Composer Robert Miller has exited Amber Music, New York and London, and is launching his own as-of-yet-unnamed music studio in New York with executive producer Vera Pandolfo. She was formerly producing at New York agency Amster Yard….West Hollywood-based production house Copper Media and executive producer Thom Sidoti have parted ways….Brad Stratton, former VP/music producer and director of music production at D’Arcy, New York, has joined Fluid, New York, in the position of senior music producer….Echo Boys, Minneapolis, has signed sound designer/audio engineer Ken Chastain….Atlanta-based Crawford Post Production has added editor Terry Boyer. He was formerly with now defunct Click 3X Atlanta as senior editor….Michael Mees has joined Ohio Edit, New York, as senior editor. He was most recently freelancing on longform projects, and prior to that was with Spot Welders, Venice, Calif.…Billy Pittard, former president/CEO of now defunct design house Pittard Sullivan, has been named president of SupplyMan Inc., a new Los Angeles-based company looking to serve as an online shopping mall for the film, TV and commercial production communities via its www.supplyman.com service. Initially, set construction supplies can be ordered through the service. Over the next few months, supplies and services for the full range of film and TV production will become available via supplyman.com….Lee Garfinkel, president/chief creative officer worldwide for D’Arcy, has been named to the Film Jury for the Cannes International Advertising Festival. The Jury is chaired by Jeff Goodby, co-chairman of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco….
Hwang Dong-hyuk On Season 2 of “Squid Game,” Wrapping Production on Season 3; What’s Next?
Viewers may gasp, cringe or cry out watching characters die on Netflix's "Squid Game," but those simulated deaths have a different effect on its creator, writer and director. Instead, Hwang Dong-hyuk feels happiness seeing them go.
The show has a huge cast and Hwang says it was "really difficult" to manage everyone on set.
As characters would die, Hwang recalls saying to the actors on their last day, "'Oh no! How sad! I won't see you tomorrow,' but I was always smiling inside."
"Squid Game" season two premieres Thursday. It once again stars Lee Jung-jae and centers around a secret competition in South Korea that targets people in debt and the winner gets a big cash prize. What they don't know is that losing the game is deadly.
Hwang originally conceived of the show 15 years ago as a two-hour film but it failed to gain traction with financiers or even interested actors. He put it aside and worked on other films instead. He then had the idea to make it a TV series instead and took the project to Netflix. There, it could reach a wide audience.
"I never in my wildest dream thought it was going to be this huge," said Hwang, who spoke about the show and what comes next. Answers have been edited for clarity and length.
Q: What have you learned from "Squid Game"?
HWANG: I learned that I shouldn't give up. If you love something and if you want to create something, it might not work now, but the time might come later. Or that idea could be the source of inspiration for something else.
Q: You've already finished filming season three of "Squid Game." Have you thought about what your next project will be?
HWANG: I'm afraid to talk... Read More