Squid Sport creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is aware of that there are “issues” about how the introduced reality-competition offshoot will deal with the “heavy” themes of the South Korean survival drama.
Greenlit in June at Netflix, Squid Sport: The Problem will recruit 456 gamers who will compete for $4.56 million. They’ll play video games impressed by the unique collection in addition to some new ones, with the aim of avoiding elimination. However don’t have any worry, unjust like the fictional drama, the truth present doesn’t intend to homicide its losers. “The stakes are excessive, however on this sport, the worst destiny goes house empty-handed,” the official launch assured us.
Hwang (heart) on-set for ‘Squid Sport’
Squid Sport creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, showing backstage on the Emmys on Monday night time after successful Excellent Directing for a Drama Collection (for the episode “Pink Mild, Inexperienced Mild”), revealed that this previous weekend he had met with the creator of the reality-TV offshoot, “they usually had many questions for me.
“What I hope is that they are going to be carrying on my imaginative and prescient and intention as a lot as potential for the present,” Hwang mentioned.
Squid Sport: The Problem promptly was derided by many for aiming to make gentle of a darkish drama that was embedded with vital messages about class and the ugliness of capitalism.
However Hwang mentioned within the Emmys press room, “I believe that regardless that our present does carry fairly a heavy message — and I do know that there are some issues on taking that message and creating it right into a actuality present with a money prize — I really feel like once you take issues too severely, that’s actually not one of the best ways to go for the leisure business. It doesn’t actually set an amazing precedent.
“So, I’d say that reproductions of such efforts are going to deliver new which means to the business,” he added, “and I hope that that is going to be an amazing new route for the business general.” (With reporting by Vlada Gelman)
