Squid Game comes to real life in Netflix’s reality show The Challenge
We’ve known for a year that Netflix is taking the dystopian game show in breakout hit Squid game and turn it into a reality game show. Now we have proof of it, in the form of a sneak peek trailer that premiered at Saturday’s Tudum event.
In the trailer, we see the iconic costumes of the Squid Game workers, as well as a quick sequence of time-lapse images showing the construction of the show’s giant sets. We also see the bunks where contestants are likely to stay, the show’s green uniforms they’ll be wearing, and the show’s first challenge: red light, green light.
This time, of course, it takes place without gunfire. The 456 contestants compete for a record prize of $4.56 million, with the “punishment” for losing being that they go home empty-handed.
Squid Game: The Challenge was filmed in the UK and has already faced a troubled production. a Vanity Fair report in February detailed what participants called a “manipulated, traumatic” experience, with some reportedly considering taking legal action against Netflix after their movie time.
Squid Game: The Challenge premieres on Netflix in November.