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Sources informed The Playlist<\/a> about the spinoff\u2019s cancellation, telling the outlet that Netflix\u2019s goals for the franchise have substantially changed since Fincher\u2019s version was first conceptualized. Insiders suggested that Netflix was initially eager for an American take on their record-breaking Korean series, but are now focused on exploring stories within the Squid Game universe in \u201cindividual international markets\u201d \u2014 though whether that means country-specific spinoffs (such as Squid Game: Brazil, Norway, etc.) remains unclear.<\/p>\n The Playlist\u2019s sources reportedly \u201cstressed\u201d that such regional versions of the show are not known to be in the development, though Fincher\u2019s Squid Game: America<\/a> seems to firmly be a thing of the past. As for why this happened, sources gave a few reasons, pointing to a long production process, changes at the executive level within Netflix, and Fincher taking on other projects like his film The Adventures of Cliff Booth.<\/p>\n This makes Cate Blanchett\u2019s surprise appearance<\/a> at the end of Season 3 even more confusing, though it was confirmed that her involvement in the show wasn\u2019t tied to Fincher\u2019s series. It did directly hint that there were more versions of the Games out there in the world, and set up a future follow-up exploring players and the VIPs in other countries.<\/p>\n Squid Game\u2019s original creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, previously bandied about the idea of a spinoff series<\/a> exploring what happens to its characters in the time skip between seasons one and two. However, he also confirmed that Season 3 was the end-all, be-all finale of the entire story, saying, “It’s the finale for the whole series. The whole show. It’s time to say goodbye.”<\/p>\n For now, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess as to what Netflix has planned for Squid Game<\/a> as an IP, but those itching for more Korean thrillers on the streamer should turn their eyes to Mask Girl, another dark, time-jumping series that hits many of the same tonal notes (minus the deadly childrens’ games).<\/p>\n IGN has reached out to Netflix for comment.<\/p>\n Image Credits: Netflix<\/p>\n Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix has reportedly chosen to shelve David Fincher\u2019s American Squid Game spinoff series, according to sources close to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-561563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}