Jung Ho-yeon Was ‘So Happy’ Filming ‘Squid Game’ Death: ‘The Most Comfortable Scene I’ve Ever Had’

Sam Levinson began writing a show in 2006 based on his own experience with drugs as a teenager. When he was brought in to adapt the Israeli series Euphoria for HBO, he found the vehicle to infuse his own struggles with addiction and anxiety into the story. The first season of Euphoria premiered in 2019 and landed nine Emmy nominations, scoring three wins including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Zendaya. Season 2 ended February 27, with the series already gearing up for a third season.

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Late Show With Stephen Colbert were arrested at the US Capitol Building this week.On Thursday night (June 16), seven people were charged with unlawful entry after taping a sketch involving Triumph the Insult Comic Dog – among them was Triumph creator Robert Smigel.The production members were on-site at the Capitol on June 15 and 16 to shoot authorised and pre-arranged (“through Congressional aides”) interviews with members of Congress, CBS said in a statement (as per The Hollywood Reporter).“After leaving the members’ offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police,” CBS said.The group were confronted by police around 8:30pm in the Longworth House Office Building, after it was closed to visitors, according to a statement from US Capitol Police.“Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the statement said. “The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.”“This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S.

The Television Critics Association has announced the nominees for the 2022 TCA Awards set to take place on August 6 in Los Angeles.

Naman Ramachandran Popular shows “Squid Game,” “Succession,” “Sex Education” and “Landscapers” are among the nominees at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s annual TV awards, which will take place as an in-person event on Aug. 25.“Sherlock” producer Sue Vertue serves as this year’s jury President and stand-up comedian and writer Sophie Duker as awards host.Nominees in the acting categories include Jodie Comer in “Help,” Lesley Manville in “I Am Maria,” Letitia Wright in “I Am Danielle,” Maxine Peake in “Anne,” Sharlene Whyte in “Stephen” and Stephen Graham in “Time.”BBC, Channel 4, Sky and Netflix have the most nominations. Channel of the Year nominees are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV.

A version of this story about “Squid Game” first appeared in the Comedy & Drama issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Netflix’s blockbuster series “Squid Game” struck a chord last fall with its unflinching look at a dystopian society in which everyday debt-owing citizens (led by Lee Jung-jae’s empathetic Seong Gi-hun) compete in deadly children’s games for an ever-growing sum of cash that appears to get farther and farther out of reach. But what makes the series scary is how all of the program’s bloodshed and mayhem play against a kid-pleasing, Jordan almond-colored backdrop.“We wanted to use a wider range of colors breaking away from the existing norm typically used for a grim series,” production designer Chae Kyoung-sun said via an interpreter, adding that fairy-tale illustrations and textbooks used by Korean children in the 1970s and 1980s were the inspiration for many of the visual cues.

Eagle-eyed Love Island fans spotted a blunder after contestant Gemma Owen was seen rocking two different outfits in one scene on Monday night. Viewers caught the 19 year old flipping looks in the episode, wearing a skin-tight white dress one moment, and then a pink crop top and a pair of light brown cargo trousers the next — leaving many confused.

Netflix’s fading fortunes?The embattled streamer has announced they’re creating a real-life version of the gory South Korean survival show — with production slated to take place in the UK early next year. “Squid Game: The Challenge” is being billed as “the biggest reality competition series ever created” and will feature 456 contestants battling it out for a whopping $4.56 million in prize money. According to a press release put out by Netflix on Tuesday, the staggering sum will be the largest cash prize ever offered on reality television.

EXCLUSIVE: After being courted by every major agency in town, Squid Game creator, writer/director, and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, , along with his producing partner Kim Ji-yeon, also an executive producer on the series, have signed with CAA.

Netflix is capitalising on the incredible popularity of its Korean hit series Squid Game with a new reality show.The new programme will be in the form of a competition inspired by the horrific challenges contestants have to not only endure, but survive on the drama, which was recently announced to be returning for a season two. Squid Game: The Challenge will see contestants competing for a whopping $4.56million (£3.7million), which will be the biggest cash prize in TV history. While challenges won't actually be life or death, contestants can expect the show to describe them as such.

If you have ever wanted to play “Squid Game” without fear of plummeting to your death or getting stabbed by your bunkmate, you are in luck.

Netflix has greenlit a new Squid Game reality competition series that is going to make TV history.

After becoming the biggest Netflix series ever in a short amount of time last year, it’s not a shock that “Squid Game” was quickly renewed by the streaming service for another season. But even though the renewal was already pretty much confirmed, Netflix decided to go the extra step and make it official with a quick little Season 2 teaser.

Squid Game breakout star Jung Hoyeon and Killing Eve actress Sandra Oh recently came together to discuss what it’s like being at the forefront of Korean-American representation.In a new instalment of Variety’s Actors on Actors conversation series, the two the actresses sat down to chat about the growing amount of Korean-American and Asian-American representation in the media during the past few years.“I think that we both feel like being here together, having this conversation and being shot together is very special – and I’m curious about your point of view,” said Oh, who was born to Korean immigrants in Canada. “This is a real change for us as Korean-Americans, and I’ve been always interested in the native Korean perspective.”The South Korean model-turned-actress the shared her view on what it’s like being a native Korean in media, specially following the success of Squid Game.

Squid Games writer Hwang Dong-hyuk penned a letter to fans to confirm that the hit Netflix show would return for a second season. Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk announced the news on Sunday in a letter to fans, noting that the global popularity of the South Korean show paved the way for a Season 2. He said: “It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year.

Given the massive viewership numbers for the first season of “Squid Game” — more than 1.65 billion views within its first 28 days of release — a second season of the dystopian thriller from South Korea was quickly placed in development.