The premise by Mettler, Bonnie, Terry and Lindsay Turner started getting traction late last year, and the project quickly was set up for development at Netflix. Netflix has been particularly keen on the idea because of the big viewership That ’70s Show drew on the platform before it left in September 2020. Picked up for 10 episodes, That ’90s Show also is executive produced by Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner under the Carsey-Werner Company, which produced That ’70s Show and its offshoot That ’80s Show.Ĭhatter about a new incarnation of That ’70s Show has been percolating for years.
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There are no deals in place with other That ’70s Show cast members for the new series, but the expectations is that a number of them - including Grace, Prepon and Ashton Kutcher - will make guest appearances, reprising their roles.Ģ020-21 Netflix Pilots & Series Orders Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll never dies, it just changes clothes. The game’s seeming simplicity is why Hwang made it the first one played by the characters.Set in Wisconsin in 1995, That ’90s Show follows Leia Forman, daughter of Eric (Topher Grace) and Donna (Laura Prepon), who is visiting her grandparents for the summer and bonds with a new generation of Point Place kids under the watchful eye of Kitty and the stern glare of Red.
Hwang explained that because the game was so simple and easy to play, it would make for the most arresting twist, when the players first learn the real stakes of the game. “We referred to the illustrations of Cheolsoo and Younghee from textbooks back then when making the robot.” The robot was actually built.
“The first game, ‘Red Light, Green Light,’ was a kids’ game mostly played in the alleys back in the ’70s and ’80s,” explained Chae. The crew also took inspiration from the wider culture when bringing each game to life. The games are based on older childhood games once popular in Korea. Many admitted to being unprepared for the experience filming with the sets, all of which were actually built, some taking weeks to construct.
That meant building into the sets a kind of nostalgia mixed with doom.Īctor Lee Jung-jae, who plays Gi-hun, Number 456, said the actors were taking pictures during their first day on set. “Aesthetically speaking, we created the places and displays trying to make the viewers think about the hidden intentions of Squid Game,” said Chae. In a new behind the scenes video, Hwang and series Art Director Chae Kyoung-sun explained why getting the correct look and feel of the games was so narratively important. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Squid Game.ĭirector Hwang Dong-hyuk began writing Squid Game as early as 2008, as a survival game “with more Korean characteristics.” While it would take another 12 years for production to begin on the series, the final result is nothing short of spectacular filmmaking-the result of a sharp script combined with vivid set design and fidelity to practical effects.