Largely popular Korean TV show Squid Game will “ absolutely” get a alternate season, according to Netflix’s Ted Sarandos. Theco-CEO verified the plan during the company’s Q421 earnings call in January, intimating that not only will the show get a alternate season, but that Netflix may also be eyeing a wider “ macrocosm” grounded around the series.
Squid Game universe inbound?
Netflix has published its 2021 earnings, noting as part of it that Squid Game was its top show last time, joining its two all- time-stylish pictures Do n’t Look Up and Red Notice. Though the earnings report does n’t elaborate on the company’s future plan for the show, Sarandos did confirm during an earnings call that Squid Game season two is in the channel (via Netflix) When asked whether a alternate season was planned, Sarandos replied, “ Absolutely. The Squid Game macrocosm has just begun.” That brief statement presents an instigative possibility Netflix may be looking at Squid Game as further than an insulated megahit and rather as a proper macrocosm upon which to make future content.
Netflix is no foreigner to telling stories all set within the same fictional worlds. In November 2018, for illustration, the company revealed plans to launch multiple shows all set in the Roald Dahl macrocosm. Simiarly, Netflix targeted the popular Resident Evil macrocosm as the foundation for telling new stories. Beyond that, Netflix has formerly subsidized on Squid Game ‘s fashionability with a line of wares.
Unfortunately, Netflix is keeping quiet about its bigger plans at this time. We do n’t yet know when Squid Game season two will arrive and how its “ macrocosm” may be abused going forward.
Setting a new record
Viral successes, despite companies’ stylish sweats to replicate them, tend to come and go without warning, springing up putatively out of nowhere to blow down the competition. We ’ve seen multiple Netflix Originals earn this honor over the times, including successes like Stranger Effects, and September 2021 brought us the rearmost illustration of this miracle Within its first couple of months on the streaming platform, Squid Game soared to fashionability around the world, snappily getting Netflix’s most successful original of all time. Though the company tends to keep its show and movie data a secret, it does break that trend when there’s a good reason to vapor That’s why we know that Squid Game dredged in1.65 billion hours of streaming within its first month on Netflix, where it debuted on September 17, 2021. In comparison, according to Variety, the alternate-biggest show on the platform, Bridgerton, pulled in 625 million hours of streaming over the same timespan.