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Squid Game became a global Netflix phenomenon, but how long did studios reject the script before it finally got made?

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Squid Game became a global Netflix phenomenon, but how long did studios reject the script before it finally got made?

Squid Game became a global Netflix phenomenon, but how long did studios reject the script before it finally got made?
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