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Title: Co-op game Overcooked may become a competition reality TV show on
Netflix

Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/co-op-...

Hilarious co-op video game Overcooked is making the move to the real world.
A24 has acquired the rights to the popular indie hit and Deadline reports
that the company is working with Netflix to develop the concept into an
unscripted competition reality TV series. I adore this idea, and with the
right people behind it, I think it could be a masterwork of reality TV.
According to the reports, this is the first time independent film and TV
studio A24 will make a reality show, but Netflix has already had some success
with food and cooking programs, such as with the absolute gem that is Nailed
It!

The often ridiculous antics of Overcooked are a wonderful match for that type
of lighthearted competition show. In the game, one to four players work
together to cook customers' food orders as quickly as possible while the
environment creates silly, unexpected obstacles. Unfortunately, there's no
way the Netflix legal team will green light challenges where contestants
might fall into actual lava, and recreating the space travel levels would
probably blow the budget. But I can see all sorts of Overcooked-style mayhem
from sliding on icy floors or suddenly moving countertops. IΓÇÖm also
imagining a lot of dashing between inconveniently placed kitchen appliances
and occasionally plunging the contestants into total darkness. ThereΓÇÖs no
timeline given in DeadlineΓÇÖs report, but I cannot wait for this to exist.

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