‘Squid Game’ Reality Series Coming to Netflix, Will Probably Not Be Death Games?

Good news if you watched Netflix’s massive hit Squid Game and thought: “that looks like fun.” As announced at the Banff World Media Festival today, a new series called Squid Game: The Challenge will pit 456 players against each other for a $4.56 million prize. While details are slim, there’s a pretty good chance you won’t die participating. Probably.

“Squid Game took the world by storm with director Hwang’s captivating story and iconic imagery,” Brandon Riegg, Netflix VP of unscripted and documentary series said via a release provided to Decider. “We’re grateful for his support as we turn the fictional world into reality in this massive competition and social experiment. Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real world contestants navigate the biggest competition series ever, full of tension and twists, with the biggest-ever cash prize at the end.”

Squid Game is the biggest Netflix show of all time, so you probably know the plot, but in case you don’t: 456 people are brought together to participate in a series of deadly children’s games. Only one person will be left at the end, and they’ll win the prize. Over nine tense episodes, we met — and lost — most of theses characters, and the world became obsessed. So obsessed that the initially one-season premise will now be spun out into a second season, and potentially more.

This isn’t the first time someone has tried to do Squid Game in real life, by the way. YouTube phenom MrBeast already did the same thing (and was roundly criticized for it) back in November, though for the comparatively paltry sum of $456,000. Nobody died playing that, either.

And all joking aside, Netflix swears they’re not murdering anyone for this 10-episode reality show, either. Per the release, “As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show – plus surprising new additions – their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them. The stakes are high, but in this game the worst fate is going home empty-handed.”

… Though a corpse can technically go home empty-handed. Just saying.

If you want to risk it, you can even put in to audition for Squid Game: The Challenge right now, though currently Netflix is only looking for English speakers, probably because the English language sections of Squid Game were so great and everyone loved them. To submit yourself to the Front Man, head to SquidGameCasting.com. May the odds be ever in your favor! Oh, sorry, wrong death games franchise.

Here’s a brief teaser to tide you over: