A production list suggests that David Fincher will begin filming his dystopian spin-off series, Squid Game: America, in February 2026. Director David Fincher is currently working away on The Adventures Of Cliff Booth – a Once Upon A Time In Hollywood spin-off with a script by Quentin Tarantino. Once he’s finished with that, however, the ... Squid Game: America | David Fincher’s series to film in early 2026, listing suggests
A production list suggests that David Fincher will begin filming his dystopian spin-off series, Squid Game: America, in February 2026.
Director David Fincher is currently working away on The Adventures Of Cliff Booth – a Once Upon A Time In Hollywood spin-off with a script by Quentin Tarantino.
Once he’s finished with that, however, the filmmaker could be embarking on another spin-off – his long-mooted English-language version of Squid Game. A US-set version of the hit South Korean series has been talked about for over a year now, but if a new trade listing is accurate, then Fincher could begin filming it within months.
As spotted by Collider, an entry on the Film & Television Industry Alliance’s website says that Squid Game: America has a shoot date of the 26th February 2026, and will be made in Los Angeles.
There’s also a short-but-sweet summary, which reads:
A US version of the Korean hit series, the spinoff is set in the same world but we get to see how the games are handled in America.
It also lists the writer as Dennis Kelly, the mind behind the cult Channel 4 series Utopia – another TV series that Fincher was going to remake at one stage. Kelly also wrote a World War Z sequel script which Fincher was going to direct before fate intervened.
There’s also another potentially significant detail in the listing: Cate Blanchett is named as one of the actors. Without spoiling things, Blanchett had a brief cameo in Squid Game season three, which series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said wasn’t a tease for a bigger part in Fincher’s series. Unless it’s a mistake, the FTIA listing suggests that she does have some sort of role in Squid Game: Murka.
First streaming in 2023, Squid Game – about a murderous contest where 100 competitors demean themselves for cash, and die in the process – was a smash for Netflix. The most-watched show in the platform’s brief history, it’s spawned two further seasons and counting, a ghoulish reality gameshow spin-off, and advertising partnerships that rather overlook the series’ anti-capitalist satire.
It now appears to be Fincher’s turn to join the Squid Game wagon. It’ll be fascinating to see the series through his brutally cynical eyes – even if, deep down, we’d rather see the filmmaker pursue his own original stuff. Or, you know, another season of Mindhunter.
More on Squid Game: USA as we get it.
