Squid Game

Some 228 contestants, who were immediately eliminated from 'Squid Game: The Challenge' on January 23 in a game of 'Red Light Green Light', provided a memorable story for tabloids, reports 'Variety'. The story made it to the front page for British tabloid 'The Sun', whose January 25 splash read 'Squid Game Horror in UK'.

The 78-year-old is accused of touching a woman inappropriately in 2017, officials said, reports bbc.com. O has denied the allegation, local media report. He became the first South Korean actor to win a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor in a series after his performance in the chart-topping Netflix thriller earlier this year.

Lee arrived at Incheon International Airport with dozens of fans celebrating his historic honour at America's most prestigious awards for TV programming. At the 74th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards held this past Monday, Lee won outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his performance in the global phenomenon "Squid Game", becoming the first non-English-speaking actor winning the category.

The second season of 'Squid Game', series writer-director Hwang confirmed, will commence shooting in 2023 and release in 2024. "We will start shooting Season 2 next year and it'll be released the following year," the series writer-director said. He added that the upcoming season would see improvements in production budgets and the games that will be played in the season have been confirmed.

Held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday night, Jung-Jae was up against names such as Jason Bateman ('Ozark'), Brian Cox ('Succession'), Bob Odenkirk ('Better Call Saul'), Adam Scott ('Severance') and Jeremy Strong ('Succession').

According to the HCA on Tuesday (Korean time), 'Squid Game' was named Best International Series and its lead Lee Jung-jae won Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama, at its annual awards for TV programmes, reports Yonhap, a news agency. For the Best International Series award, the Netflix original competed with the Korean-language epic series 'Pachinko', the Mexican comedy 'Acapulco', the French thriller 'Lupin', the Spanish crime action series 'Money Heist' and the American-Mexican crime drama 'Narcos: Mexico'.

Sharing the teaser, the OTT giant wrote in the tweet, "Red light� GREENLIGHT! Squid Game is officially coming back for Season 2 (sic)." The streamer also shared a special note from Hwang Dong-Hyuk, the creator, writer, director and executive producer as he dispatched the details on which characters are returning for the second instalment.