Netflix: An American Remake for Squid Game Coming Soon? With a great director at the helm?

In 2021, Netflix released one of its biggest series, Squid Game, which, in addition to receiving critical and public praise, became a true social phenomenon and quickly marked pop culture. The series was also the most popular ever on Netflix with 1.6 billion hours watched worldwide: a record for the platform.

While the second season of the show is currently in development, a rumor that no one expected surfaced today, as reported by Comicbook.com. According to Jeff Snyder’s “The Hot Mic” podcast, Netflix could indeed create an American remake of the series, and at the helm of this potential project, we could find the director of Seven, Gone Girl or The Social Network: yes, David Fincher himself. …

If it remains a rumor for now, a remake of such a series will be a real challenge for those who take care of it. To be continued.

Annoying streak success?

Last November, Lee Jung-jae, the now famous Seong-hoon translator, told IndieWire about the lessons he learned from the first season of Squid Game. The series has really struck a chord with viewers, and the games it features have proven to be the perfect vehicle for the metaphors and stories the show tells.

“I’m glad, of course, but it’s bitter. Yes, it’s great that audiences around the world are consuming Korean content. And they appreciate it. But if you think about the themes of The Squid Game — how far we’re willing to go to amass personal wealth, the lengths people are forced to go — the fact that it resonates with so many people around the world is troubling.“

Season 2: filming and plot

Although the second season was quickly planned due to the program’s success, Lee Jung-jae revealed during an interview with daily Ilgan Sports that filming is set to begin this summer and last for about 10 months. If this coincides with the filming of the pandemic-delayed first season, the second season is taking so long because its scale is “bigger.”

He then mentioned that his character had a lot to do in this second part. “As we all saw at the end of Season 1, the main plot of Season 2 is going to be revenge, and the main character who controlled the operation of the games in Season 1 was Lee Byun-hoon, so it looks like both of us are the central characters. In this next story. Actually, this is my first time working with Lee Byung-hoon. We were working on a drama called “White Nights 3.98” at the time, but we didn’t have any scenes together.“.

Season 1 of Squid Game is streaming exclusively on Netflix.