‘Squid Game’ Director & BTS On CJ’s Visionary Awards List; Red Sea Film Fest Sets Juries – Global Briefs

Squid Game would be a big hit even before its launch.In a new interview with Variety, Netflix’s head of global TV Bela Bajaria said that the streaming giant had always believed the South Korean series would be popular even before it was released. However, the Netflix executive also noted that they didn’t expect the scale of Squid Game’s success.“We knew it would be a big regional hit,” Bajaria said.

Naman Ramachandran Levan Koguashvili’s “Brighton 4th” has won best film at Saudi Arabia’s inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, while Hamzah K. Jamjoom’s “Rupture” won best Saudi film.“Brighton 4th” is Georgia’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category.Haider Rashid won best director for “Europa” and Adam Ali won best actor for his role in the film.

topped streaming ratings in over 80 countries within 24 hours of its debut on Nov 19th. This comes right after gruesome Korean drama “Squid Game” also topped the charts, with a staggering 1.65 billion views its first month out.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has discussed possible plot developments that could feature in the second season of the hit Netflix show.READ MORE: Are you not entertained? Squid Game and the poor as playthings on screenSpeaking during a virtual SAG panel on December 5 (via Entertainment Weekly), Hwang said: “I’m not really in the right place to be discussing season two in an official setting, but if there were to be a season two, in the first season that we saw [Seong] Gi-hun is a character

Squid Game has officially topped the list of most-Googled TV shows of the year.The search engine shared their Year in Search report for 2021, which found the hit Netflix Korean show outranking the likes of Bridgerton, Line of Duty and Love Island.Period drama Bridgerton had been the highest ranking show and most-watched title on Netflix earlier this year, before Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s 10-episode survival drama knocked it off the top spot.The report also revealed the question “Who is H?”, relating

Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia’s first international film event, gets underway, it’s become clear that the artistic director of the fest’s milestone first edition won’t be in charge of programming the second one.Edouard Waintrop, a former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight chief, was conspicuously absent Monday at the opening night gala at the Vox Cinemas multiplex in Jeddah’s historic Al Balad district.Instead of being on the star-studded red carpet, Waintrop was at his home in Spain suffering

Squid Game has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the upcoming 27th Critics Choice Awards.On Monday (December 6), the Critics Choice Association announced its nominees for the upcoming 2022 ceremony. Among the nominations were Squid Game, which has become the first non-English programme to be up for Best Drama Series, per Variety.

Money Heist is set to premiere in 2022.Earlier today (December 1), Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo, who will be playing Berlin in the new adaptation, appeared on the official Money Heist YouTube channel to speak about the forthcoming Korean version of the series.“Hello to all Netflix fans on the planet,” Park says as he takes off one of the iconic masks from the original series, first worn by actor Pedro Alonso, who originated the role of Berlin.

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.

Naman Ramachandran Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec.

Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon has opened up about his hopes for season two of the hit Netflix series.In a recent interview with The Star, the breakout star of the K-drama spoke about his ideal storyline for the upcoming second season of the series.

Gotham Awards will be the first awards body on the independent circuit to choose its winners for the year on Monday.On the film side, two Netflix features lead the tally, both from debut women filmmakers — Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter.” There isn’t always an obvious blueprint to predicting this group. As we saw with last year’s two tied categories (please, God, no more ties), things could get interesting at Cipriani Wall Street.

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.Earlier today (November 25), MrBeast uploaded a video that showcased his take on the viral South Korean drama series, featuring re-creation of games from the Netflix original. The YouTuber had originally shared his intention to host a real-life version of Squid Game last month, and shared images from the set earlier this month.In his take of the game, 456 contestants competed in various for a cash prize of $456,000.

Squid Game, has said that her parents aren’t allowing her to watch the show.To voiced the English dub of the now-iconic character, a robotic doll that directed a violent game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’, but has never seen her appearance.“It all started when my dad asked my mum to watch Squid Game since it was the most popular show in the world at the time.

Naman Ramachandran Italy’s Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the Oscar, BAFTA and Cannes winning film “Cinema Paradiso,” will preside over the features competition jury at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec. 6-15).

Paolo Sorrentino returns to the Oscar fray eight years after he bagged the International Feature prize for The Great Beauty. His latest film, The Hand of God, has been one of the buzz films of the fall festivals, taking home the Venice Grand Jury Prize and also playing at Telluride and London.

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.Earlier this week, the television personality and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a party that featured a theme based on the popular TV series. The celebrity couple had reportedly enlisted party planners Wife Of The Party to help turn their Los Angeles home into the Squid Game set.It was complete with a maze staircase, bunk beds and a light-up pig filled with money, among other elements from the TV show.

Squid Game breakout star Jung Ho-yeon recently reunited with two cast members from the series, Lee Yoo-mi and Kim Joo-ryoung.Vogue recently featured the model-turned-actress on the latest instalment of their 24 Hours series, bringing viewers along on a day of activities with Jung.