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Squid Game: 10 things you don't know about the famous Netflix series

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It has become a global case.

Squid Game has unhinged all kinds of records since it came out on Netflix in September 2021. It has become a real popular phenomenon around the world. Fans can rest easily because the second season is in the works. While waiting, however, let’s delve into the folds of the first and discover ten little-known curiosities.

1. Squid Game wasn’t exactly cheap

Contrary to what one might expect for the first season of a foreign series, Netflix didn’t want to spare any expense for Squid Game. The budget was over $ 20 million (about 2.5 million per episode). The investment it generated, however, was equally mind-boggling: it even seems that the platform has earned a whopping 900 million dollars.

2. Pure adrenaline

One of the most adrenaline-pumping moments of Squid Game is undoubtedly crossing the glass bridge. The production revealed that the bridge was truly made of glass in order to push the actors and actresses into a more spontaneous reaction. Of course, if they fell they would not have plunged into a deadly cliff as in the series.

3. What a beautiful name

Several times throughout the first season of Squid Game we hear a character claim that Sae-Byeok (# 067, played by Jung Ho-Yeon) is a cool name. But why? Because in Korean Sae-Byeok means ‘dawn’.

4. Taken from a true story

Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has revealed that his private life played a central role in the development of Squid Game. In fact, he too was plunged into debt and did not know how to get by. Until he wrote the script for the series (it was 2018) and after some denials, Netflix didn’t decide to put it into production.

5. White Vans fly

A phenomenon is also measured in the way in which it knows how to go beyond its own means of expression and influence other fields. Squid Game is a phenomenon, there is no doubt about that. Suffice it to say that the white canvas Vans worn by the characters sold like hot cakes after the debut of the television series. In fact, sales increased by 7800%, a real overwhelming success.

6. Memories from the set

It is now a custom – it is not known how much it is actually tolerated – that some props disappear and become souvenirs of actors and actresses who have starred in a certain film or in a certain series. Squid Game was no exception. In particular, Anupam Tripathi (number 199) decided to take home the green jumpsuit he wore in the series as a souvenir for his work.

7. An unattainable record

Not even the phenomenon Stranger Things 4 managed to break the Squid Game record, which recorded 1.7 billion hours of views in the first 28 days of release. Stranger Things 4 stopped at 1.4 billion hours.

8. Squid Game becomes reality

The success of a phenomenon, we said, is also measured by its derivations. Squid Game is undoubtedly a phenomenon. Netflix has decided to give life to Squid Game – The Challenge, a reality show based on the games of the TV series which will involve 456 people from all over the world. The prize up for grabs will be 4.56 million dollars and if it is won, of course, whoever makes it to the end of the games. Whoever loses – it is right to specify – will not be killed, but simply eliminated from the game.

9. Significant numbers

There are numbers in television series that are not made up. In particular, the telephone number that can be read on the organization’s business card and the current account into which the prize is paid to the winner. These are two really existing numbers: the first owned by a lady who reported exhausted the thousands of phone calls received; the second from one of the producers who (reluctantly) had to block the account after a few years ago they started paying 456 won.

10. Squid Game was supposed to be a movie

The creator himself revealed it: originally Squid Game was supposed to be a movie. And that’s not surprising, given Hwang’s film background who has written and directed some blockbuster films in Korea.

She-Hulk, Daredevil's look unveiled

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The release of She-Hulk on Disney + is approaching (the appointment is set for August 18) and the marketing campaign continues. Recently, the show’s Twitter profile released some new photos, in which you can take a closer look at the protagonists. In particular, it is finally possible to see clearly the costume of Daredevil, one of the most anticipated characters of the television series.

Recall that it will be the first time that we will see Charlie Cox’s Daredevil in action after the three seasons of the show aired on Netflix. Matt Murdock’s character had also appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home, but only in civilian clothes. You can see the tweet below: by clicking on the four images that compose it will be possible to see the characters of the show.

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She-Hulk, everything we know about the new Marvel series

Recall that Jessica Gao is the main screenwriter and executive producer of She-Hulk while Kat Coiro led the team of directors. The cast will include Tatiana Maslany (She-Hulk), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Benedict Wong (Wong) and Tim Roth (Abomination: the actor reprises the role 15 years after playing him in The Incredible Hulk), but also Jameela Jamil, Josh Segarra, Ginger Gonzaga, Jon Bass and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

Producing is Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito and Brad Winderbaum. The protagonist of the series, Jennifer Walters, is a lawyer who specializes in cases involving superheroes. After receiving a blood transfusion from cousin Bruce Banner, Jennifer too discovers she can transform into a super-muscular green giant.

Her challenge at this point will be to find a way to balance life as a lawyer and life as a superhero. With a fair amount of trouble, she will have to deal with.

Source: CBR

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Peter Jackson cut out of the series!

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Peter Jackson reveals that he was snubbed by the production of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series after being asked to collaborate. Peter Jackson is the Oscar-winning director who revolutionized genre cinema with his The Lord of the Rings trilogy, before turning back to the fantasy world created by JRR Tolkien with The Hobbit trilogy.

So when Amazon announced the making of a series based on the world of The Lord of the Rings – a record-breaking production inspired by the Appendices to the work of the master of fantasy and expansion of Tolkien’s mythology – many fans found it hard to imagine a depiction. Middle-earth film without Jackson’s contribution. Apparently, the director was given the opportunity to collaborate, but then he was cut off from the project.

Peter Jackson was snubbed from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series after being asked to collaborate

The director revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he had been asked to participate in the show and that he had given his availability, but when he asked Amazon to send him the scripts, the production of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power he never answered him. “They asked me if I wanted to get involved. I replied ‘This is an impossible question to answer without seeing a script first’. So they said: ‘As soon as we have the first two scripts, we will send them to you. And the scripts never came. But it’s fine. No complaints “.

In a statement also issued to THR, Amazon responded to Peter Jackson’s comments citing an “obligation” to differentiate themselves from the director’s films. According to THR, this decision is due to the fact that Warner Bros. Discovery still owns the rights to the films, and therefore the Amazon series had to differentiate itself from that intellectual property at all costs.

“In pursuing the rights to our show, we were obliged to keep the series distinct and separate from the films,” a company spokesperson said. “We have the utmost respect for the Peter Jackson and Lord of the Rings films and are thrilled that he is looking forward to watching The Rings of Power.” Despite the misunderstanding, Peter Jackson wishes the series the best and plans to watch it alongside audiences when it arrives on Prime Video (September 2, 2022).

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Stranger Things 5: Could Vecna be Eleven's father? A fan theory seems to prove it!

A podcast launched the sensational fan theory and evidence would support the thesis.

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Ifan of the series hazards a theory about Stranger Things 5, which, if true, would upset every mechanism: Vecna would actually be the father of Eleven! To suggest for the first time a podcast entitled Just the Nobodys was published on TikTok. At first glance, the scenery seems pure suggestion and nothing else. Still, there is a fair amount of supporting evidence.

Stranger Things 5: the relationship between Vecna and Undici

According to the Stranger Things 5 thesis, Brenner was well aware that none of the two to ten children were as strong as the first. As a result, the doctor gave Uno time to grow up to reproduce with Terry Ives and thus give birth to Eleven, so that she was the strongest.

Terry Ives is the mother of the protagonist. In 1969, she joined the MKUltra project, under the supervision of Dr. Martin Brenner, where she underwent experiments involving psychedelic drugs, capable of altering the mind and stimulating the senses. In late 1970 (or early 1971) she became pregnant and in June 1971 she had a daughter named Jane. Which Brenner took, covering it all up as a miscarriage. Terry didn’t fall for it and tried to reclaim her daughter by force but without success. Hence, Jane became Eleven, whose perception could radically change in Stranger Things 5.

According to the podcast, Brenner’s efforts to clone 001 did not yield the desired results. As a result, he worked to get her (who would have turned 24 in 1971) to get Terry Ives pregnant in order to shape a superpowered creature.

This would actually explain why Brenner had a unique bond with Eleven from the start and considered it his “special project”. Also, the way 001 told Eleven that “Dad” doesn’t always tell the truth and seeing himself in her and knowing the key to unlocking the young woman’s powers feeds the guesswork. Will they be correct? Only Stranger Things 5 can answer us!

The Lord of the Rings: Peter Jackson considered hypnosis to experience the trilogy as a spectator

The famous New Zealand filmmaker unveiled the drastic method that would allow him to experience the cinematic hat-trick from another perspective.

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The Lord of the Rings, the famous book by J.R.R. Tolkien of fantasy mold, has recently returned to vogue with the arrival of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the new television series by Prime Video that brings to the small screen some fascinating and in some cases original stories related to the Second Age of Middle Earth.

Well, while we know with certainty that Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Beatles: Get Back) did not take part in the project and indeed the filmmaker said he was snubbed by the production, we recently discovered an absurd fact concerning the iconic film-maker with his cinematic hat-trick dedicated to the aforementioned Tolkien book has acquired disproportionate fame.

The Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and spectacular adaptations in the history of cinema

Well, not everyone knows that Jackson was actually a great lover of the works of the British philologist and writer and this, in reality, can be understood by thinking about how he managed the adaptation in a precise and perfect way. In a recent interview with a podcast of The Hollywood Reporter, the author himself said that in the past he seriously considered the hypothesis of being hypnotized to forget the work done with The Lord of the Rings and thus see the three films with a fresh mind, like any fan. Below you will find his words in detail.

When we made the Lord of the Rings movies, I always felt that I was the unfortunate person who never got to see an up-and-coming film. When there were projections, I was immersed in them for five or six years. It was such a loss for me not to be able to see them like everyone else.

In fact, I seriously considered the idea of going to a hypnotherapy guy to hypnotize myself to make me forget the movies and the work I had done. for the past six or seven years so I could sit back and enjoy them. I didn’t follow him, but I talked about it with [British mentalist] Derren Brown and he thought he could do it. “

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Keanu Reeves protagonist of the Hulu Devil In The White City series

Keanu Reeves is officially in the cast of the series Devil in the White City, by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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It’s Official: Keanu Reeves is to star in Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City adaptation for Hulu! This will be a huge step for him in the world of television, with a project produced by none other than Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio! The series is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Erik Larson, which tells the story of Daniel Burnham, architect of the iconic 1893 EXPO, and serial killer HH Holmes. The devil and the white city (this is the Italian title of the work) received widely favorable reviews at its release and became a New York Times bestseller, obtaining numerous awards.

Keanu Reeves is officially in the cast of the series Devil in the White City, by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

The series has been on standby for more than a decade, since Leonardo DiCaprio acquired the rights to the novel, with the intention of turning it into a film. Martin Scorsese was supposed to direct the film with Paramount Pictures production, but plans changed when the two took the project to Hulu to turn it into a TV series. After this long development cycle, it finally looks like the show is making great progress, and with a major star!

Deadline reports that Keanu Reeves has been officially cast as the protagonist of the Devil in the White City series. The project will be the first major American television role for The Matrix star who, early in her career, starred in numerous TV films and also appeared in the Swedish-American web series Swedish Dicks. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will be executive producers. At the moment, no shooting start date has been set.

Source: SR

Outlander unveiled the title of the spin-off Series: all the details

The prequel series of Outlander, a beloved fantasy series based on the novels of Diana Gabaldon, is in development.

One of the most successful fantasy series is progressing thanks to a spin-off! The STARZ network has in fact announced that the Outlander prequel has been officially ordered, an appreciated and followed series starring Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan, based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. First announced in February, the prequel spin-off now has an official title and synopsis as well.

The prequel series of Outlander, a beloved fantasy series based on the novels of Diana Gabaldon, is in development

The prequel will be titled Outlander: Blood of My Blood and work has officially begun on writing the drama, which will follow the love story of Jamie Fraser’s parents. The series will be available for streaming on STARZPLAY. At the moment it does not have a release date. Among the producers of the prequel, we also find the creator of the mother series (currently in production with its seventh season), Ronald D. Moore, while the script is Matthew B. Roberts, who will also act as showrunner and executive producer along with Maril Davis.

“Outlander is a compelling series that has captured the hearts of its fans around the world from season to season,” said Kathryn Busby, president of original STARZ programming. “We are thrilled to delve through the layers of this vibrant world and show our audience where it all began. Matthew, Maril, and Ronald will once again contribute their excellent vision and creativity to this new adventure and we can’t wait to see what happens. “

The series is inspired by Diana Gabaldon’s books, which have sold nearly 50 million copies worldwide, with all nine titles on the New York Times bestseller list. The Outlander television series has become a worldwide success with audiences, embracing the genres of history, science fiction, romance, and adventure in one extraordinary tale.

Stranger Things: everything we know about the spin-off of the Netflix series

Everything we currently know about the previously announced Stranger Things spin-off.

Probably not even the most optimistic would have envisioned success of such proportions for Stranger Things. The TV series set in the 1980s has even turned into a cultural phenomenon on a planetary scale. Given the excellent audience numbers, Netflix certainly couldn’t miss those who made it all possible, namely the creators of the show.

The first advances in the spin-off

In recent times, the Los Gatos streaming giant has officially announced the establishment by Matt and Ross Duffer (better known as the Duffer brothers), the artistic fathers and executive producer of Stranger Things, of a production company, called Upside Down Pictures, through which they will develop film and television projects, as part of the agreement stipulated with the company by the big red “n”.

The name given to the project, Upside Down (the equivalent of the upside down, where an important part of ST’s history takes place), speaks volumes about the important role that Stranger Things will retain in the coming years. A live-action spin-off series and a new play set in the world and mythology of the franchise are currently being finalized. In addition, representations not directly associated with the popular science fiction saga, whose main narrative strand will end with season 5, would be in the pipeline.

For anyone who is passionate about Stranger Things, after finishing the fourth season, a spontaneous question arises: what will the spin-off be about? Who will be the protagonists and which ST characters will appear there? The questions would go on forever, but let’s try to take stock of the situation. For a start, it won’t follow the original drama.

Guests on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Duffer Brothers have made some interesting statements on the matter. They’ve read various rumors about one SO on Eleven, one on Dustin and Steve, and more. The truth? None of this is true. They are not interested in it as they have already thought about it. They’ve spent a lot of hours exploring narrative outlets and feel the time has come to push the boundaries. Therefore, the characteristics will be very different. However, according to the creators of Stranger Things, the spin-off will follow the sensitivity of the narrative, although characterized by new faces.

Matt Duffer pointed out how the storyline will connect with the ST universe, but in reality, it will be mostly about how they are delivering it. Basically, a thick aura of mystery remains, but the Duffer brothers told Variety that actor Finn Wolfhard was able to predict the future evolution of the work.

They have an idea for a spin-off they are “super enthusiastic about”, not spelled out to anyone or put in black and white. According to them every one, including Netflix, will be surprised when they reveal it because it is so far away from ST. Yet, somehow Finn Wolfhard (interpreter of Michael “Mike” Wheeler) has fully taken us on the issues they will face. However, except for him, no one else is aware of it!

Stranger Things 5 and that clue in Will's painting: will the dragon Borys be the nemesis of the new season?

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If so, the protagonists of Stranger Things in the last season could be confronted with the most powerful nemesis of D&D!

The anticipation is growing for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. As announced a few hours ago, the writers of the series have officially set to work on the latest episodes, which will only be released on Netflix in the course of 2024. Given the long wait, the most avid Stranger Things fans just have to look at the released episodes. , perhaps hunting for some clues on what will be the great epilogue of the series. Some Twitter users, not surprisingly, have launched a fan theory that, if it were true, would reveal a preview of the villain of the fifth season!

Will the dragon Borys be the nemesis of the fifth season of Stranger Things?

In the eighth episode of the fourth season of Stranger Things, we saw Will comforting Mike in the Surfer Boy Pizza van about the fate that awaits Eleven and all of them. At one point, she shows him the painting she made for him, passing it off as a work by Eleven.

The painting depicts Mike leading his friends – in medieval attire – in the fight against a three-headed dragon. According to some Twitter users, the aforementioned painting – clearly inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons game – could be something of a prophecy. If so, the protagonists of Stranger Things in the last season could be confronted with the most powerful nemesis of D&D, namely Borys, the Witch King of Ur Draxa.

A decidedly interesting fan theory that becomes even more credible if we consider two factors. In the first seasons of the series, we saw how powerful the bond between Will and the Upside Down is, a bond that has often manifested itself through the drawings Will himself made. Also, as if that were not enough, we must not forget the words of Nancy Wheeler in the fourth season of the series.

The girl, in fact, speaks of “A giant monster with wide-open jaws” after being possessed by Vecna, who showed her the destruction of her that she would have sown in that of Hawkins. In short, if two clues prove it, the enemy of the last season of Stranger Things will be him: the dragon Borys!

Bimbisara (2022) Kalyan Ram's New Telugu Movie Review

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Bimbisara: Kalyan Ram has become a carafe address for experiments. Although some experiments in his career have failed, he is still making new attempts. Bimbisara is the latest historical movie starring the Nandamuri hero. Vashishta, a new director, has directed this movie.

The movie has been buzzing since the beginning. Kalyan Ram will be seen as Bimbisara in this movie. Every poster, glimpse, teaser, trailer, and songs that have been released from this movie has impressed the audience tremendously. Let’s see how the story of this movie came before the audience today.

Story:

Set in a time travel setting, Bimbisara takes place in two timelines, a great emperor named Bimbisara rules the empire of Trigarthala, declaring himself both a god and a demon, but he decides to conquer the world and goes to war. He merges in the flow of time. Then he comes back to Kali Yuga and tries to protect his treasure. What happened in Bimbisara’s life in this sequence? What were the reasons for his life to become like that? Finally what happened? How did this story end? That is the rest of the story.

Actors Performance:

Kalyan Ram excels in both the roles, his transformation for the role is to be commended and he excels in dialogue delivery Bimbisara has an amazing cast but Viswanandan Varma’s (Prakash Raj) character stands out. Also, Samyukta Menon and Catherine Tress are convincing in their roles. Very impressed with their beauty. The rest of the actors also acted well.

Technical Performance:

Kudos to director Vashishta for bringing a complex story to the screen, he succeeds in engaging the audience, however, he should have focused more on writing Papa’s character. Bimbisara is grander. Though Chota K Naidu’s visuals are good, most of the scenes have a heavy color tone and M.M. Keeravani doesn’t have much in the way of songs but shows his experience in the background score and the rest of the sections do well.

Bimbisara’s film is grander. Despite some flaws in the film, he tried to please the audience. Some songs are forced into the screenplay and some logic is not taken care of but all these don’t seem so flawed as Kalyan Ram engages with good acting and some twists. The film keeps the audience hooked from the interval bang till the climax. The audience can watch this film which is made as a socio fantasy.