With just under two months untilSquid GameSeason 2arrives on Netflix, the series is eyeing a major expansion with an Oscar-nominated director at the helm.Deadlinereports that a new English-language show is in the works at the streaming platform fromSe7enmastermindDavid Fincher. Details are being kept tightly under wraps at this time, though it’s expected that this series will be his next big project under his ongoing deal with the service, barring the announcement of another movie. He’s expected to spend much of 2025 dedicated to developing the show, meaning it could get moving rather quickly.
Fincher’s series would be the first proper extension of the franchise beyondHwang Dong-hyuk’s earth-shattering original South Korean show. Netflix does have thecontroversial reality game showSquid Game: The Challenge,under its belt, along with a video game, but this would be a new frontier entirely that could potentially open up the dystopian survival competition to the world beyond South Korea. If anyone can create a serviceable English-language addition, Fincher would be a good bet too, givenhis penchant for dark thrillers fromZodiactoGone Girl.Squid Game’s premise of a life-or-death contest consisting of children’s games for a cash prize wouldn’t be a foreign concept to him either, as his 1997 thrillerThe GamestarringSean Penntackled a twisted game that evolved into a wider conspiracy involving the life of a wealthy investment banker.
With Fincher now taking the reins in one of Netflix’s biggest blockbuster universes, the platform will continue to reap the benefits of locking the decorated filmmaker up to an overall deal. So far, he’s already delivered two films on streaming withMankandlast year’sThe Killer, as well as a widely-loved andoften asked-about seriesinMindhunter. He’s also produced and directed inTim Miller’sacclaimed animated anthology seriesLove, Death + Robotsand played a role in Netflix’s rise as an original content juggernaut as an executive producer onHouse of Cards. Rumblings among insiders have been connecting him toSquid Gamefor some time and, with him not having anything lined up after hisMichael Fassbender-led feature, it left the door open for him to finally tackle the Emmy-winning series.
‘Squid Game’ Finally Returns to Netflix This December
The vision for Netflix has been to keep building on the success ofSquid Gameafter the first season became the streamer’s most-viewed series by a wide margin withover 2.2 billion hours viewedthus far. For now, though, the focus is on delivering Season 2 on December 26. Marking the return ofLee Jung-jaeas Player 456, Gi-hun, the new season picks up three years after his initial victory in the games. With his newfound wealth,he’s determined to shut down the shadowy organizationbehind the twisted competition that takes advantage of the lower classes in South Korea. However, the path to ending the games is fraught and ultimately forces him to try his luck once more as a competitor to reach the higher-ups. Expectplenty of new faces entering the fray, includingYim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-hoon,andYang Dong-geunamong others.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more on the Fincher’sSquid Gameseries and more on the future of the franchise as a whole as it comes out.
Squid Game
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
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