After the success of Squid Game, director Hwang Dong-hyuk will make the film Killing Old People Club, inspired by the works of Umberto Eco.
Director Hwang Dong-hyukafter the success of Squid Gamewill return to directing to make the Netflix movies titled Killing Old People Club.
The filmmaker has already started writing the project which is inspired by the work of the Italian writer Umberto Eco.
Director Hwang Dong-hyuk said at the MipTV event that his next Killing Old People Club project will be “another controversial film”. The filmmaker admitted: “It will be more violent than Squid Game”.
Hwang also joked that he may have to keep it hidden from the elders after distribution and the title used during the making is KO Club.
The Squid Game creator also added that he will be returning to South Korea soon to write the second season of the Netflix series that has set new records and hopes that the new episodes can debut in streaming by the end of 2024.
Dong-hyuk also talked about experiences related to the success of Squid Game, saying: “Steven Spielberg said to me ‘I watched your show in three days and now I want to steal your brain!’. For me it was the greatest compliment I have ever received. received into my life because he is my cinematic hero. I grew up watching his films. “
The director then recalled how Squid Game was initially designed to be a film, in 2009, having to wait a long time before being able to make the series: “When I showed it to my producer he said to me ‘Yes, you have to make it in the United States, in a foreign country, not Korea, because it’s a more global show. “
The managers of Netflix, in 2016 on the occasion of the launch of the platform, were therefore able to hear the pitch of the project, remaining conquered. Dong-hyuk said confidently: “It could only be made for Netflix because it was too violent and investors would have been too worried.”
