'Squid Game' director Hwang Dong-hyuk admits he watched MrBeast's video recreating the K-drama. The Youtuber had 456 players take part in the same childhood games for a grand prize, even if you lose.

“ $456,000 Squid Game In Real Life! ” by YouTuber MrBeast is well on its way to becoming the most watched YouTube video of 2021, with more than 137.9 million views as of press time.

Instead of the whopping cash amount offered in the K-drama, MrBeast’s prize was US$456,000 for the winner. His version of Squid Game had some minor tweaks for players who already saw the K-drama.

People really bagging on @MrBeast about the squid game, need to take a long look in the mirror and realize they don't even do .000001 percent of what he does for charity 12:23 AM - 15 Nov 2021 ...

Netflix's Squid Game got a real-life recreation from MrBeast, and the YouTuber said that it took him $3.5 million to produce the video.

MrBeast recreated the sets and games from Netflix and Hwang Dong-hyuk's series "Squid Game." The video shows players competing in non-deadly versions of the games from the show for cash.

After the controversy surrounding Beast Games, which was inspired by Squid Game and ended up in a lawsuit, MrBeast is now ...

Hundreds of cash-strapped Squid Game fans competed in a real-life recreation of the dystopian smash-hit Netflix series for a $456,000 cash prize. Popular YouTuber MrBeast, who boasts 76.4 million ...

MrBeast did not shy away from revealing how much of a hole the Squid Game project was burning in his pocket, and the damage was approximately $2 million. He even released a line of merchandise ...

A reality show pro breaks down MrBeast's viral redo of Netflix's "Squid Game" as a YouTube video with real-life contestants. We figure it cost about $134,600 per minute to make.

Typically, these videos cost a mini fortune, and this new one is no exception, with MrBeast revealing that while the winner only won $456,000, the whole video, from start to finish, top to bottom ...

After turning massive stories like Squid Game and Willy Wonka into viral real-life challenges, YouTube giant MrBeast, whose ...