Netflix Orders Second Season of ‘Squid Game’ Competition Series

In one other instance of our oh so dystopian lives imitating artwork, Netflix has renewed their Squid Recreation competitors collection, Squid Recreation: The Problem — which takes the central conceit of a lethal sport with a large money prize from the fictional Netflix collection Squid Recreation and turns it into an precise (not lethal, presumably) sport with a large money prize — for a second season.

The Squid Recreation actuality sport present premiered just lately on Netflix and has confirmed to be a big hit in its personal proper. Whereas it hasn’t attracted as many viewers because the fictional Squid Recreation, the place these video games had been designed as a pointed commentary in regards to the horrors of contemporary life and the evils of capitalism, The Problem has been the most-watched English-language collection on the streaming service for 2 straight weeks. It’s among the many prime 10 most-watched exhibits on Netflix in over 90 nations.

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Within the competitors collection model of Squid Recreation (initially created by Hwang Dong-hyuk) 456 contestants battle in a collection of video games for a money prize of $4.56 million. Netflix can be making a second season of the fictional Squid Recreation, in addition to a online game primarily based on the present.

If you want to compete on the second season of the present, it’s casting now. You will get extra data at this web site. For completely unrelated causes, here’s a hyperlink to an article about stories of grueling circumstances on the set of the primary season of Squid Recreation: The Problem, which Netflix later denied in a press release that learn “we care deeply in regards to the well being and security of our solid and crew, and invested in all the suitable security procedures.” So good luck getting that $4.56 million, guys!