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Squid Game: America series to reportedly begin filming in February 2026.
The U.S. media outlet Collider reported, "A new listing from the Film and Television Industry Alliance website reports that the new series, titled Squid Game: America, will begin filming next year on February 26. Fincher has yet to confirm this himself, but this is still the first concrete update for the show in months. It’s also unclear at this time who will star in the show, but it has been confirmed that Cate Blanchett's mystery character from the end of Squid Game Season 3 will not be featured in Squid Game: America." It is also reported, "The American Squid Game remake will reportedly be completely disconnected from the original show with an all-new cast of characters."
In the ending of Squid Game Season 3, Cate Blanchett made a guest appearance, which viewers have interpreted as a scene that links the American spinoff of Squid Game. The location filmed was also not in Korea but in Los Angeles, USA.
Squid Game: America is known to be a spin-off, rather than a remake of the Squid Game series. David Fincher is directing, and the script is by Dennis Kelly. It is also reported that Hwang Dong Hyuk, the director of the Squid Game series, and Kim Ji Yeon, CEO of FirstMan Studio, will join as producers.
The release date of Squid Game: America has not been decided. Collider predicts, "If cameras do roll at the start of next year, this will leave the most likely release window sometime in 2028, possibly even around Christmas, when the first two seasons of Squid Game came out."
