MrBeast’s $5 million game show for Prime Video could one-up Netflix’s Squid Game

YouTuber MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) has struck a deal with Prime Video to host a new reality competition series called Beast Games. The show will have 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 million reward, which the press release claims is “the biggest single prize in the history of television and streaming.” There aren’t any details yet … Read more

‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Byung-hun Home Burglarized, Ransacked

Lee Byung-hun probably wants to go all “Squid Game” on someone … because the Netflix star’s home got hit by burglars. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … one of Lee’s staff members stopped by his Los Angeles area home last week to find the place ransacked. We’re told the thieves smashed a sliding glass door … Read more

Squid Game Season 2 Is Coming Much Sooner Than You’d Think

Photo: Noh Juhan/Netflix Squid Game: The Challenge may have been controversial—but it was a huge hit for Netflix, and now there’s good news for both the streamer and fans who’d much rather have the real deal than the reality competition spin-off: the smash hit South Korean thriller will finally return this year. Squid Change Color to … Read more

‘Squid Game’ Contestants Break Silence On Gut-Wrenching Challenge

One of the most iconic challenges from Netflix’s “Squid Game” became a devastating reality for “Squid Game: The Challenge” contestants. Player 301 Trey Plutnicki and his mother LeAnn Wilcox Plutnicki, Player 302, tugged on viewers’ heartstrings as the two competed side by side on the new reality show. Things took a turn when the pair … Read more

Anti-Capitalism Minor Part of Show

Photo: Pete Dadds/Netflix I… hm. Huh. Hmm. I.. what? What. Huh. I’m sorry. What? Netflix’s Squid Game reality show The Challenge—a competitive adaptation of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s dystopic, anti-capitalist thriller—has seemed like a terrible idea, even for Netflix, since it was announced. Whoever came away from the show’s gripping tale of desperate people forced to confront … Read more

How Netflix Is Extending Its Tentacles Across Asia in Search of the Next ‘Squid Game’

There’s no shortage of metrics to gauge the runaway success of Squid Game. The dystopian South Korean death-or-glory drama is Netflix’s most-watched series of all time, clocking 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first month (equivalent to 190,000 years). It received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning six. Squid Game star O Yeong-su was the … Read more

‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Cast Revealed – 4 Stars Returning! | Choi Seung-hyun, Gong Yoo, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim, Kang Ha-Neul, Lee Byung-Hun, Lee David, Lee Jin-uk, Lee Jung-jae, Netflix, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-Hoon, Roh Jae-won, Slideshow, Squid Game, Television, Wi Ha Jun, Won Ji-an, Yang Dong-Geun, Yim Si-Wan | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Squid Game has found its cast for Season 2! The smash hit Netflix television series unveiled the cast lineup for the highly anticipated follow-up season, which is said to have begun filming over the summer. Several cast members are returning from the first season, and there are several more joining the cast – some of … Read more

‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Contestants React to Reports About Filming Conditions (Exclusive)

Real-life contestants are taking on the iconic Squid Game obstacles in Netflix’s competition series, Squid Game: The Challenge. In the new reality adaptation of the Emmy-winning Korean drama series, a massive cast of 456 competitors enter a challenge space designed to look just like the show, with towering bunk beds, a twisted, colorful staircase, and ominous masked guards.  … Read more

The Challenge Netflix Reality Show Trailer

Image: Netflix The social experiments seen in Netflix’s Squid Game dystopian future series have become real in our dystopian present: the trailer for the reality game show inspired by the hit series gathers 456 real contestants to put their skills to the test for that grand, glass-pig-encased prize of $4.56 million. Squid Change Color to Hide … Read more

Netflix drops new poster and release date for ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’

The first poster for Squid Game: The Challenge has been released along with the release date by Netflix. The one of its kind reality show will debut on Netflix on November 22. The show is inspired by the hit survival show Squid Game, and pits 456 contestants against each other for prize money of $4.56 … Read more