Netflix announces 'Squid Game' reality show
Don't worry, no competitors will be losing their lives in this reality show version of the hit series.
It feels like just yesterday that we were introduced to 'Squid Game' the Netflix show that then took the world by storm, became one of the most-watched series in the world and the inspiration for Halloween costumes across the globe.
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In case you have forgotten what the show is about, the premise is this:
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes. A survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
Of course, spoiler alert, many players participating in the game very early discover that failure to complete the challenges results in death.
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Netflix has now decided to create a reality show based on the series called 'Squid Game: The Challenge' with one slight change being that all participants will survive at the end, but only one will still walk away with the prize money.
While the show premise itself is already quite unique, what makes it even more interesting is the prize money, which is $4.56-million (roughly R82-million), and is the largest cash prize in history.
Green light: Squid Game: The Challenge is coming later this year, transforming the South Korean series into the biggest reality competition ever. Though the reality version of Squid Game isn’t a matter of life or death, there’s still a lot on the line: 456 players will compete to win $4.56 million, the largest cash prize in reality television history. Through a series of games, each player will be pushed to their limits and forced to ask themselves just how far they’ll go to win, with opportunistic alliances, cutthroat strategies and timely betrayals to follow.
The series is set to premiere in November 2023.
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