Annie Walton Doyle
There have been reports that director David Fincher is working on an English-language version of Squid Game.
Film critic Jeff Sneider claims that the Fight Club director is ‘is quietly working’ on the project and it’s very likely to happen, according to World of Reel.
Last year, Sneider claimed on his Hot Mic podcast that Netflix desperately wanted Fincher to direct an American Squid Game.
World of Reel also reports that Production Weekly had a posting citing the Squid Game American remake which listed Fincher as a producer. However, no director is believed to be mentioned.
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While Fincher is an absolute thriller icon known for directing crime films like Seven, Zodiac, and Gone Girl, the news about the remake has been rather controversial online.
“I really hope that rumour of David Fincher making an American Squid Game version for Netflix is not true. Just give us Mindhunter,” one wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Another agrees: “So you’re telling me that, instead of giving us the LONG AWAITED season 3 of Mindhunter, Netflix and David Fincher prefer to do a US remake of Squid Game that NOBODY asked for???”
A third adds: “I expect more from Fincher… we absolutely do not need an ‘American remake’ of foreign shows/films that already found success in the west.”
But a fourth offered a ray of hope, penning: “It’s lazy but you know if Fincher is on it, it’s gonna be better than the og.”
When Squid Game first hit Netflix in September 2021, everyone was talking about it.
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