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'Squid Game' wins two prizes at US critics' awards
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'.
'Squid Game' to return with second season, streamer drops intriguing teaser
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.
'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae debuts as director with 'Hunt' at Cannes
At Grand Theatre Lumiere, the main venue of the world's most prestigious film festival, 'Hunt' was first shown as part of the non-competition Midnight Screening section and received a three-minute standing ovation. Lee, who also starred in the movie, and lead actor Jung Woo-sung stood together and thanked the audience, who clapped and cheered for the 131-minute film that depicts the intelligence war between South and North Koreas during the military regime in the 1980s.
'Squid Game' director says HoYeon Jung might return as a twin in Season 2
'Squid Game' director Hwang Dong-Hyuk said that he is working hard on ideas for the next season of the South Korean killer survival drama. Speaking to Deadline on the red carpet at Saturday's Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony, the show's creator said there is nothing to see just yet, but he is working hard on ideas for the next season of the South Korean killer survival drama, reports deadline.com.
SAG Awards 2022: 'Squid Game' makes history
Popular Korean survival television show "Squid Game" won Outstanding Action Performance as a Stunt Ensemble at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. They are also nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-Jae and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Jung Ho-Yeon, reports eonline.com.
K-Dramas, thrillers, reality series still dominate Netflix
Korean zombie thriller ‘All of Us Are Dead', which features a familiar ‘Squid Game' face, made its debut on the streamer's non-English language TV Top 10 list for the week of January 24-30, coming in at No. 1 with 124.79 million hours viewed. This marks the most hours viewed in the premiere week for any Korean title since Netflix began releasing its Top 10 data last year, reports variety.com.
'Squid Game' propels South Korea to Netflix's No. 2 content supplier
South Korea remained the No. 2 supplier of popular content to Netflix in the fourth quarter of last year, US online media have reported. According to What's On Netflix, a private online site that provides information on Netflix content, on Wednesday (US time), South Korean-made shows accounted for 11.8 per cent of the top 10 films and TV series in the final three months of 2021.
SAG Awards noms: 'Squid Game' makes history, 'Yellowstone' finally gets a nod
Another headline-maker in the nominations announced on Wednesday was 'Yellowstone', the Kevin Costner-led blockbuster series now in its fourth season. After being ignored by all major awards events in its three previous seasons, 'Yellowstone' picked up a nomination in the company of 'Succession', 'The Morning Show' and 'The Handmaid's Tale'.
'Squid Game' maker teases Season 2; third may be coming soon
During a new interview, Dong-hyuk teased that two more seasons of the thriller series are probably coming soon, reports aceshowbiz.com. Speaking with KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), Dong-hyuk said that he is in talks with Netflix about Season 2 "as well as season 3." He went on to share: "We will come to a conclusion any time soon."
'Squid Game', 'Hellbound', BTS success reflects West's acceptance of Korean culture
'Squid Game', a dystopian Korean drama series, has become the most-watched Netflix content of all time with more than 1.65 billion hours of viewing in the first four weeks after its release in September, reports Yonhap News Agency. The nine-part series is about contestants competing in deadly Korean children's playground games to win 45.6 billion won ($38.5 million) in prize money.
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