The creator of ‘The Squid Game’ is developing a satire on the success of the series

The creator of ‘The Squid Game’, Hwang Dong-hyuk is immersed in the development of the second season of the Korean series. After all, it has become the most successful Netflix series in its entire history. However, he has also announced that he is in the early stages of developing a satire on precisely the huge success of his series.

Talking with dead linethe writer stated that for now it is titled ‘The Best Show on the Planet’, and it would deal with the surprising success, overnight, of ‘The Squid Game’ and its personal experience of being “pushed into the spotlight”.

Mind you, Hwang has stated that the project is still at a very early stage. Recall that ‘The Squid Game’ premiered in September 2021 and it did not take a month to become the most watched series in Netflix history.

Although its continuation was up in the air, the success forced the confirmation of a second season that Hwang hopes will be released at the end of 2024. In fact, Hwang has not yet finished the scripts according to an interview with him. Variety:

Is here. Not on the page, it’s here (pointing to his head) It’s all secret. I can not say anything.

This new project and the second season of ‘The Squid Game’ are not the only ones that the South Korean has ahead of him. He is also developing a film called ‘Killing Old People Club’, inspired by Umberto Eco and which he has defined as “controversial” and “violent”.