Squid Game : From Not Given A Chance To Global Trending No. 1 — Facts You May Not Hear Before
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Squid Game : From Not Given A Chance To Global Trending No. 1 — Facts You May Not Hear Before
South Korea proved its dominance on the OTT platform with the Squid Game. Movie-series lovers all over the world are now high on 'Squid Game' fever. Just a month after its release, the series broke Netflix's past record. This post is about the unknown information of that Squid Game series which has smashed all the obstacles and gained skyrocketing popularity.
Squid Game Story Origin
Hwang Dong, the creator of the Squid Game series, started his story in 2006. The idea of a Squid Game series came to his mind before 2006. Battle Royale, LIAR Game, and Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji Manga inspired him in this regard. He prepared the preliminary draft by 2009. From the beginning, the script was taken to various production houses in Korea, but it was repeatedly returned on the pretext of 'strange' and 'unreal'. In an interview with the Radio Times, Hwang Dong said he was particularly concerned about whether viewers would be able to adapt to this completely unfamiliar and murderous story in 2009. As a result, he has a hard time figuring out how successful this series will be.
Road To Netflix
Netflix then took over the reign on OTT platforms around the world. Seeing the variety in its content, Huang approached Netflix.
In 2019, Netflix showed interest in making a series with this story. They made an official announcement in September of that year. Through squid games, Huang Dong Heuk started his journey with a big and international production house. Although the series was initially named 'Round Six' for a total of six games, it was later renamed the popular Korean game 'Squid Game'.
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Series Instead Of Movie
In an interview with Variety, Huang Dong said the project was first made as a feature film. Looking at Huang's construction list, it's no surprise. He is the author and producer of hit Korean movies such as Silence (2011) and The Fortress (2016). Also, one of the best musical comedy genres in the history of Korean film, the Korean movie 'Miss Granny' has come by him. He was the director and screenwriter of that movie. In a YouTube video called 'Still Watching Netflix', he said that there was no character named Detective Police Jun-Ho in the original movie. This character was born during the series transition from the movie. Note that the girl named Ji-Young, who gave her life to save Sye-Bayak, was initially a male character. Because, it seemed to Huang, the female character would be more suited to the event than the male.
Squid Game's Set Design
The city of Daejeon in South Korea has been chosen as the shooting set for the series. Many sound stages and studios have been used there. However, the most difficult and challenging was to create a set of marble games, which took a lot of time for the production team to make. The director took the idea of making a bedroom for the players from the ant's nest. And the colorful maze-like staircase was designed by Dutch artist M. C. From Escher's Relativity (1954) sketch. In the bedroom of all the players, there was an indication of what games to play. At first, due to the large number of beds for the players, they did not catch anyone's eye.
In addition to the chaos that started the following night, it gradually became apparent as the number of players decreased. According to the story of the series, a total of 458 players participated in the game. The oldest of them had a shirt number of 001, and the main character of the series, Seung Gi-hun, had a shirt number of 456. Interestingly, a total of 458 people were present on the shooting set. The number of people killed in each game is exactly the number of people killed from the shooting set.
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Korean Games
All of the games featured in the series are modeled after some of Korea's most popular games. Most of it was played by Huang in his childhood. The method in which Ji-Han is seen licking honeycomb candy in the series is the method that Huang used mainly in his childhood.
The game of squid was extremely popular in Korea in the seventies and eighties. Its original name in Korean is Ojingeo. However, 'Squid Gaison' and 'Squid Takkari' are some of the variations of the game. The game basically consists of three geometric symbols, circles, triangles, and quadrilaterals, respectively. These indicate the order of the guards throughout the series. He wanted to include some more Korean children's games in this series; Such as- 'Gangi', 'Dong', 'Dongdemun', 'Hana Ichi Monme' etc. But since those games did not fit in the series, they had to be dropped later.
The Giant Creepy Doll
The giant doll shown in the first episode is one of the scenes in the squid game series that has gone viral on social media. The doll was originally borrowed for series construction purposes. It will be seen in Ginsun County, three hours from the South Korean capital, Seoul.
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The Harassment Of Phone Calls
Despite not watching 'Squid Game', a South Korean woman has been able to guess the popularity of the series. Because, the number printed on the back of the card matched his phone number. The woman claimed that about four thousand calls came to number in one day. At first he did not understand why all of a sudden there were so many calls on his phone. Why is everyone talking about him joining the squid game? A friend later said that his number had been used in the Squid Game. The woman was almost gone mad at those extra phone calls, finally got too much annoyed and lodged a complaint against Netflix. South Korean presidential candidate Huh Kyung-yong offered the SIM company 85,000 dollar just to buy the number. Production company Netflix said they were trying to resolve the issue. They will soon cut the scene of that number from the series.
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| Squid Game Source: Netflix |
Squid Game Statistics
The squid game became very popular after its release on September 17, 2021. On the night of October 12, Netflix tweeted that the series had broken all previous records. In just 10 days, the squid game has risen to the top of the series rankings in 90 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Russia, and Hong Kong. On September 19, the series was ranked No. 6 in the United States, but the next day it jumped to second place. On September 21, it topped the series rankings, which no other Korean series has done before.
As of October 12, the series had been watched by around 111 million viewers worldwide. Earlier, the record for most views was held by the British romance series 'Bridgeton'. A total of 62 million people watched it within 28 days of its launch. Due to the huge popularity of the series, Netflix dubbed a total of 13 different languages as well as subtitles in 31 languages. The first season of the series cost 21.4 million, less than Netflix's The Closer, Dave Chappell. At an average of 2.4 million per episode. But the pot of profit has been filled and overflowed many times. As of last news, the Squid Game has become one of the super-duper blockbusters in Netflix's career with a revenue of over 690 million.
Squid Game Second Season
There is no end to the speculation about whether the second season of the series will come. However, director Huang or netflix hasn't announced anything till now. But all the movie-series lover all over the world waiting for the announcement of season two. We hope Huang and Netflix won't gonna make them waiting too long or break their heart by rejecting further possibilities.
The 'Squid Game' series has added a new dimension to the world. The world has been shaken even in Non-English language series. If the quality is maintained, the language cannot stand in the way of world conquest. The way squid games, Dark, La Casa de Papel have spread like wildfire all over the world without being an English language series, has set a unique precedent in the series world.
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