Netflix Sets Premiere for Reality Show "Squid Game: The Challenge"

The reality competition version of Squid Game, "Squid Game: The Challenge", is coming later this year.

Netflix revealed that the show will premiere on its service in November. It comes 17 months after the series was handed a greenlight by the giant streamer.

The competition features 456 players competing for a $4.56M cash prize – the largest cash prize for a reality series.

The ten-part series will see contestants competing in a series of games inspired by the show plus some new ones and their strategies, alliances, and characters will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them.

It is produced by Studio Lambert, the All3Media-backed producer behind Netflix series such as "The Circle", and Peacock/BBC hit "The Traitors" and "The Garden", the ITV Studios-backed producer behind Channel 4 ob-doc series 24 Hours in A&E. It was filmed in the UK.

Stephen Lambert, Tim Harcourt, and Toni Ireland from Studio Lambert, as well as John Hay, Nicola Hill, and Nicola Brown from The Garden, serve as executive producers.

Netflix faced an independent safety assessment after contestants required medical attention during filming. Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reminded producers to plan properly for risk on the re-creation of the blockbuster Korean drama but ultimately decided that no further action was necessary.