Squid Game goes from Netflix to Hollywood! Mr Beast's video, The Challenge, David Fincher's?work among?adaptations
Squid Game has become a pop culture phenomenon, so it's no surprise that people both within and outside of Netflix have tried to adapt its premise and formula to different mediums. From unofficial YouTube recreations to licensing efforts helmed directly by Netflix, here's how Squid Game is being adapted after its runaway success.
Squid Game season 3 is the final season of Netflix¡¯s runaway hit series that focuses on a deadly game that protagonist Seong Gi-Hun gets roped into after his dire life circumstances leave him tempted by the opportunity. However, the series has already become a pop culture phenomenon, being one of Netflix¡¯s biggest success stories not just in South Korea, but also worldwide. Therefore it should come as no surprise that there have already been multiple attempts to adapt the premise to other formats including a YouTube recreation, a Netflix game show, and a currently in-production Hollywood adaptation. Let¡¯s take a look at the three.
Mr Beast¡¯s Squid Game video
I now have every game from Squid Game built in real life :) pic.twitter.com/kzeeuSF7Rv
¡ª MrBeast (@MrBeast) November 13, 2021
One of the first major adaptations of Squid Game¡¯s premise came from Mr Beast, the biggest channel on YouTube, who posted an unofficial recreation of Squid Game after the release of the first season. The video, uploaded on 25 November 2021, recreated many of the iconic challenges of the Squid Game series, with contestants being invited to compete for a $456,000 cash prize. Mr. Beast has since continued organizing game shows, with him signing a high-profile contract with Amazon Prime in 2024 to launch his own game show series known as Beast Games.
Netflix¡¯s Squid Game: The Challenge
After Mr. Beast, it was Netflix¡¯s turn to make Squid Game into their own reality show. Squid Game: The Challenge was produced in the United Kingdom by Studio Lambert and The Garden, and had 456 contestants play the various challenges for a shot at winning a cash prize of $4.56 million. The first season of Squid Game: The Challenge aired from 22nd November 2023 to 6th December of the same year. Shortly before the first season finale, Netflix confirmed that a second season of the reality game show had been greenlit.
David Fincher¡¯s Squid Game
David Fincher¡¯s ¡®SQUID GAME¡¯ series will be set in America.
¡ª DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 28, 2024
(Source: Deadline) pic.twitter.com/TISOaYU2Sn
Squid Game is set to have a Hollywood live-action adaptation helmed by David Fincher, as reported by Deadline on October 2024. The project is still relatively early in development, so exact details on the production are sparse. However, given that the original Squid Game¡¯s finale is fast approaching, it¡¯s entirely possible that Netflix might promote David Fincher¡¯s work next to continue the franchise.
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Pulak Kumar is an entertainment and current events writer who got his start with bylines in Sportskeeda and Koi Moi. He's immensely passionate about understanding and analyzing the latest happenings in Hollywood, anime, gaming and pop culture.
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