The 10-episode reality show will feature games inspired by the original show, as well as new additions, according to Netflix.
THE Netflix series Inc with the largest viewership is no longer just a fictional TV show, but “the biggest reality competition ever “. This is “Squid Game: The Challenge.”
Unlike the TV series, in which the odds are life or death, the worst case scenario for this competition with 456 players is to someone left without the profits of $ 4.56 million (€ 4.37 million), which Netflix claims to be the biggest cash prize in reality TV history.
“Squid Game” became Netflix’s most-watched television series when it aired in September 2021, telling the story of contestants who suffered from a lack of cash and participated in children’s games, with a chance to win money that would they changed their lives.
The first season of Squid Game holds the record for the most popular Netflix series of all time with more than 1.65 billion hours of viewing in the first 28 days, as the company announced.
The 10-episode reality competition will include games inspired by the original show, as well as new additions, according to Netflix.
Mr Beast, one of the leading creators of YouTube in the US, came up with an idea based on the series using games from the South Korean TV series, such as “Red Light, Green Light”. It did not include the dimension of deathbut adapted a device to all 456 players that mimics a shot when a player is excluded from the game.
The Netflix reality show will be filmed at United Kingdom and for the time being selects only English-speaking players. The announcement was made a few days after the renewal of the TV series, for a second TV season.
