Netflix is all in on the “Squid Recreation” phenomenon. After the unique collection, created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, grew to become a worldwide phenomenon and launched a brand new era (in addition to individuals who do not usually watch issues with subtitles) to the loss of life recreation style, Netflix determined to get on board the franchise practice. Not solely is season 2 quick approaching (with a 3rd and remaining season lately introduced), however there’s additionally that horrendously misguided actuality recreation present “Squid Recreation: The Problem” which is getting a second season. Now, there’s yet one more “Squid Recreation” title on the way in which, with “Combat Membership” and “Gone Lady” director David Fincher concerned.
In line with a brand new report by Deadline, Fincher is growing a brand new “Squid Recreation” venture, rumored to be a TV collection fairly than a film. Although particulars are just about non-existent on what precisely this present can be, it’s reported that the present is prone to be set in the US. Moreover, rumor has it this won’t be a remake, however a brand new English-language TV collection set in the identical universe as Hwang Dong-hyuk’s authentic Korean-language collection. This is able to be Fincher’s first venture since his murderer thriller “The Killer” final yr.
David Fincher making an English-language Squid Recreation collection is sensible
Fincher making a “Squid Recreation” venture for Netflix is likely to be surprising, but it surely makes numerous sense. Not solely does Fincher have a growing deal on the streamer — in any case, Netflix is the home that Fincher constructed due to “Home of Playing cards,” even when everybody needs to erase that present from reminiscence — however “Squid Recreation” additionally shares some thematic similarities with Fincher’s work. Particularly, with its darkish tone and recreation mechanics, it sort of resembles Fincher’s underrated 1997 thriller “The Recreation,” which stars Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. That film offers with a person changing into an unwitting participant in a recreation that escalates to terrifying and presumably lethal ranges.
Certainly, “Squid Recreation” has sufficient of a thriller vibe, and sufficient social commentary about class, capitalism, and leisure, that it should not actually be a shock that Fincher could be excited about taking part in with this universe. What is stunning, nonetheless, is that he’d wish to play in another person’s sandbox fairly than work on his personal titles. Then once more, within the period of IP-driven Hollywood, the likelihood that even Fincher has to work on a giant franchise simply to get one thing made is scarier than something in “Squid Recreation.”
We do not know when or even when Fincher’s “Squid Recreation” venture will see the sunshine of day, however a giant query now’s whether or not they’ll take the chance to title it “Spherical Six.”
