Well, the fantasy of people taking part in a Squid Game-esque series was finally completed when Netflix launched the TV series, Squid Game: The Challenge. Based on the Netflix series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the challenge seems to be working out just fine.
However, Netflix faces imminent danger as several fans are allegedly planning to sue the streaming giant. Claiming that some contestants suffered from hypothermia and nerve damage while shooting “Red light, green light”, the fans are not pleased with the Netflix challenge!
Netflix Faces Legal Action For Squid Game: The Challenge
It is no secret that the Korean series became a global phenomenon upon its release. With Netflix raking in millions and series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk focusing on the next season, the streaming giant had to keep the people invested.
With people’s fantasy of taking part in an actual Squid Game, Netflix created the series Squid Game: The Challenge. The TV series followed people from all over the world participating in children’s games for a chance to win a cash prize of $4.56 million at the end. Fans of the Netflix series might remember the first episode of Squid Game when the characters play “Red light, green light”, well, it was in this game that several people allegedly faced hypothermia and nerve damage!
Some contestants from the ‘SQUID GAME’ reality series are threatening legal action aganist Netflix.
Some players allegedly suffered hypothermia and nerve damage while shooting the ‘Red Light, Green Light’ game.
(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/IMjNwZ1xvs
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) November 23, 2023
With the damages at hand, some fans made fun of the incident by tweeting that this was bound to happen since it was a “Squid Game-inspired show” while others tweeted that the people should take legal action against Netflix!
They just mad they lost 😭 I would’ve been on the 2nd level like this pic.twitter.com/qCEiCiiSl9
— Salvage1009 (@NewSalvage) November 23, 2023
Damn guess it got too much like the inspiration
— Anthony Russo (@Anthony_Russo97) November 23, 2023
Maybe Netflix decided to do real SQUID GAME
— zbigi (@zbigi15) November 23, 2023
This is sad because it was never planned to happen.
Quick recovery to those who were affected by the game pic.twitter.com/UNv8Ix9oKb
— Your Favourite person 🚀🇱🇷 (@krissmeka) November 23, 2023
They should take legal action against Netflix
— Isha (@_precious_bean_) November 23, 2023
Well, whatever may be the case, it seems that the reality show is not worth the pain and the hassle as Squid Game: The Challenge did not receive great ratings. Although Netflix raked in millions from the show, its creator Hwang Dong-hyuk candidly revealed that Netflix did not give him a bonus.
Hwang Dong-hyuk Was Not Paid More Than The Contract!
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Back before the 2021 series became a global phenomenon, series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had already signed a contract with Netflix. After the series went on to earn millions, Dong-hyuk candidly revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he is “not that rich”.
“I’m not that rich. But I do have enough. I have enough to put food on the table. And it’s not like Netflix is paying me a bonus. Netflix paid me according to the original contract. I kept having new ideas and revising the episodes as we were filming so the amount of work multiplied.”
Hwang Dong-hyuk further continued,
“I was very financially straitened because my mother retired from the company she was working for. There was a film I was working on but we failed to get finance. So I couldn’t work for about a year. We had to take out loans — my mother, myself, and my grandmother.”
With the first episode recently released on 22 November, the next episode is set for a release date of 29 November. Squid Game: The Challenge has debuted with a rating of 4/10 on IMDB and a low of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes. The series is available to stream on Netflix.
