'Squid Game' Shares Chilling First Teaser for New Netflix Reality Competition 'The Challenge'
etonline.comTudum: A Global Fan Event, which was broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil, Netflix shared the first official look and teaser for the upcoming reality competition,.
The new series is based on the popular Korean-language and Emmy-winning thriller and will see real people vying for a cash prize in what the streaming platform is claiming to be «the biggest reality competition series ever.» In the 30-second clip that debuted during the Netflix convention, audiences got a brief taste of the intense competition to come. «This November, the world's most notorious game becomes reality,» the footage read as it showed footage of 's now-iconic sets being reconstructed for real people.
The teaser also showed some of the contestants entering the arena for the first child's game, Red Light, Green Light, with Young-hee, the motion-sensing animatronic killer doll returning after first appearing in season 1 of the scripted series.
According to Netflix, 456 real-life contestants will compete in a series of games inspired by the original show as well as some «surprising new additions» as they vie to win «a life-changing reward of $4.56 million.» In order to make it through to the finish, their strategies, alliances and personal character will be tested as each of them are eliminated one by one.«The stakes are high, but in this game the worst fate is going home empty-handed,» the platform teased when the 10-episode reality series was first announced in 2022.
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