With 265.2 million views worldwide in its first 91 days on Netflix, Squid Game season one is the streaming giant’s most popular non-English language show ever.
The Korean TV series received 14 Primetime Emmy nominations after its debut in 2021, winning six awards. These included its creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk becoming the first Asian to win Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
The wait for a second season was eased by a reality show inspired by the games in 2023, but now fans can rejoice as details of a long-awaited sequel have emerged.
When does Squid Game season 2 come out?
Netflix has announced that the new season of Squid Game will premiere on Thursday, December 26.
Is there an official Squid Game season 2 trailer?
An official teaser trailer has been released and fans of the first season will recognise the doll and rooms that likely haunt their dreams. Watch it below.
Will Squid Game season 2 feature any of the original cast?
Season one lead Lee Jung-jae will return as gambling-addicted father Seong Gi-hun. He’ll be joined by Lee Byung-hun, the black-masked Front Man of the games’ guards; Wi Ha-joon, a police officer who goes undercover to find his brother; and Gong Yoo, who entices the players into the game as The Salesman.
A host of new characters make up this season’s players, including popular Korean actor Im Si-wan.
What will Squid Game season 2 be about?
For those who may have missed the first season or need a refresher, the show follows a group of people who play a series of childhood games to receive a cash prize. The caveat? if you lose, you die.
*Spoiler alert*. Gi-hun wins the game but not without emotional scarring and anger. In the final episode, he plans to escape Korea to start a new life in the United States with his daughter and ex-wife. At the last moment, he overhears The Salesman attempting to recruit someone nearby and turns around.
Season 2 is set three years later and Gi-hun, having chosen not to go to the US, rejoins the games to compete again for a cash prize of millions.
As to whether his agenda is to win the now larger amount of money, feed his gambling addiction, or dismantle the games completely, we’ll have to wait and see.
