Leisure giants are actually greedy for any trace of mental property this days — together with by plumbing the depths of random playground video games.
On Thursday Netflix introduced that it’s producing a actuality competitors present referred to as Simon Says, which is certainly primarily based on the sport the place a five-year-old performs “Simon” and tells others to do no matter they inform them to. Based on the streamer, “Contestants will face a gauntlet of cunning challenges, strategic mind games, and unexpected pivots as they compete for a life-changing prize.” However “one rule remains the same: if Simon says it, you’d better listen.”
That mentioned, on this contest, it feels like following Simon and his needs gained’t at all times pan out for the contestants. “Obedience may buy another day, but every choice comes with consequences,” the streamer mentioned.
No, the challenge doesn’t look like primarily based on the 1999 action-comedy Simon Sez, starring Dennis Rodman (“It ain’t over til…”). And the streamer has not but responded to a query from THR about who precisely, will inhabit the titular position of Simon.
Showrunner Emer Harkin (The Problem, Buddy Video games) will head up the sequence, assisted by government producers Julie Pizzi, Rupert Dobson and Gayani Wanigaratne. Bunim/Murray, a division of Banijay Americas, is producing the sequence.
Netflix has capitalized on semi-ridiculous or provocative ideas for its actuality fare earlier than, from Ground Is Lava to Is It Cake? to Love Is Blind. The streamer has not but publicized the discharge date for the present.
