Release date for Squid Game season 2 is finally here
Warning: This article contains Squid Game season one spoilers.
The day has finally come – we have a release date for Squid Game season 2.
Netflix have finally confirmed that we will be getting a second instalment by the end of the year, with a third and final season also dropping in 2025. Epic. Released on 17 September 2021, the first season of the Korean thriller was described by Netflix's co-CEO Ted Sarando as the streaming platform's "biggest show ever,” and was later nominated for 14 Emmys, including Best Drama Series – a first for a non-English language title – and won six.
Is there a release date for Squid Game season 2?
Season two will drop on Netflix just after Christmas on 26 December, with the third and final season coming in 2025.
What will Squid Game season 2 be about?
The second season's new description reads as follows: “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport. Using this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun starts with the most obvious of places: look for the man in a sharp suit playing ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organisation proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it.”
Speaking about the first season, the show's director Hwang Dong-hyuk told The Korean Times, “Making the story into the series was still an adventure, just as it was about a decade ago. I knew that it would be all or nothing; either a masterpiece or a quirky flop. The idea behind this work was very experimental. So I would keep on asking myself if audiences will find it convincing that the characters are risking their lives to play children's games.”
Who will star in Squid Game season 2?
I mean, considering that nearly everyone died in the first season (apart from Seong Gi-Hun), we can probably expect a lot of newbies.
What's been said about Squid Game season 2?
After months of speculation, Netflix confirmed in January 2022 that the Korean survival drama had been renewed for a second series, after the first became service's most-watched series upon its release.
A letter signed off by director Hwang Dong-Hyuk was also shared, in which he teased further details of the show's second season. He wrote about the returning characters: "And now, Gi-hun returns. The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming.
"The man in the suit with the ddakji might be back. You'll also be introduced to Young-hee's boyfriend, Cheoul-su. Join us once more for a whole new round."
Hwang also addressed the first season's popularity, adding: "It took 12 years to bring the first season of 'Squid Game' to life last year.
"But it took 12 days for 'Squid Game' to become the most popular Netflix series ever. As a writer, director and producer of 'Squid Game', a huge shout out to fans around the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show."
Hwang first spoke of a second series to the Associated Press at a screening and Q&A in Los Angeles in December last year. He said (via Variety): “There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season. So I almost feel like you leave us no choice! […] But I will say there will indeed be a second season. It’s in my head right now. I’m in the planning process currently.”
He also added that Lee Jung-jae will return as the main character Seong Gi-hun. But – there's a twist. During a virtual panel with Weekly, he suggested that Gi-hun could potentially turn to the dark side, saying: “The Front Man [Lee Byung-hun] who was also a past winner but became a Front Man, it's like Darth Vader. Some end up Jedi and some become Darth Vader, right? I think that maybe Gi-hun will go through a certain critical point where he is put through a test as well.”
Could Gi-hun really be the next Front Man? Hwang Dong-hyuk also said, "I'm not really in the right place to be discussing season two in an official setting, but if there were to be a season two, in the first season that we saw Gi-hun is a character whose humanity is shown through or exposed in certain situations.
“In other words, his humanity is shown through a very passive manner. But I would think that in the second season, what he has learned from the games and his experience in the first season, they will all be put to use in a more active manner.”
The rumour about the second season first staring doing the rounds on Twitter, with fans speculating that Hwang Dong-hyuk was planning a follow-up. Speaking to The Korean Times, Hwang seemed to confirm the rumour, saying, “After about 12 years, the world has changed into a place where such peculiar, violent survival stories are actually welcomed.”
Original article appeared on GLAMOUR UK