FlixPatrol, the newcomer nabbed the top slot within 24 hours of premiering on Nov. 19, during which time viewers in over 84 countries boosted its metrics.Meanwhile, “Squid Game” had spent 46 nonconsecutive days at the top following its Sept.
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Netflix knows a good thing when it sees it.
Now that “Squid Game” has become the streamer’s most-watched series launch ever, Netflix is digging through the archives to feature some of the past work of the series’ creator, South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Netflix announced via Twitter that three of his past feature films were now coming to
FlixPatrol, the newcomer nabbed the top slot within 24 hours of premiering on Nov. 19, during which time viewers in over 84 countries boosted its metrics.Meanwhile, “Squid Game” had spent 46 nonconsecutive days at the top following its Sept.
Squid Game has shown how much CGI was actually used in the series.The video was uploaded by Kim Hyung-rok, a CG supervisor on Squid Game from the South Korea-based Gulliver Studios.
Hellbound has bested Squid Game as the streaming platform’s most popular series.This is according to data by analytics company FlixPatrol, which reports that Hellbound was the Number One most popular TV series globally on November 20, just a day after the series was released.
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
“Squid Game” party called “tone-deaf” by keyboard critics.The “Cravings” author, 35, and her husband John Legend, 42, threw a pricey party over the weekend based on the acclaimed South Korean Netflix show, which centers around people in extreme financial debt risking their lives in a series of dangerous challenges.The famous couple enlisted the help of party planners Wife of the Party to construct the event, People magazine reported, and transform the couple’s California home to look like the
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.
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.
When Netflix series Squid Game was released earlier this year, it quickly smashed all of the streaming giant’s figures and became a global phenomenon. Ever since, diehard fans have been eager to find out if the South Korean series, which tells the story of the brutal children’s games played for big money, would be back on our screens, or whether it was the end of the story.
“Squid Game 2” is going to be a thing.
Squid Game star Anupam Tripathi has revealed that he initially planned to leave South Korea for good before his acting career took off.The Indian actor recently appeared on Breakfast With Tiffany, hosted by Girls’ Generation‘s Tiffany Young, where you spoke about how he had originally intended to leave South Korea following his graduation from the Korea National University Of Arts to explore acting opportunities in India“One day, it got me thinking while taking a walk, ‘Anupam, stay in Korea!
Squid Game appears to have led to a boom in origami in the United Kingdom.The South Korean Netflix show has been a huge hit for the streamer since its debut in September, becoming the most viewed show on the platform in just a matter of weeks.However, The Times reports that the show has helped a surge in the popularity of the Japanese paper-folding art, despite having little to do with Squid Game.The newspaper said that people are using origami to create tiles for the South Korean game of
Netflix has launched a back catalogue of films from Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in the US.The streaming platform took to social media to announce the new additions to the service.“Before bringing the visually astounding and socially relevant Squid Game to life, Hwang Dong-hyuk directed several acclaimed South Korean feature films — and now, three of those movies are available on Netflix in The US,” Netflix announced.Before bringing the visually astounding and socially relevant Squid Game
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmerican streaming firm Netflix faced up to a multi-faceted wave of pressure in South Korea, a country where it has achieved market dominance and which is a vital production hub, this week.The global success of Korean-made Netflix original series “Squid Game” has drawn new attention to the firm’s payments to creators.
Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJapanese death game series “Alice in Borderland” had already been a success for Netflix.
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.
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