Will Squid Game get a season 2? 10 things to know about the hit Netflix K-drama, from that TikTok Dalgona candy trend to elements from the TV show that exist IRL
- Squid Game was originally intended to be a feature film, as creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has directed K-movies like Silenced, The Fortress and Miss Granny
- While Kingdom kicked off a Korean hat trend, Squid Game had viewers going crazy for honeycomb toffee candy on social media
Netflix’s Squid Game follows people competing for money in violent games – and has become one of the streaming giant’s biggest success stories.
The show was originally called something else
Netflix announced plans for the series in September 2019 and it was originally called Round Six.
Hwang Dong-hyuk began working on the script over a decade ago
This collaboration with Netflix was creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s first time working with an international entertainment company.
Hwang began working on his script in 2008 and finished the first draft of it in 2009. It took the writer and director nearly six months to write the first two episodes of Squid Game alone.
He told Radio Times that at the time the story felt “unfamiliar and violent” and he worried people would find it too abstract to be commercialised and find a wider audience.