Netflix announces Squid Game: The Challenge reality series with open casting call

Streaming giant Netflix has green-lit Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality competition series based on the hit 2021 South Korean drama.

The news came from Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s head of global TV, at the Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday.

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 $4.56 million.

Reportedly, the 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.

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. — IANS