On Saturday, the first teaser trailer forSquid Game: The Challengedebuted at Netflix’s global fan event, Tudum, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Instead, contestants will take on the challenge of creeping up on Mugunghwa, the creepy giant doll, while wearing movie-style blood packs that explode on their torso if they fail to complete the “Red light… Green Light” challenge.
Squid Game.Netflix
The reality series, which was filmed earlier this year in a vast air balloon hangar in England, is scheduled to air on Netflix in November and will also see the players live — and “die” — in an exact replica ofSquid Gameliving quarters.
The guards, meanwhile, are dressed in the same terrifying red suits and black masks from the show. Like the hit series, they also never speak a word.
Question is: will anyone be able to replicate the realSquid Gameand survive unscathed like Lee Jung-Jae?
News of the reality series was first announced last June, with Netflix sharing that 456 participants will vie for the largest cash prize in television history. In total, $4.56 million is up for grabs for anyone who can survive all levels of childhood-inspired games.
Netflix also teased alliances and strategies will be necessary for the players should they hope to take home the prize fund, and that the new series has the support ofSquid GamecreatorHwang Don-hyuk.
“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.”
Squid Gamebecame the biggest television premiere in Netflix history when it aired in September 2021, with viewers watching than 1.65 billion hours in just 28 days. The show has been renewed forseason 2, with a possible season 3 in the works as well.
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