Watch out: real-life Squid game comes to Netflix this November

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Squid Game: The Challenge

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Next time you’re at a train station, keep your eyes peeled —Squid Gameis now officially real.Netflixhas announced that thereality showbased on the massively successful series will air this November.

TitledSquid Game: The Challengethe stakes won’t quite be life and death like the original Korean series (that became the most-watched show on Netflix), but they will still be pretty high. 456 contestants will battle it out for the largest prize in reality TV history $4.56 million. You won’t need toshare a passwordwith anyone after winning such a sum, but you also might not have any friends to watch with as Netflix promises “opportunistic alliances, cutthroat strategies and timely betrayals to follow.” that all sounds great, worthy of one thebest streaming servicesfor sure.

Netflix is of course known for its scripted series andthe best Netflixmoviesbut has dabbled in reality shows before. Recent years have seen a revival of US classicThe Moleand the incredibly tough lookingPhysical 100joining a spate of dating shows such asLove is Blind.

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Squid Game: The Challenge

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Like the original show, Squid Game: The Challenge will feature contestants facing off in a series of re-imagined children’s games across ten episodes with both physical and social challenges. It was in fact filmed in the UK so here’s hoping for a deadly version of the playground classic Sticky Toffee. That might actually not be too far from the truth as the reality series has already made headlines over contestants sustaining injuries and being subjected to brutal conditions.Netflix has refuted these claims, however.

If that’s not enough Squid Game for you, Netflix has already confirmed that the scripted show will receive asecond series, if you ever doubted it. Series one protagonist Gi-hun is set to return but the continuation of the show will probably take a few more years to appear. Until then every Halloween is bound to be full of people in pink guard uniforms and green tracksuits so fill your boots.

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