The delay of season 2 korean drama Squid Game had to blow a lot of fans on the side of Netflix, but its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk ensures that a new project even more violent is in preparation.
See you in 2024?
Season 1 of Squid Game broadcast in September 2021 had the effect of a bomb to the point of becoming a real social phenomenon, and exploding the counters on the Netflix streaming platform. Indeed, it was seen by more than 142 million subscribers in mid-October 2021, a month after its release. A record.
Such a success which obviously justified a long-awaited sequel. Unfortunately, we learned yesterday during the Canneseries Festival that its creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, had only written 3 pages of the script, and that season 2 could not be unveiled before 2024, at least. An announcement that has undoubtedly disappointed many Netflix subscribers.
An even more controversial and violent project
Corn this delay could be explained by the creation of a completely new project. According to his producer Jun Young Jang, the father of Squid Game board on a movie, Killing Old People Clubadapted from a novel by Umberto Eco which, as its name suggests, evokes serial murders of elderly people.
For now, we know that Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote a 25-page scriptthat this feature film will focus on the third age, and that it promises to be very ” controversial “, in his words. But more, “ It will be more violent than Squid Game “. When you know the degree of violence of the squid game, you can imagine how Killing Old People Club will be disturbing.
Spielberg, fan of the series
Finally, we learn from the site variety also that Steven Spielberg himself validated his survivalat the AFI Awards Luncheon last month: ” Steven Spielberg said to me, ‘I watched your whole show in three days and now I want to steal your brain!’. It was like the biggest compliment I’ve ever received in my life because he’s my movie hero. I grew up watching his movies “. Nice tribute.
