: Netflix announces Squid Game: The Challenge reality series with open casting call #IndiaNEWS #Cinema Los Angeles, June 15 | Streaming giant Netflix has greenlit Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality

Netflix announces Squid Game: The Challenge reality series with open casting call #IndiaNEWS #Cinema
Los Angeles, June 15 | Streaming giant Netflix has greenlit Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality competition series based on the hit 2021 South Korean drama.
The news came from Bela Bajaria, Netflixs 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 competition series ever, hosting the largest cast and offering the largest lump sum cash prize in reality television history as 456 players compete for .56 million.
According to Variety, 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 currently open to English-language speakers from anywhere in the world.
Squid Game took the world by storm with Director Hwangs captivating story and iconic imagery. Were grateful for his support as we turn the fictional world into reality in this massive competition and social experiment, said Brandon Riegg, Netflixs vice president of unscripted and documentary Series.
Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real world contestants 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-production 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.
Source: IANS

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