The games are coming to an end. “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae teased the third and final season of the show at Netflix’s Tudum event in California on Saturday. “We are going to be releasing quite soon, I am very nervous,” Lee, 52, told The Hollywood Reporter via a translator. Park Hae-soo, Lee Jung-jae and … Read more
Game on. “Squid Game” Season 2 is now streaming, and some viewers are taking issue with the sophomore installment of the hit bloody Korean Netflix show. “The second season of Squid Game is a thorough letdown,” wrote a critic for The Hollywood Reporter, adding, “Season two simply doesn’t work.” Collider‘s similarly unenthusiastic review read, “You … Read more
The creator of “Squid Game” has responded to backlash over his decision to cast a cisgender actor to play a transgender character on Season 2 of the hit show. Hwang Dong-hyuk spoke about the criticism in a new interview with TV Guide, published on Tuesday. The character at the center of the controversy — a transgender … Read more
Creating “Squid Game” is just as dangerous as playing it. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the mastermind behind the South Korean thriller series on Netflix, recently told the BBC he lost “eight or nine” teeth filming the first season of the show. In a 2022 interview with Variety, the 53-year-old producer said that six of his teeth fell … Read more
South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” was convicted on Friday on charges of sexual harassment and handed a suspended prison sentence, a court official said. The Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court sentenced O to eight months in prison, suspended for two … Read more
Let the games begin. Netfix’s new reality show “Squid Game: The Challenge,” based on the hit South Korean drama, has gotten the green light — and the first trailer is officially here. At first glance, one thing is abundantly clear: “This is a savage game,” says one of the 456 players competing for the massive $4.56 … Read more
The shows we watch not only affect how we feel — they can also have an effect on everything from the economy to geopolitics. It’s a topic explored by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walter Hickey in his new book, “You Are What You Watch — How Movies and TV Affect Everything.” Case in point: The huge … Read more
Contestants on Netflix’s “Squid Game: The Challenge” have reportedly renamed the competition series the “Rigged Game” as they call filming an “inhumane” experience. Four people claiming to be competing on the upcoming season described themselves to Rolling Stone as TV “extras” in an influencer-heavy game predetermined by producers. The Post contacted Netflix for comment. The … Read more
It was a dangerous game show. Netflix is defending their reality series “Squid Game: The Challenge” after it allegedly became too close to the fictional source material — with players allegedly getting stretchered away as the set turned into a frigid “warzone.” The scandal broke while the streaming platform was in the UK secretly filming … Read more
A star of the hit South Korean death contest drama “Squid Game” will stand trial on charges of indecent assault after being accused of inappropriately touching a woman in 2017, a court in the country said Thursday. O Yeong-su, 78, was indicted last week over the allegations, officials with the district court in Seongnam city … Read more
Award-winning “Squid Game” star O Yeong-su has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct in Korea. The 78-year-old was released without detention after being accused of inappropriately touching a woman’s body in 2017, AFP reported. The woman originally filed a complaint against Yeong-su in December 2021. While the case was closed by police this past April, it … Read more
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty Lee Jung-jae took home Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at Monday night’s Emmys for his role in Netflix’s global smash Squid Game, besting the likes of Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk and Succession’s Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox. In the process, he … Read more