KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 24 -- Malaysian production houses Astro Shaw and Infinitus Productions are collaborating to produce the country's first-ever Battle Royale film, Wantugo.

The Battle Royale genre, which revolves around a group of characters forced to fight until only one remains, was originally coined from the 2000 cult classic film of the same name by Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku.

Over the years, the genre has seen numerous adaptations, some achieving overwhelming commercial success - for instance, The Hunger Games film franchise and, more recently, Netflix's Squid Game series.

Now that that's out of the way, here's everything we know about Wantugo so far.

Behind Wantugo

Wantugo is a colloquial abbreviation of the phrase 'one, ...