What Squid Game Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Really Thinks About the Reality Competition Spin-Off

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Squid Game Makes HISTORY astatine 2022 Emmys

Is this spin-off spinning successful the close direction?

Backstage astatine the Emmys connected Sept. 12, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed his stance connected Netflix's planned world competition, Squid Game: The Challenge. Though the caller Emmy victor acknowledged that determination are "concerns" regarding however the drama's dense themes of poorness and people with construe implicit to a contention series, helium revealed that the creator of the caller amusement has been successful interaction with him.

"They had galore questions for me," helium shared. "What I anticipation is that they volition beryllium carrying connected my imaginativeness and volition arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable for the show." 

And it appears that Hwang is lasting by the spin-off, adding, "I consciousness similar erstwhile you instrumentality things excessively seriously, that's truly not the champion mode to spell for the amusement industry. It doesn't truly acceptable a large precedent."

Inspired by the original series, which won 2 awards astatine the 2022 Emmys, the 10 episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge will follow 456 players competing successful assorted games for a whopping 4.56 cardinal dollars.

The extremity is to debar elimination to scope the expansive prize. In an announcement from June 14, the streamer called the amusement "the biggest world bid ever."

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We'll spot conscionable however it large it is erstwhile Squid Game: The Challenge premieres connected Netflix.

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