Squid Game' season 2

Netflix has officially announced that Squid Game will return for season 2, with a major new character joining the fray.

Ho-yeon also said she thought she had "totally messed up" after she watched the series for the first time, saying she was "trying to prepare for the bad reactions and everything". You can unsubscribe at any time. The message on Twitter also said cryptically that "the man in the suit with ddakji might be back", while teasing that the new season will show "a whole new round".

Hwang Dong-hyuk, director, writer and executive producer of Squid Game, announced on Sunday that the South Korean hit would be returning for a second season ...

“But it took 12 days for Squid Game to become the most popular Netflix series ever.” “It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year,” Hwang said. Shares of a South Korean company linked to the star of the Netflix hit Squid Game have skyrocketed after it was revealed the show would return to the streaming service for a second season.

In a letter to fans, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk teased character returns and a surprising new addition for the next installment.

“Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again,” Hwang told Vanity Fair of season 2, which he expects could be released by the end of 2023 or 2024. And at least one new character has been created: “You’ll also be introduced to Young-hee’s boyfriend, Cheol-su.” Fans of the series may recall that Young-hee is the haunting animatronic doll that leads the deadly game of “Red Light, Green Light” in the show’s first episode. “It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year,” Hwang began.

Netflix teased a new round of both fear and excitement with a trailer for its hit Korean drama series “Squid Game” and a statement from its creator.

Other challenges included tug of war and “ddakji,” played with folded paper tiles, in which players must turn over their opponent’s ddakji or win one if it passes a fixed line. “It took 12 years to bring the first season of ‘Squid Game’ to life last year. The competition can only have one winner and those who lose die.

The announcement also comes with a new note from Hwang Dong-Hyuk which lays out some details of the storyline of returning characters and directions season 2 ...

This new information joins past information that the focus on the Front Man may delve into police corruption in Korea, similar to how season 1 took on wealth inequality as a major issue. But it took 12 days for 'Squid Game' to become the most popular Netflix series ever. But now, Netflix wants to “ officially” confirm that yes, it’s making another season of its most popular series of all time by a massive margin, as if that was ever a question.

Here's everything we know so far about 'Squid Game' season two, from who will be returning from the season one cast to when it could be landing on screens.

Will he be able to track down the Front Man and end the games for good? New cast members have yet to be announced, though Hwang has said that the audience will “be introduced to Young-hee’s boyfriend, Cheol-su”. Young-hee is better known to fans as the creepy motion-sensing doll from “Red Light, Green Light” who shoots the contestants who fail to freeze during the first game. As the ninth and final episode ended – spoiler alert – with the demise of all of the players with the exception of Gi-hun, viewers had assumed that he’d be one of the few characters from season one to return for season two.

Netflix confirms that season 2 of the popular show is a go and hints at what we can expect to see.

Squid Game season 1, which ran for nine episodes, holds the title of the most watched TV show on Netflix, according to the streaming giant's in-house metrics. There was already reason for Squid Game watchers to be on the edge of their seats. The Front Man returns," director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote.

Here's everything to know about season 2 of Netflix's Squid Game, including the plot and which cast members are returning.

Hwang said he has three pages of ideas about season 2 and is still in talks with Netflix about what the future will hold for Squid Game. For example, the story of the police officer and the story of his brother, The Front Man," he told The Hollywood Reporter in October 2021. But it took 12 days for Squid Game to become the most popular Netflix series ever," Hwang said in a statement to Netflix.