Squid Game was the first Korean drama to hit No.1 on Netflix and did it in just four days after its release. According to Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Co-CEO and Head of Content, “Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure,” and has “a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever.”
Sarandos didn’t specify the metric used to gauge Squid Game popularity. Traditionally, Netflix ranks the popularity of its originals by counting how many people watch a title for at least two minutes in the first 28 days of release.
“There’s a show on Netflix right now that is the No. 1 in the world, like everywhere in the world. It’s called Squid Game.
Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure,” Sarandos, who is also the head of content at Netflix, said on Monday at the Code conference in Los Angeles.
But he added that there’s “a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever.”
In an interview with Variety, Dong-Hyuk Hwang says he may return to produce feature movies before making the sequel to Squid Game.
The director is currently working on drafting a film titled KO Club, short for “Killing Old Men Club,” a film depicting an inter-generational war of sorts.
However, a second season has not been ruled out, with Hwang adding that “if I were to do it, I would certainly not do it alone. I’d consider using a writers’ room and would want multiple experienced directors”.
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