The hit series "Squid Game" from South Korea is being implemented as a reality show on the streaming service Netflix.
As in the thriller series, 456 participants are to compete against each other in various games, as Netflix announced on Tuesday in a first trailer for "Squid Game: The Challenge".
Accordingly, it is about a prize money of 4.56 million US dollars.
According to Netflix, there has never been a show with more participants or with higher prize money.
Interested parties from all over the world who speak English can therefore apply online to take part with immediate effect.
Filming is expected to take place in early 2023.
However, the game show should not be as risky as the games in the series.
"The stakes are high, but the worst fate in this game is going home empty-handed," reads the casting page.
Planned second season of "Squid Game".
In the Squid Game series, hundreds of highly indebted people compete in children's games to win millions in prize money.
Losers are killed instantly in the macabre competition.
The series also led to criticism in this country: for example, children played the series in a daycare and after-school care center.
With the reality offshoot, Netflix also wants to tackle the loss of viewers.
200,000 subscribers unsubscribed in the first three months of the year, which was the first decline since 2011. Not only the increasing competition, but also the high inflation are causing problems for the streaming service.
Netflix also cites the war in Ukraine as a reason.
So it makes sense to simply continue successful concepts.
And so, apart from the reality show, the broadcaster is also planning a second season of "Squid Game".
In this, the protagonist Gi-Hun should return and get the giant robot doll Young-hee as a friend, according to the Netflix website.