After the overwhelming and unprecedented success of the squid game, one of the questions that we all repeat the most is when the second season will be released. After having confirmation of it for quite some time, we have been waiting for new clues that let us know something about this new installment that, as far as is known, will not arrive until the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024 -more likely this second band than the first. At least until then we won’t wait with our arms crossed: Netflix have a reality show based on the series about to caramel and has already announced a coming-out date.
The squid game, an unprecedented success
Neither Netflix expected such a phenomenon when it opted for the squid game. This South Korean series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk part of the content platform came a September 17, 2021 to the company’s catalog and the rest is streaming service history.
Critics praised it internationally and viewers only had to start word of mouth for it to become the program in a short time. most viewed in 94 countries where the red N operates. A plot very original (456 people lock themselves up on an island to pass certain tests and win 45.6 billion won, all the challenges being deadly traps based on children’s games), a great production with quite striking images and a very successful casting were the perfect combination for make this series the most watched in the history of Netflix.
So much so that after that, parodies have been made, simulated attempts at similar games and now, shortly, we will also have a reality show that, to our surprise, will arrive before season 2 of The Squid Game premieres.
What the Squid Game: The Challenge is about
According to the media NME, he reality show based on the popular Netflix production will give 456 people the chance to win $4.56 million, similar to how it occurs in the plot of the first season. Again, the contestants will have to pass certain tests based on well-known children’s games.
Brandons Riegg, vice president of non-fiction series and specials at Netflix, has assured that they will turn the fictional world of The Squid Game actually “in this massive competition and social experiment.” An initiative that has not been exempt from controversy since the existence of “inhumane conditions” for the contestants with temperatures below zero outdoors, waking up at dawn or countless hours forced to remain immobile was even denounced.
It has also been pointed out that at least 10 contestants they collapsed during filming, while others claimed to have injured shortly after the filming began. One contestant goes so far as to refer to the show as a “war zone.”
will have to wait for November this year, which is when it premieres Squid Game: The Challengeto clear up doubts and check what the conditions of the program are like, a show that by the way will have 10 episodes.
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[Vía IGN]
