The takeaway from Squid Game was that having people compete for cash in a deadly competition is actually totally cool and good, right? Netflix apparently thought so.
The streamer has announced plans to turn the deadly competition from the hit Korean series into an actual reality series. Squid Game: The Challenge will see 456 players compete in a series of games for a $4.56 million prize, similar to the plot of the show — well, except for the part where a bunch of the players die in the process. "The stakes are high, but in this game the worst fate is going home empty-handed," the streamer assured everyone.
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