Squid Game Did Not Make me Rich – The Movie Producer, Hwang Dong-hyuk Says

Hwang Dong-hyuk The Producer of Squid Game the biggest TV show on Netflix has revealed that the show did not make him rich.

The Korean filmmaker made the revelation in an interview with The Guardian noting that Netflix only paid him in accordance with the original contract, and there was no bonus.

Hwang says he’s not that rich, but he does have enough money to put food on the table.

Leaked documents reveal that the show cost about N8.6b to produce, but its returns were over the top as it is believed to be worth over N350 billion. Netflix also estimates that the show has been watched by about 142 million households and has grown its subscriber figures by about 4.4 million.

Hwang noted how the show’s idea came from his situation in 2009 after the global financial crisis that left him and his family financially strained.

He was working on a film at the time but did not get money to finance it and could not work for a year. So he, his mother, and grandmother had to take some loans to survive.

He said he started reading about games from comic books and related to the characters, leading to him wondering if he would join the game if it were real. He decided to write a script instead.