Streaming giant Netflix has greenlit 'Squid Game: The Challenge', a re♏ality competition series based on the hit 2021 South Ko🐼rean drama.
The news came froౠm Bela Bajaria, Netflix's head of global TV, at the Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday, reports Variety.
According to Netflix, 'Squid Game: The Challenge' will be "the biggest reality comp🅷etition series ever," hosting the largest cast and offering the largest lump sum cash prize in reality television history as 456 players compete for $4.56 million.
According to Va𒁏riety, contestants will go through a series of games inspired by the original show, plus new additions, which are all intended to test their strategies, alliances, and character as others are eliminated around them.
Recruitment for the series is current💦ly open to English-language speakers from anywh🍰ere in the world.
"Squid Game took the world by storm with Director Hwang's captivating story and iconic imagery. We're grateful for his support as we turn t🦋he fictional world into reality in this massive competition and social experiment," said Brandon Riegg, Netflix's vice president of unscripted and d👍ocumentary Series.
"Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real-world co♕ntestants navigate the biggest competition series ever, full of tension and twists, with the biggest ever cash prize at the end."
The 10-episode competition series is a co-produc♏tion between Studio Lambert and The Garden and will be filmed in the UK Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt and Toni Ireland executive produce for Studio Lambert while John Hay, Nicola Hill, and Nicola Brown executive produce for The Garden.
[With Inputs from IANS]
