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‘Squid Game: The VIP Challenge’ Celebrity Competitors Revealed
Celebrities are entering the world of “Squid Game” with “Squid Game: The VIP Challenge.”
They’ll put their wits, strategies, and skill sets to the ultimate test in Netflix’s cutthroat reality competition series.
What celebrities are on “Squid Game: The VIP Challenge?”
“Squid Game: The VIP Challenge” will feature eight celebrity competitors:
- Dylan Efron (“The Traitors”)
- Hannah Godwin (“The Bachelor”)
- Kim Zolciak (“The Real Housewives of Atlanta”)
- Kristy Sarah (content creator)
- Mel B (Spice Girls)
- Ryan Serhant (“Owning Manhattan”)
- Tristan Thompson (NBA champion)
- Viper (“Squid Game: The Challenge” fan vote winner)
Viper told Netflix that he plans to cause “total chaos” in the game when he returns. “I did learn that every single decision should be considered in great detail,” he said. “I will surely use a microscope with every choice I make.”
Following the breakout success of “Squid Game,” Netflix turned the dystopian survival thriller concept into a reality series in which 456 players compete for a record-breaking $4.56 million. It premiered in 2023, followed by a second season last year. A third season is in the works.
“Squid Game: The VIP Challenge” is coming soon.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is reteaming with Starz on a TV series adaptation of supernatural crime graphic novel Bone Parish, Deadline reports.
Diane Ademu-John (Dune: Prophecy) and Declan de Barra (The Witcher: Blood Origin) will co-showrun the project and executive produce.
The show’s logline reads: “In the dark underworld of New Orleans, the Winters family builds an empire around a powerful new drug—crafted from the ashes of the dead—that grants users vivid, haunting visions of the past. But as demand surges, rival factions, deadly secrets, and supernatural forces close in, pulling them deeper into a violent and inescapable nightmare of crime, horror, and family legacy.”
The graphic novel by writer Cullen Bunn (The Empty Man) and artist Jonas Scharf was published by BOOM! Studios; the publisher’s Stephen Christy and Mette Norkjaer will executive produce.
“I’ve always been drawn to stories that break the mold, and Bone Parish does exactly that. It takes crime, family, and power, and mixes it with something dark and supernatural, in a way that feels fresh. Exploring what happens when the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead, this story has incredible depth, and we’re building a series that’s going to keep audiences locked in from the first episode,” Jackson said in a statement.
“We love going on new journeys with Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, and this one is unlike anything we’ve done before: a world steeped in horror and the supernatural, but still grounded in the family and crime storytelling our audience can’t get enough of. It’s a wild, bold swing, and exactly the kind of risk we want to be taking,” said Kathryn Busby, President, Original Programming at Starz.
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