What has been just rumors in recent years is now a reality: David Fincher will be the director of the remake of ‘The Squid Game’ for USA. In this way, the platform Netflix entrusts one of his regular collaborators with the American version of his biggest hit of all time. This project has been in the works since the beginning of 2022.so preparations for its premiere would be finalizing.
David Fincher will direct the North American remake of ‘The Squid Game’
This information comes from The Playlist, where it is stated that while working with Robert Towne on the remake of ‘Chinatown’, Fincher realized the enormous success of ‘The Squid Game’ and would have decided to give more priority to this Netflix series. The filmmaker would have made this decision at the beginning of 2022, a few months after the premiere of ‘The Squid Game’ and its overwhelming success worldwide. That is to say, This project would have been in development for just over two years..
Furthermore, according to this information, the main writer would be Dennis Kelly, known for ‘Utopia’ (2013). Kelly has extensive experience writing scripts primarily for television and theater.
Fincher is one of the most awarded and most nominated current directors to awards as diverse as the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globes. He made his directorial debut with ‘Alien 3’ (1992), and since then He has directed critically acclaimed films such as ‘Fight Club’ (1999), ‘Zodiac’ (2007), ‘The Social Network’ (2010) or ‘Lost’ (2014).
One of the main reasons for his signing could be that dehumanization and alienation are recurring themes in his filmography —elements also present in ‘The Squid Game’—, as well as its unique visual style with camera movements that perfectly follow the movements of the characters in the frame, and its predilection for low saturation colors.
That Fincher has been chosen to helm this project should not surprise us either.Well, the filmmaker maintains a good relationship with those responsible for the platform and He has extensive experience in television Given the He has been the architect of hits like ‘House of Cards’ (2013-2018) or ‘Mindhunter’ (2017-2019), in addition to having collaborated on other projects such as ‘Love, Death & Robots’ (2019).
What is ‘The Squid Game’ about? Is it a good series?
‘The Squid Game’ is a South Korean Netflix series whose first season was released in 2021. It is created, directed and written by Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi and Kim Joo-ryoung.
In this dystopian series, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is a divorced father with gambling debts who is invited to a series of clandestine “boys games” organized by billionaires for pure fun where other people with serious economic problems also participate. If you are able to pass all the deadly tests you will win a considerable sum of money which will not only allow you to pay off your debts, but will also have your life more than resolved.
The series was one of the biggest successes of the platform in its entire historybecoming Netflix’s most viewed series and the most viewed content in 94 different countries, having been played in 142 million different homes and accumulating 1,650,000,000 hours of viewing in its first month. It also received very good reviews.as its 95% critical rating and 84% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and its 8/10 rating on IMDb attest.
Given such success, Netflix approved a second season which was officially announced in June 2022. Its production began in July 2023 and will premiere in December 2024. Also released was a reality show based on the macabre children’s games from the series called ‘The Squid Game: The Challenge’released in 2023.
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