Reports suggest that Netflix has cancelled a planned English-language Squid Game series from director David Fincher before it entered production. The decision would end a high-profile attempt to expand the South Korean hit into a separate project for international audiences, although neither Netflix nor Fincher has publicly confirmed it.

The reported project had been in development for several years and was expected to be set in the United States rather than remake the original series directly. Squid Game remains Netflix’s most-watched series, but its original creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, has said the forthcoming third season will conclude the main story.