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Feb. 15, 2024
Squid Game Season 2 in Production
Director Hwang Dong-hyuk promises new episodes will be worth the wait.
The global hit’s second season is currently in
production in South Korea, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk is thrilled about
what’s in store. “I do have a lot on my shoulders, but I’ll make sure it’s
worth the wait,” Hwang told Netflix in December.
Squid Game Season 1 introduced fans to the K-drama’s titular deadly game, which
forces citizens to gamble with their lives. In return, they may win a
world-changing cash prize — or suffer the dire consequences. Down on his luck
Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is Squid Game’s protagonist, and Season 2 will pick
up after Gi-hun’s jaw-dropping decisions in the Season 1 finale.
Squid Game introduces viewers to a group of contestants desperate enough to risk their lives in a mysterious survival game for the promise of a 45.6 billion won cash prize. Season 2 will follow hero Gi-hun as he abandons his plans to go to the United States. Instead, he begins a chase with an important motive.
The show confirms that some familiar faces will return
to the Squid Game cast, including Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo,
and Wi Ha-jun. Newcomers Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park
Sung-hoon, Jo Yu-ri, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Lee Jin-uk, Choi
Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, and Won Ji-an will all appear in Squid Game Season
2 as an ensemble of colourful new characters.
Emmy winner Hwang serves as writer, director, and
executive producer. He made history at the 74th Primetime Emmys as the first
Asian director to ever win the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama
Series. In a letter to fans in June 2022 (seen above), he teased what viewers
could expect from Season 2. The series is produced by Firstman Studio; Kim is
the CEO of Firstman Studio and an executive producer. “There’s definitely a lot
of pressure on how to make [Season 2] even better,” Kim shared in 2022. “I know
that a lot of the different fans and audiences have enjoyed the series very
much, but, really, we’re focusing on how to make it even more joyful to the
global audience.”
