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Funko Plays Netflix’s “Squid Game” With a Full Line of Upcoming Toys

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3 years ago

October 22, 2021

Netflix’s most popular series to date, “Squid Game” is taking over the world, and since I’m one of the only people in the world who admittedly hasn’t gotten around to checking it out yet, I’m one of the only people in the world who really has no idea what anyone is talking about with any of these memes and what not. But what I do know is that a line of toys is on the way!

Taking to social media today, Funko has previewed a wave of POP! vinyl toys based on “Squid Game,” with eight different toys available across various different retailers.

The main line of six toys will be found wherever Funko toys are sold, while two other “Squid Game” toys will be exclusive to Walmart and the official online Funko shop.

You can pre-order these today, and expect them in early 2022.

In the South Korean series, “Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes. A survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.”

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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation

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6 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Meagan Navarro

The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.

The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”

The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”

Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.

The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.

Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.