Things you do not know about “compound game”
The script for “Composite Game” was written under a different title in 2008, and it took nearly a decade for a company to invest in its production.
Theater News Base: The Korean series “Composite Game”, which has become the most popular series internationally these days and a favorite topic of social media users, would probably not have had such luck if it had been made about 10 years ago.
“Work on the series began in 2008 and the initial script was ready in 2009 as the sixth round, at the time of the film,” said Huang Dong-hyuk, the series’ director. It sounded weird and violent, and I was worried that a large audience would not be able to communicate with it. We faced many challenges for several years to find an investor to make the series, and finally, after more than a decade in 2019, Netflix took over the production of the film. “After 12 years, today the world has become a place where these strange and violent stories are welcomed.”
The “Combined Game” series, released in mid-September, is about a group of debtors with financial problems and different life experiences competing in a series of deadly children’s games for a prize of nearly $ 40 million, with only one winner. Will and the losers will be killed. “Combined Game”, which has become the most popular series in the history of Netflix online show system, has been at the top of the most visited series in 90 countries.
Huang Dong-hyuk, who has previously made several successful films in South Korea, also revealed in an interview with Variety magazine that “Composite Game” was originally intended to be made into a feature film and later The decision to make this series is based on the script. He also said that he does not currently have a developed plan to make a “composite game” tail season, but if he wants to do so, he will certainly use a group of experienced writers and directors. He has emphasized that he intends to make several more movies before thinking about making the second season of this series.
Hoyun Jong, who plays a North Korean pickpocket in the series as Kang Se-Buick, is actually a model and this is the first time he has been in front of the camera. After appearing in the “Combined Game” series, he has attracted millions of followers on social media and now has the most followers among Korean actors.
The weird dolls you see in the first part of the series are real and come from a rural area three hours north of Seoul. The dolls were placed at the entrance of a museum and were allowed to be returned to their place for the “Composite Game” series.
The 8-digit phone number that is written on a mysterious business card in the series “People” and that people call to participate in the competition is real and belongs to a man who says that he receives 4,000 calls a day after the series airs. A South Korean presidential candidate has also offered to buy the phone number.
The success of the “Combined Game” series, the original version of which is released with English subtitles, has made other Asian series such as the thriller series “Alice in Borderland” and the Korean drama series “Nowhere is a Man’s Home” also welcomed on Netflix. To be.
“Composite Game” is the first Korean series to become the number one most-watched series on Netflix online show system in the United States. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos also acknowledged that “Composite Game” was the most popular program in the company’s history.
The South Korean Cultural Center in the UAE recently announced that it intends to play a real composite match between two 15-member teams in Abu Dhabi, albeit without killings or bloodshed.