Netflix’s record-breaking series Squid Game will hit a pair of movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York later this month as the streamer ramps up its awards campaigning for the Korean series.
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“The Squid Game universe has just begun.”
The words of Netflix Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos, who confirmed that there will “absolutely” be a second season of the surprise smash hit Korean drama.
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has talked about making a second season of the dystopian drama since it became Netflix’s most-watched series and has even teased a third season.
However, Sarandos’ comments are the first time that any of the streamer’s senior execs have confirmed the renewal.
Dong-hyuk created, wrote, directed and exec produced the nine-part series, which has reached more than 142M Netflix households and being streamed for more than 2B hours.
The series tells the story of a mysterious invitation that sees 456 participants, all of whom are in dire financial situations, locked in a secret location and forced to play a series of traditional Korean kids games – such as Red Light, Green Light and tug of war – in order to win 45.6 billion won ($38M). However, if they don’t win, they die.
It comes the same week that Netflix revealed it would launch 25 shows out of South Korea this year. Sarandos admitted that the Oscar success of Parasite was a “turning point” for Korean drama.
He applauded the streamer’s local team for the success of Squid Game.
“They didn’t try to make the show different so that it would travel, but tried to find all the things about Korean cinema and Korean drama and build them up in a way and new levels of production values. It’s not like we had to go in and teach anyone in Korea how to make great content. It’s an incredible market for that. There’s always been curiosity around the world, K Drama market has always had pockets of success all over the place but the ease of delivery that we’ve offered has pushed that
Netflix’s record-breaking series Squid Game will hit a pair of movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York later this month as the streamer ramps up its awards campaigning for the Korean series.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeRed light, klieg lights: “Squid Game” is hitting the big screen. As Screen Actors Guild Award voting continues, Netflix is screening the Korean-language thriller via two-night theater engagements in both New York and Los Angeles.The first season of “Squid Game” will be screened over two successive Saturday afternoons, on Feb. 12 and Feb.
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Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Lucifer,” “Squid Game,” “Luca” and “CoComelon” were among the most popular programming titles on streaming services in 2021 for Black, Asian and Hispanic viewers, Nielsen Analytics found. Other SVOD winners with these three demographic groups were Disney Plus’ “Moana” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” and Netflix’s “Manifest,” “Criminal Minds” and “You” across the categories of original, acquired and movie content.“Squid Game” was a standout on the originals list, as it was one of the most popular programs with Asian, Hispanic and African American viewers. Crunching the demographic data even further, Nielsen researchers found that in Asian households, the Korean-language version of the dystopian, anti-capitalist thriller garnered 45% viewing, and generated one-third of its viewing minutes in Hispanic households.
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First came the ratings records. Then came awards recognition for Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Netflix’s Squid Game.
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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.
The press agent was in a dour mood. “Once upon a time this was the hot season,” she told me. “The town came to life.”