South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk announces his next big project after sweeping Netflix with ‘The Squid Game’. The film, with the working title of ‘Killing Old Men’s Club’, will be inspired by a novel written by the Italian philosopher and writer Umberto Eco.
If ‘The Squid Game’ already caused a stir due to its risky proposal, ‘Killing Old Men’s Club’ does not expect to be left behind. “It will be more violent than ‘The Squid Game,'” Dong-hyuk warns. According to Variety, the director discussed his project with his producer Jun Young Jang (February Films) during a MipTV event in Cannes and confirmed that he has already written a 25-page treatment.
Second season
But do not fear the fans of the series, Dong-hyuk has declared that he will head back to South Korea to write the second season of ‘The Squid Game, trusting that it can be released on the Netflix platform by the end of the season. of 2024. In it, and according to his own words, we should not rule out the appearance of some characters from the first, even if they died: “Let’s say that he still has a twin sister, you’ll see,” he said referring to Jung Ho-yeon, the player 067.
