Squid Game (film)

Squid Game is a 2027 psychological thriller film directed by Chloe Zhao, based on the popular Netflix series of the same name, and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on a story by Reese, Wernick, Zhao, and Simon Beaufoy. Produced by Skydance Media and distributed by Netflix themselves, it tells the tale of Sam, a broke man living in a house with her mother after being divorced by his wife. When a mysterious man offers him to be a part in this competitive game called Squid Game, he immediately signs on, only for everything to go wrong. The film stars an ensemble cast includes Joel Edgerton, Rami Malek, Simu Liu, Alicia Vikander, Michael Keaton, Paul Rudd, Dev Patel, Lily Collins, Noomi Rapace, Kris Wu, and Evan Peters.

Plot
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Cast

 * Joel Edgerton as Sam Weaver
 * Rami Malek as Martin Hardwood
 * Simu Liu as Jason Wang
 * Alicia Vikander as Patty Davidson
 * Michael Keaton as Maxwell Jacobs
 * Paul Rudd as Ernesto Ryder
 * Dev Patel as Anupam Romano-Kher
 * Lily Collins as Dichen Cohen
 * Noomi Rapace as Aubrey Russell
 * Kris Wu as Lorne Gi-Hong
 * Evan Peters as Henry Marshall

Development
After the success of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-Hyuk had a pitched the concept version of the Hollywood remake in the Korean series, Steven Spielberg had a negotiation to skills of producer who had with Kathleen Kennedy of Amblin Entertainment put the rights on the film production services. Spielberg expecting meeting with Dong-Hyuk at the Academy Awards 2025 in order to be Hollywood Walk of Fame where he expected to be gained one thousand dollars to him. Spielberg had an expressed interest through the direction negotiation contest through the process of the most important in the Hollywood remake. Simon Beaufoy set to be returned as story writers, where he approached Spielberg and Dong-Hyuk for the film projects. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said he was not disappointed about that what Hollywood remake of the Korean series, while social media users gained positive response for praising Beaufoy's return. Chloe Zhao had a negotiation to be director who was screen as the story writer while Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese set to write a screenplay. All of the most important operations over 1,579 filmings and suggestions of the most burgain shops cost 45 dollars for the operation to be filming. Zhao had a collaborative the film including cinematography Joshua James Richards and film editor Dylan Tichenor. Patrick Burleigh and Chris Morgan performed an uncredited rewrites, while Gary Whitta serving as an additional screenwriter.

Casting
In February 2025, Zhao said she would process a casting calls at the Zoom class. Where she calls all of the pertinent villains and lead characters. Joel Edgerton had a negotiation to cast in an undisclosed role. Rami Malek and Simu Liu had been joined the cast in March 2025. In April 2025, Yvonne Strahovsky and Logan Marshall-Green had been cast in an undisclosed roles, but was replaced by Lily Collins and Evan Peters due to Strahovsky and Marshall-Green's scheduling conflicts. Edgerton had expressed that he hoped that Paul Rudd and Michael Keaton are going to join the cast. Fortunately, Rudd and Keaton confirm that in April 2025 the same day. All of the cast confirm in the undisclosed roles including Alicia Vikander, Dev Patel, Noomi Rapace, and Kris Wu. Wu had approached Zhao, Spielberg, and Dong-Hyuk to joined a cast this month for it. Haven't been processed caused 19,672 stunts actors are actually joined a cast as the Guards where Keaton said he would have been happy where some stunt actors and actresses performers collaborative like Nomadland (2020) and Eternals (2021).

Filming
Principal photography starting in July 2025 at the Seoul, South Korea, with James Richards had been used camera of cinematography, who previously collaborative with Zhao such as Nomadland (2020). The film had used green screen in the filming at the Pinewood Studio, in September 2025, Zhao noticed about that a green screen attached over 785 green screen scenes. The film had a lot of 945 filming shots, and the used of the selected of Sony Film cameras with Dolby Digital HD sound digital surrounding areas. Filming wrapped on Late 2025.

Post-production
Zhao said she would used visual effects would cost $120-145 million budget after they used for the buying custody of shops. The visual effects was used including BUF Compagnie, Framestore, DNEG, Prime Focus FX, Method FX, Digital Domain, and Sony Pictures Imageworks. In January 2026, Netflix had a distribution rights to the film project after Zhao completed the filming. Edited was completed by Dylan Tichenor and Roger Barton in March 2026, who Tichenor previously collaborative with Zhao in the film Eternals (2021). In February 2026, Benjamin Wallfisch was approved to be film as a score composer, who serving used as a Korean-theme and Game style generation scoring. He produced a score music with a film theme version of Squid Game, as a single was released in April 3, 2028. The score album, by Netflix Music and Hollywood Records, will be released on April 12, 2028, featuring the film theme of Squid Game.