'Squid Game' Director Hwang Dong-hyuk Reveals He Is Working On a "Much More Violent" New Project
With a working title, ‘Killing Old People Club.’
Director and creator of the popular Netflix K-drama Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk has revealed that he is working on a new project that is “much more violent” than his last.
Variety reported that he is currently developing a new film with a working title, Killing Old People Club or K.O. Club. The storyline is inspired by a novel written by Umberto Eco, a well-known Italian essayist and intellectual. In a current conversation at MipTV, the director, alongside producer Jun Young Jang at February Films, revealed that he has already written a 25-page treatment about the project. He calls the project “another controversial film” and even alluded that “it will be more violent than Squid Game.”
The creator is slated to write the second season of Squid Game, which he hopes will stream on Netflix by 2024. Coming off of the awards season, director Hwant states that his biggest praise is from Steven Spielberg, who once told him he wanted to “steal [his] brain.”
Stay tuned for more information on the new project.
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