Taking part in Squid Sport could be deadly, and it making sounds nearly as harmful — a minimum of to your tooth.
The creator of Netflix‘s South Korean hit collection, Hwang Dong-hyuk, laughed as informed the BBC he had misplaced “eight or 9” tooth because of the stress of creating Season 1. It had beforehand been reported he’d misplaced six.
Which may make you marvel why he’s returned to make extra. Hwang revealed from the set of Season 2 that like determined gamers in Squid Sport compete in literal life-or-death competitions tailored from kids’s video games to win an enormous money prizes, cash was the motivating issue that introduced him again for a second run.
Hwang has typically talked about how the license charge Netflix paid for his present, which he had been making an attempt to make for greater than a decade earlier than it acquired a greenlight, minimize him out of the large back-end revenues Squid Sport made when it surprising blew up high change into the streamer’s largest hit in 2021.
“Regardless that the primary collection was such an enormous international success, truthfully, I didn’t make a lot,” he informed the BBC. “So doing the second collection will assist compensate me for the success of the primary one too. And I didn’t absolutely end the story.”
Compensation has been a serious matter of dialogue in Korea, which has change into considered one of Netflix’s essential worldwide priorities due to the artistic rush coming from the nation. Apart from Squid Sport, Korea has birthed The Glory and Extraordinary Lawyer Woo amongst others, with the streamer pledging $2.5BN funding in Korean content material in April 2023, to be spent over 5 years.
Nevertheless, lawmakers are involved concerning the profit-sharing mannequin Netflix makes use of and about how its native dominance has pushed up prices. In an interview with Deadline final yr, the streamer’s VP of Content material for Korea, Don Kang, stated: “We’re working very laborious to reward our creators pretty and on the best stage doable. We pay upfront sums that mirror what could possibly be calculated as residuals, which typically result in compensation at a better stage than if residuals have been paid.” He additionally claimed residual programs have been an industry-wide situation and must be handled as such.
Netflix made a revenue of 12.1B gained ($8.M), final yr, and was the one streamer working within the black, based on filings from earlier this yr. Income jumped 6.5% to 823.3B gained.
Squid Sport‘s second season returns on December 26 world wide. It’ll star Lee Jung-jae, who reprises his function as protagonist Gi-hun. Going down three years after Gi-hun gained the primary recreation, he returns to play once more and destroy it after ditching his dream of touring to the states. The BBC reported the dormitory the place the contestants sleep at evening is split in two in Season 2, with gamers allowed to go away the sport if a majority decides.
The BBC additionally revealed there can be extra backstory to the villainous Entrance Man, who oversees the sport.“Individuals will see extra of the Entrance Man’s previous, his story and his feelings,” stated actor Lee Byung-hun, who performs the character. “I don’t suppose this can make viewers heat to him, however it might assist them higher perceive his selections.”
Hwang jokingly stated that stress of manufacturing the second run meant his tooth have been aching once more: “I haven’t seen my dentist but, however I’ll most likely have to tug out a number of extra very quickly,” he stated.
Final month, we revealed David Fincher is growing a English-language Squid Sport collection, which might increase a universe that additionally contains the unscripted hit Squid Sport: The Problem.
Taking part in Squid Sport could be deadly, and it making sounds nearly as harmful — a minimum of to your tooth.
The creator of Netflix‘s South Korean hit collection, Hwang Dong-hyuk, laughed as informed the BBC he had misplaced “eight or 9” tooth because of the stress of creating Season 1. It had beforehand been reported he’d misplaced six.
Which may make you marvel why he’s returned to make extra. Hwang revealed from the set of Season 2 that like determined gamers in Squid Sport compete in literal life-or-death competitions tailored from kids’s video games to win an enormous money prizes, cash was the motivating issue that introduced him again for a second run.
Hwang has typically talked about how the license charge Netflix paid for his present, which he had been making an attempt to make for greater than a decade earlier than it acquired a greenlight, minimize him out of the large back-end revenues Squid Sport made when it surprising blew up high change into the streamer’s largest hit in 2021.
“Regardless that the primary collection was such an enormous international success, truthfully, I didn’t make a lot,” he informed the BBC. “So doing the second collection will assist compensate me for the success of the primary one too. And I didn’t absolutely end the story.”
Compensation has been a serious matter of dialogue in Korea, which has change into considered one of Netflix’s essential worldwide priorities due to the artistic rush coming from the nation. Apart from Squid Sport, Korea has birthed The Glory and Extraordinary Lawyer Woo amongst others, with the streamer pledging $2.5BN funding in Korean content material in April 2023, to be spent over 5 years.
Nevertheless, lawmakers are involved concerning the profit-sharing mannequin Netflix makes use of and about how its native dominance has pushed up prices. In an interview with Deadline final yr, the streamer’s VP of Content material for Korea, Don Kang, stated: “We’re working very laborious to reward our creators pretty and on the best stage doable. We pay upfront sums that mirror what could possibly be calculated as residuals, which typically result in compensation at a better stage than if residuals have been paid.” He additionally claimed residual programs have been an industry-wide situation and must be handled as such.
Netflix made a revenue of 12.1B gained ($8.M), final yr, and was the one streamer working within the black, based on filings from earlier this yr. Income jumped 6.5% to 823.3B gained.
Squid Sport‘s second season returns on December 26 world wide. It’ll star Lee Jung-jae, who reprises his function as protagonist Gi-hun. Going down three years after Gi-hun gained the primary recreation, he returns to play once more and destroy it after ditching his dream of touring to the states. The BBC reported the dormitory the place the contestants sleep at evening is split in two in Season 2, with gamers allowed to go away the sport if a majority decides.
The BBC additionally revealed there can be extra backstory to the villainous Entrance Man, who oversees the sport.“Individuals will see extra of the Entrance Man’s previous, his story and his feelings,” stated actor Lee Byung-hun, who performs the character. “I don’t suppose this can make viewers heat to him, however it might assist them higher perceive his selections.”
Hwang jokingly stated that stress of manufacturing the second run meant his tooth have been aching once more: “I haven’t seen my dentist but, however I’ll most likely have to tug out a number of extra very quickly,” he stated.
Final month, we revealed David Fincher is growing a English-language Squid Sport collection, which might increase a universe that additionally contains the unscripted hit Squid Sport: The Problem.
