Squid Game' season 2

In just 27 days last year, the first season reached a massive 111 million fans according to the streaming service, beating period drama Bridgerton. While we don ...

I'd consider using a writers' room and would want multiple experienced directors," he said. Seong Gi-hun is the main character: divorced with a young daughter and a big gambling problem. The result? There's no release date yet — and given it took 12 years for Squid Game to make it from the page to the screen, it might not be a quick turnaround. The series won three of the four awards it was up for at the Screen Actors Guild, missing out to Succession for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. In a letter released by Netflix, Hwang said Gi-hun and the black-masked character The Front Man will return.

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.

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.