Netflix has opened casting for the display to English-language audio system all over the world.
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Netflix is doing “Squid Sport” for actual (with none of the blood and gore).
The streaming platform has licensed a truth TV collection referred to as “Squid Sport: The Problem,” which can pit 456 contestants towards each and every different in a chain of video games impressed by way of the hit display.
Up for grabs is a $4.56 million praise — which Netflix says is the most important money prize actually TV historical past.
“The stakes are top, however on this recreation the worst destiny goes house empty-handed,” the corporate stated in a observation Tuesday.
Netflix has opened casting for the display to English-language audio system all over the world. Filming will happen within the U.Okay. The collection is being co-produced by way of manufacturing companies Studio Lambert and The Lawn, which is a part of British broadcaster ITV.
Launched in 2021, “Squid Sport” briefly become a global good fortune. It’s Netflix’s most-watched display of all time with folks dedicating 1.65 billion hours of viewing time within the first 28 days of its unencumber.
Set in South Korea, “Squid Sport” sees 456 gamers in monetary hardship chance their lives via quite a lot of fatal kids’s video games for a big money prize. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the display’s writer, took inspiration for the display from his personal circle of relatives’s struggles after the 2008 monetary disaster. A 2nd collection is now formally within the works.
Netflix stated “Squid Sport: The Problem” will characteristic video games from the unique collection as neatly some “unexpected new additions.” It’ll include 10 episodes in general.
The display is usually a means for Netflix to make use of a few of its profitable content material to deliver extra customers to the platform. The corporate is dealing with headwinds from the have an effect on of emerging inflation, the elimination of Covid-19 restrictions and pageant from rival companies like Disney.