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‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Looks Back on Developing the Series
BY BEATRICE VERHOEVEN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #Gaming The writer-director of Netflix’s global phenomenon (and most-watched show) reveals the origins of his dystopian satire. Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk first came up with the idea for Netflix’s limited series Squid Game in 2008, but it would take him 10 years to see it come to fruition. Thirteen years ago, the South Korean filmmaker was told his script (at the time feature-length) was too unrealistic and violent to be commercially viable. Putting all his efforts into his script left him broke, so he had to lay it to rest to focus on other…