Netflix’s Hit Franchise To Expand With Fight Club’s David Fincher at the Helm

The director of contemporary Hollywood classics like Se7en and Combat Membership, David Fincher, has reportedly discovered his subsequent venture – an English-language remake of the Netflix juggernaut Squid Sport. Whereas we’ve got reported rumors of this information some time again, the rumors about Fincher’s involvement with a remake of the Netflix present are solely getting louder.

Per a report by Deadline, Fincher is now engaged on a remake of Squid Sport, and contemplating Netflix holds the rights to the present, it’s secure to say this may come as a part of Fincher’s take care of the streamer. A deal that has just lately resulted in such movies as Mank and The Killer. Author Dennis Kelly (Utopia, The Third Day) is behind the script for the English-language remake of the hit Korean thriller.

It’s also claimed that the venture began as a film earlier than being became a TV collection, and that it received’t happen anyplace close to Korea, and is as an alternative “probably” to carry the horror to the USA. Different earlier collaborations between Fincher and Netflix embrace Home of Playing cards, Love Dying and Robots and, in fact, the critically acclaimed Mindhunter, which was tragically canceled after simply two seasons.

Squid Sport was created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, who additionally wrote and directed all of the episodes in Season 1, which holds an impressive rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. It stars Lee Jung-jae, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, and Heo Sung-tae, amongst others. The collection follows a gaggle of 456 gamers who’re recruited to play a sport that might make them millionaires. That’s if they will survive the lethal variations of varied kids’s video games. On the Emmys, the present acquired a number of nominations, taking residence six awards on the night time.

Squid Sport Rapidly Turned a Pop Tradition Phenomenon

Launched in 2021 to vital acclaim, Squid Sport is proof of Netflix’s worldwide attain. The present rapidly turned their most-watched collection so far, even beating its different signature exhibits like Stranger Issues and Bridgerton (in only one month, Netflix reported the present had 1.65 billion viewing hours). The fascination with the present is the results of its excessive manufacturing worth, solid of compelling characters, and the gripping creativity of its storyline.

The Squid Sport phenomenon has since seen actual folks put themselves within the (much less lethal) firing line within the spin-off Squid Sport: The Problem, which places gamers in an analogous setting, albeit with out all of the gore and ugly kills. Very like the fictional unique, the present noticed contestants competing for cash, with their chests exploding with black ink on the level of elimination and simulating being killed. Whereas a inventive option to pay tribute to the unique present, looking back, it’s all a bit eerie. In any case, each exhibits will return with their respective second seasons, with audiences left to patiently watch for extra particulars about how David Fincher will proceed the franchise additional.