Tudum, Netflix’s in-house mix of Comic Con and shareholder presentation, took place this weekend. The company used the moment to tease plenty of forthcoming projects, including its live-action remakes of . It also showed off its adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II novel .
The streamer also revealed the first teaser for the adaptation of Liu Cixin’s award-winning sci-fi novel . That has the distinction of being the first (finished) project to come from Game of Thrones co-creators / co-ruiners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss since all of that.
But what’s likely to be the biggest new release was the game show adaptation of blockbuster dystopia , which will land in November. The series puts 456 contestants through a set of grueling challenges until one winner walks away with $4.56 million in prize money. Bear in mind that participants have already described their experiences on the show as “absolutely inhumane,” and plenty of contestants required medical attention during the challenges. Satire, eh?
– Dan Cooper
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