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All Of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyoo has spoken about his friendship with Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk.Lee reently spoke to South Korean news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily in light of his series’ global success – All Of Us Are Dead has been the most-watched series on Netflix globally for two weeks running so far – during which he also touched on the virality of Squid Game last year and his friendship with Hwang.“Director Hwang Dong-hyuk of Squid Game, as all of you are already well aware of, is actually [one of] my closest friends,” he revealed. “When Squid Game hit it off globally last year, I called him to offer my congratulations, but I also admitted that I felt pressured to be next in line as it had already been decided that All Of Us Are Dead would be released early this year.”However, Lee revealed that Hwang had told him that the All Of Us Are Dead director “should be thanking [Hwang] instead of feeling burdened”, before noting how Squid Game had helped usher in the greater global success of other K-drama series.“[Hwang] said, ‘I’ve opened up this door [for you] and you only have to step through and enjoy it.’ I didn’t really understand what he was talking about then, but I do now,” Lee added.

Squid Game.During Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings call, held yesterday (January 20), Sarandos, who also chief content officer at Netflix, announced that a second season of the platform’s hit K-drama series Squid Game has been ordered by Netflix and is currently in the works, per Variety.In addition, Sarandos also described Squid Game’s highly anticipated continuation as the beginning of something big for the series. “The Squid Game universe has just begun,” teased the Netflix head.

Squid Game is starting to show serious awards season brawn as the Korean Netflix series racked up a historic four Screen Actor Guild Award nominations Wednesday. This is the first time a non-English or Korean series has garnered a SAG Award nomination.

Squid Game has taken home its first time at a major US award at the 2021 Gotham Awards.The annual ceremony, organised by the New York City-based Independent Filmmaker Project, was held earlier today (November 29 ET) in lower Manhattan.

The stars of Squid Game are in the Big Apple!

Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo has described himself as a “huge fan” of K-pop boyband BTS.Three members of the cast of hit Netflix series Squid Game – Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo and Jung Ho-yeon – alongside director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk, recently sat down with Variety to participate in a game of ‘Most Likely To’.During the session, four cast and crew members of Squid Game were asked who among them were “most likely to sing a BTS song”, of which the votes were equally split between Jung

‘Squid Game’ Director, ‘Minari’ Actress & BTS On CJ’s Visionary Award List

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about the violent nature of his hit Netflix series.During a recent speech at the SBS D Forum in South Korea, per Yonhap News Agency, Hwang touched on the depiction of violence in the series, noting that he wanted to use that element to reflect the competitive nature of society and what happens when someone fails in that system.“I kept asking questions, like who made this competition system in our society and who drives us into a

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game star HoYeon Jung has signed with CAA. Deadline recently revealed how every agency in town has been trying to land Jung and her co-stars as well as show writer-director, Hwang Dong-hyuk and this marks the first of the group to land at a major agency.

The phenomenal success of Netflix’s Squid Game came seemingly out of nowhere, catapulting its writer-director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and cast to global stardom and making them the hottest commodity in Hollywood. That has created a stampede among the major agencies to sign Hwang and the actors, the vast majority of whom have no Hollywood representation.

Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk has discussed the on-set safety procedures of his hit Netflix series.Hwang spoke about the safety precautions on the set of his hit Netflix series Squid Game during an interview with Variety.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has shared a potential alternate ending to the show.In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Hwang offered a different narrative for the Netflix show in which Player 456 might have actually decided to get on a plane to see his daughter.“We actually wrestled between two different scenarios for the ending,” Hwang told the publication. “There was one, the other alternate ending, where Gi-hun would get on the plane and leave.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAs Hollywood grapples with the accidental shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, I had the chance to talk with “Squid Game” writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk about the safety precautions taken on the set of his intensely violent series. “We of course have a prop master, but also in Korea, we’re not really a gun-owning country, so only the police can have and own a gun,” he said.

It’s become the biggest original series on Netflix ever - and now Squid Game fans have been given the good news they’ve been waiting for.

chaos of “Squid Game” will be returning to Netflix for another season.The streaming megahit’s return was confirmed by writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk in an interview with the Associated Press.Hwang said, “There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season.

Netflix knows a good thing when it sees it.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about how real-life situations inspire his work.In a recent interview with AFP, Hwang spoke about how Squid Game, as well as his past work, is an allegory for “real world” problems.Squid Game had referenced the 2009 Ssangyong motors lay-off, with main protagonist Gi-hun written as one of the many employees that had been retrenched at the time.

The creator behind the hit Netflix phenomenon Squid Game has said viewers have been watching the series wrong.

The creator behind the Netflix phenomenon Squid Game has revealed that viewers are actually watching the show wrong.

Squid Game actress Kim Joo-ryoung has shared her experience working on the hit Netflix series with director Hwang Dong-hyuk.During her interview with OSEN, the star revealed that she had been personally contacted by Hwang instead of going through a standard audition process for her role as Han Mi-nyeo on the show.The actress explained that she had previously worked with the Squid Game director on a 2011 film called Silenced, and then again in 2019 on the set of Collectors, which was subsequently

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk had spoken about how audiences are starting to open up to the idea of watching shows in other languages.In a recent interview with IndieWire, Hwang shared how streaming services like Netflix have made it easier for foreign-language filmmakers to release their work internationally.

Lorraine Kelly has confessed she is frightened by hit Netflix show Squid Game and branded it 'disturbing' as she talked abut its success.

Squid Game star Jung Ho-yeon has opened up about her breakout role in the hit TV series and what she plans to do following her success.In an interview with The Korea Herald, the model-turned-actress opened up about Squid Game being her first major acting role, how she’s dealing with her sudden stardom – Jung recently became the most-followed Korean actress on Instagram – and what she plans to do in the future.Jung noted how she requested to meet with director Hwang Dong-hyuk when the series had

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has discussed the show’s global popularity and why he thinks it became so successful.In a new interview with Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean filmmaker opened up about the Netflix original series’ immediate success. Squid Game was released on September 17, and has since become the first South Korean series to top the US Netflix chart.“It’s just a surprise.

Squid Game writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has spoken about a possible follow-up to the South Korean hit dystopian series on Netflix.In an interview with Variety last Friday (September 24), Hwang talked about the runaway success of the series, and considered the possibility of a sequel.Hwang was the sole writer and director of the show’s debut season, which has been such a hit on the streaming platform that it reportedly sent South Korean media stocks flying last week.He revealed that he doesn’t

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean TV series have dominated viewing preferences across large parts of Asia for the last decade. But it has taken a high-concept survival drama “Squid Game” to become the first K-drama to rate as Netflix’s top show in the U.S.The nine-part Netflix original involves a group of people from all walks of life who sign up for a series of simple, but utterly lethal games, organized by mysterious hosts in masks and red overalls.