Production most viewed in Netflix historythe South Korean series Round 6 will get international remakes. The first adaptation will be in English and will be under the care of the filmmaker David Fincherdirector of the film Fight Club (1999) and who has already produced Mindhunter (2017-2019) for the platform.

According to the website Deadline, which revealed the new version of Round 6 firsthand, Fincher should dedicate himself to the project next year. It has not been announced whether he will direct all the episodes or whether he will be the showrunner of the adaptation, nor is there any speculation about the cast or premiere date.

A Netflix has already made it clear that it wants to exploit Round 6’s international potential to the fullest. After all, the original was seen by 265.2 million accounts in the first 91 days in the streaming catalog, a rate that has not yet been surpassed –Wandinha came close, with 252.1 million in the same period.

In addition to reality Round 6: The Challengereleased at the end of last year and renewed for a second edition Despite behind-the-scenes controversies, the platform also prepares games based on the series’ tests.

I and second season of the original series will be released on December 26th and will show player 456 (Lee Jung-jae) trying to discover who is behind the Squid Game and, thus, put an end to the cruel dynamics. The attraction has already been renewed for a third (and final) batch of episodes.

In 2020, David Fincher signed a four-year contract with Netflix to develop projects exclusively for streaming. The agreement resulted in the animation Love, Death & Robots, the documentary The History of Black Cinema in the USA (2022) and the film The Killer (2023), which starred the actress Sophie Charlotte.

The filmmaker was one of the first to bet on Netflix as a possibility for the audiovisual scheme in force until then. He directed the first two episodes of the drama House of Cards (2013-2018), which opened the door for several other original series on the platform.

In addition to record attendance, Round 6 also made history by becoming the first non-English language series to be nominated and win Primetime Emmyconsidered the Oscar of television. Traditionally, productions in other languages ​​compete for the International Emmywhich has less prestige.