An abundance of anxious minds on the internet, and a fortnight later, Squid Game continues to take over its audience across the hemispheres. Since its release, the show has surpassed the marks for any non-English Netflix show. Besides being the viral talk of the TikTok town and being the most-watched show in more than 90 …
Space Sweepers
The Reason Behind Netflix’s Sudden Interest In South Korea And The $500 Million Deal
Netflix entered South Korea in 2016, but it wasn’t till 2019, that they realised the potential of K-dramas and Korean movies dominating South-East Asia. Since 2016, $700 million has been spent on producing Netflix originals and getting rights of Korean content for the giant streaming platform. To get ahead of the Hallyu Wave and the …
Review of South Korean Sci-Fi Odyssey “Space Sweepers”
South Korea’s inception of its own sci-fi action franchise has finally begun with Jo Sunghee’s pioneering deep-space escapade “Space Sweepers” releasing on the OTT giant streaming platform Netflix on 5th February 2021. Heralded as the country’s first big-budget spacefaring epic with an eye-catching production and impressive CGI, it was originally supposed to be a conventional …