Netflix hit Squid Game gained various Emmys final evening, together with finest lead within the drama class for Lee Jung-Jae and excellent directing for the creator of the twisted South Korean sequence, Hwang Dong-hyuk. The latter gained for the episode “Red Light, Green Light” and was available againstage to speak to press in regards to the win… and Netflix’s upcoming actuality present based mostly on his sequence.

“What I hope is that they will be carrying on my vision and intention as much as possible for the show,” TV Line quoted the director in response to Squid Game: The Challenge—which invitations 456 gamers to compete for $4.56 million. Capitalism is gonna capitalism, and this spin-off seems to fully ignore how the sequence makes use of its game-present premise to discover structural issues inside society and the way it’s not sustainable for folks’s livelihoods—solely benefitting a small share of the wealthy whereas the working class dies to outlive. But you already know, it appears like enjoyable! Rest assured although, the fact present is not going to embrace purposeful homicide, “The stakes are high, but in this game, the worst fate is going home empty-handed,” reads the official launch.

Hwang added, “I think that even though our show does carry quite a heavy message—and I know that there are some concerns on taking that message and creating it into a reality show with a cash prize—I feel like when you take things too seriously, that’s really not the best way to go for the entertainment industry. It doesn’t really set a great precedent.” At the top of the day, he famous, it’s only a work of fiction. “So, I would say that reproductions of such efforts are going to bring new meaning to the industry and I hope that this is going to be a great new direction for the industry overall.”

 Squid Game: The Challenge and Squid Game season 2 two not but have launch dates however are coming quickly to Netflix.

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