EntertainmentWhat led the creator of Round 6 to make a 2nd season of the series?In addition to the desire to continue the story, Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed what motivated him to make new episodes of the Netflix hit today at 4:30 p.m.

Hwang Dong-hyukcreator and director of Round 6he revealed, in an interview with BBCwhich led him to make a second season of the hit Korean Netflix series, despite all the stress he had to produce the first year.

According to the director, in addition to the desire to continue telling the story, which was not finished, his reason was even simpler: “money”. “Even though the first season was such a huge global success, I didn’t earn much, honestly”he confessed.

“So doing the second season will help me make up for the success of the first.”he completed.

What is the story of Round 6?

In Round 6456 people in an emergency situation, who urgently need money, receive a mysterious invitation to join a mysterious game. Those who respond to the invitation are locked in a secret location, where they play children’s games to earn 45.6 billion won (the series’ currency). However, the consequence of losing is no child’s play and results in the death of the participants.

In the second year, which premieres December 26th on Netflixthree years after winning the Lula Game, Player 456 remains firm in his purpose of discovering who is behind the competition to put an end to the cruel scheme and, now, he has money to finance his search.

Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) starts in the most obvious places, looking for the man in a suit who proposed a game to him on the subway platform. As he begins to obtain results in his searches, he realizes that his fight against the organization will be more deadly than he imagined: to end the game, he will need to participate in it again. Check out the preview:

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with maestro João Carlos Martins, an exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for the Oscars 2025 and the launch radar for Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is now available on newsstands, but can also be pre-purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:

SOURCE:BBC

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