When Squid Game dropped in 2021, it hit in such a manner that you could possibly inform that Netflix was going to let it go on far so long as the present’s momentum would enable. Although season two continues to be a-ways away, the streamer is in search of other ways to fill the void left by the South Korean thriller till its return. And a type of is, consider it or not, a reality show.
Just like the present it’s primarily based on, Squid Recreation: The Problem sees 456 contestants from all over the world go up towards one another in challenges primarily based on the video games inside the present, and a few particularly for the competitors. Whoever wins will get the $4.56 million prize, and the losers do not get shot after getting eradicated, they only get despatched residence. You’ll be able to try the trailer beneath and see for your self if that is tone-deaf and lacking the purpose of the present a la The Starvation Video games again when these films had been popping out.
Netflix introduced The Problem was within the works again in 2022, and folk understandably reacted with a superb quantity of confusion. (In the event you really feel such as you’ve seen one thing like this earlier than, it’s as a result of Mr. Beast did a Squid Game-like video on YouTube in 2021, which equally acquired flak for misunderstand the present’s themes.) In the beginning of the 12 months, reports emerged that whereas filming within the UK, contestants needed to play “Red Light, Green Light” in sub-zero temperatures. It was additional alleged stated contestants had been injured throughout these chilly shoots (since they had been sporting tracksuits in mid-late January), and Netflix on the time merely stated the manufacturing “invested in all the suitable security procedures.” And to make issues worse, various these contestants—who reportedly weren’t being paid—had been stated to have handed out from fatigue and the chilly, and a number of other of them later alleged the sport was rigged to favor TikTok and Instagram influencers who collaborating within the competitors.
Since then, Netflix has been pretty mum on Squid Recreation: The Problem. The present premieres on November 22, and it could be that we study extra about how the present was made (and what else went on throughout manufacturing) within the leadup to launch.
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