Netflix Unveils Squid Sport Actuality Sequence With $4.56 Million Prize Cash

Squid Sport is popping right into a actuality sequence. Netflix’s most-watched sequence is now not only a fictitious tv present, after the streaming service greenlit “its greatest actuality competitors ever” known as “Squid Sport: The Problem.”

In contrast to the sequence the place the stakes are life or dying, the worst potential destiny on this 456-player competitors shall be leaving with out the $4.56 million winnings, which Netflix claims is the biggest lump sum prize in actuality TV historical past.

Squid Sport turned Netflix’s most-watched sequence when it was launched in September 2021, because it informed the story of cash-strapped contestants who play childhood video games for an opportunity to win life-changing sums of cash.

The existence of Squid Game: The Challenge suggests executives at Netflix might need missed the whole level of the present. Or they’re simply blissful to have the cake and eat it too.

The primary season holds the report as Netflix’s hottest sequence of all time, with over 1.65 billion hours seen in its first 28 days, Netflix has stated.

The ten-episode actuality competitors Squid Sport: The Problem will embody video games impressed by the unique present, in addition to new additions, Netflix stated.

One in every of YouTube’s prime American creators, MrBeast, did an unofficial iteration of this concept by recreating facets of the South Korean drama’s set and internet hosting video games featured within the present, like “Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle.” The YouTuber additionally opted out of the killing side, however strapped a tool to all 456 gamers that mimicked a bullet shot when a participant was dominated out.

Squid Sport: The Problem shall be filmed within the UK and is presently solely casting English audio system. The announcement comes simply days after the scripted sequence was formally renewed for a second season.

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