Netflix has dropped the trailer for "Squid Game: The Challenge," set to launch on November 22, taking inspiration from the wildly popular South Korean survival drama series "Squid Game."
In this reality competition, 456 contestants will vie for a jaw-dropping $4.56 million cash prize, with familiar games like Red Light, Green Light making a return.
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While the stakes might not be life-or-death as in the TV show, there is still plenty of drama in store.
The trailer starts with the announcement: "Attention players. You will now compete for our biggest cash prize in reality show history." Contestants' eyes light up as money drops into a massive piggy bank above their heads, eliciting various reactions, from disbelief to excitement.
The trailer offers glimpses of contestants in a high-stakes game of Red Light, Green Light, where a laser-focused girl statue eliminates players if they move when she turns around.
Some contestants hint at betrayals and intense rivalries, emphasizing the extraordinary sum at stake.
While the reality series won't replicate the life-threatening challenges of the original show, it promises new game twists and tests of competitors' strategies, alliances, and characters as they battle for the prize.
Production of the reality series faced controversy, with complaints of poor conditions on set. Some contestants reported freezing temperatures in the UK, where the series was filmed in an air balloon hangar and a few required medical attention.
Netflix defended the show, stating it had implemented appropriate safety procedures.
"Squid Game: The Challenge" will undoubtedly draw attention and generate discussions when it premieres in November, given the global phenomenon that its inspiration, "Squid Game," has become.
