Summary Netflix has reportedly abandoned David Fincher's long-developing English-language 'Squid Game' spinoff, working-titled 'Heckler' The project had 'Utopia' creator Dennis Kelly attached to write and was set to film in the United Kingdom despite its American framing Executive changes, Fincher's move to other projects, and a pivot toward country-specific spinoffs are cited as reasonsDavid Fincher‘s long-gestating American Squid Game spinoff, developed under the working title Heckler, is supposedly no longer moving forward at Netflix. For all the anticipation around it, Heckler carried a few details that ran counter to expectations. Rather than build the next chapter around a single American series, the streamer is now oriented toward developing country-specific Squid Game projects tailored to individual international markets. That strategic turn effectively reframes Heckler as a casualty of a broader plan for the universe, not just a stalled production. Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk consistently rejected any link between the two.