Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 gets the green light

Squid Game: The Challenge, a 10 episode competition series inspired by inspired by the Netflix streaming service’s South Korean survival drama series Squid Game, began streaming on Netflix near the end of November – and it must be doing extremely well, because Netflix has already announced that Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 has been given a green light!

The season 1 finale is set to start streaming tonight (December 6th) at 9pm Eastern time. The winner will be receiving a $4.56 million reward.

A press release notes that Squid Game: The Challenge has ranked at #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list for the weeks of November 20 and 27, both weeks it was eligible. It also hit the Top 10 in 93 countries. Brandon Riegg, Netflix VP of Nonfiction Series, adds: “There was no red light in our decision to greenlight season two of Squid Game: The Challenge, the most ambitious unscripted show we’ve premiered at Netflix. We’re so excited to continue the franchise of Squid Game with our team in Korea, and producers at Studio Lambert and The Garden for this epic competition series.“

Here’s the set-up for Squid Game: The Challenge: 456 real players will enter the competition show in pursuit of a life-changing reward of USD $4.56 million. As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show – plus surprising new additions – their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them. The $4.56 million prize is the highest competition series prize in history.

The show is a co-production between Studio Lambert (The Circle) and The Garden (24 Hours in A&E), part of ITV Studios, and was filmed in the UK. Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, Toni Ireland from Studio Lambert, John Hay, Nicola Hill, and Nicola Brown from The Garden serve as executive producers.

If you want a chance to be in the next batch of episodes, recruitment for season 2 is open now at SquidGameCasting.com.

In addition to Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix is expanding the franchise with Squid Game: The Trials, a live fan experience, starting December 6th in Los Angeles. Guests will be transported into the iconic Squid Game universe by participating in six fun, immersive and competitive engagements, as seen in and inspired by the original series. There will also be a Night Market with themed food and beverages. Netflix is also producing a video game in the Squid Game universe where players will be able to compete with friends in games they’ll recognize from the series.

It makes sense that they’re putting so much effort into expanding the Squid Game brand, because Squid Game happens to hold the record as their most popular series of all time. Subscribers racked up over 1.65 billion viewing hours in the first 28 days the show was available to watch. Squid Game season 2 is currently in development.

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