“Squid Game” created the event three years ago. A new program that looks a lot like it is coming out on, still on Netflix.
What are we watching on streaming this week? Faced with the return of two flagship series, The Bridgerton Chronicles on Netflix and Outer RangeEdit on Prime Video, another Korean program can be discovered on the first platform this week. Very similar to Squid Game in its synopsis, the series has something to please fans of dystopian programs.
Inspired by webtoons Money Game And Pi Game by Bae-Jin Soo, The 8 Show follows eight people who need money, invited to play a television program, “Money Game”. They are confined in rooms spread over eight floors in a mysterious building, and are challenged to stay there for 100 days in order to divide the winnings of 44.8 billion won (more than 30 million euros). However, expenses for food, water and electricity are also deducted from the final sum, which can generate tensions between participants. In the casting, subscribers will find Ryu Joon-yeol (Believer), Chun Woo-hee (Be Melodramatic), Park Jun-min, Bae Sung-woo, Moon Jung-hee, or Lee Joo-young.
It’s hard not to see in The 8 Show a scenario similar to that of Squid Game. Remember, in 2021, Hwang Dong-hyeok’s Korean series also told how People in financial difficulties were invited to a mysterious survival competition (not televised this time) and had to participate in traditional, deadly children’s games to win a large sum of money.
If The 8 Show does not include (for the moment) any mortal elements in its scenario, several elements reminiscent Squid Game are found in this synopsis. It must be said that when it was released three years ago, the series was an exceptional success on Netflix, becoming the most watched non-English-speaking series on the streaming platform of all time, with more than 265 million views. . We will now see if this new Korean series in 8 episodes, therefore to be seen in less than 8 hours, will have such a dazzling journey or not. The 8 Show can be discovered on Netflix from May 17, 2024.