Squid Game

HBO's "Succession" topped this year's Emmy nominations, earning 25 nods on July 12, as "Squid Game" became the first non-English-language drama series shortlisted for glory for television's equivalent of the Oscars.

This year's Emmy contenders will be unveiled Tuesday, with "Squid Game" tipped to become the first non-English-language drama series ever nominated at television's equivalent of the Oscars.

Want to play "Squid Game" for real? Netflix is looking for recruits to compete for millions of dollars and even promises not to have you violently murdered if you lose.

"With the largest cast in reality TV history, 456 real players will enter the game in pursuit of a life-changing cash prize of $4.56 million," the streaming platform said on a site set up to look for candidates.

Netflix has finally announced a second season of sensational South Korean hit "Squid Game" will be coming to the streaming platform.

Fans of "Squid Game" had better not be holding their breath: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has yet to write the script for season two and said on April 4 it would likely not be released before late 2024.

"I have to work on season two. Hopefully, I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024," the South Korean writer-director said at the MIPTV festival in Cannes in the south of France.

In an upset, the deaf family drama "CODA" took top honors at an unpredictable and history-making 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of "Squid Game," the cast of "Ted Lasso" and Will Smith.

The creator of Netflix's "Squid Game" says the hit TV series will be back for a season two, even though most TV shows in South Korea run for just one season. Due to the show's global success, Hwang Dong-hyuk said, "I almost feel like you leave us no choice."

Netflix has launched a project with the U.N.'s cultural body on Oct. 14 to hunt out young filmmakers from sub-Saharan Africa and explore traditional folktales from the region.

"African Folktales, Reimagined" teams the U.S. streaming giant with UNESCO to find six young directors to make a short film to be aired on Netflix next year.