life-threatening penalties. The second season of the show will stream in December of this year.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Squid Game<\/strong> was released worldwide to 94 countries on September 17, 2021. It quickly attracted more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in the first four weeks after its debut, surpassing <em><strong>Bridgerton<\/strong> <\/em>as Netflix\u2019s most-watched show. It has received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe award to O Yeong-su for best supporting actor in a series, miniseries, or television film. The first season of <em><strong>Squid Game<\/strong> <\/em>also received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including one for Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English-language work to be nominated in this category.<\/p>\r\n<p>David Fincher, who has received three Academy Award nominations for best director,\u00a0 is noted for his many films with deep psychological nuances. They include <em><strong>Seven, The Game, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Mank<\/strong><\/em>. Fincher also served as an executive producer and director for the Netflix series <em><strong>House of Cards<\/strong><\/em> (2013-2018) and <em><strong>Mindhunter<\/strong> <\/em>(2017-2019). In addition, he He also executive produced and co-created the Netflix animated series <em><strong>Love, Death &amp; Robots<\/strong> <\/em>(2019-present).<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Paramount Pictures, Courtesy of Curious Case of Benjamin Button\u00a0 David Fincher is reportedly working on an English-language version of the Korean hit film Squid Game. Though Netflix has not yet officially announced the project, all indications are that the remake is definitely in the works for the streamer. According to Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9440,2105,1394,6160,23980,5070,92,4557],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Fincher will reportedly direct &#039;Squid Game&#039; in English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"David Fincher is reportedly working on an English-language version of the Korean hit film Squid Game, Netflix hasn&#039;t officially announced yet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25771\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Fincher will reportedly direct &#039;Squid Game&#039; 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