After months of speculation about whether or not the show would have a second season, Netflix confirmed in January 2022 that it would be moving forward with a season 2.
The long-awaited season 2 of “The squid game” will be released at the end of this year. Netflix announced the second season of the creator’s Korean survival drama series Hwang Dong-hyuk and Today he presented the first official images of the second season.
The nine-episode first season of “The Squid Game” premiered in 2021. After its premiere, the series soon became a global phenomenon and one of the most popular on Netflix.
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What the second season of The Squid Game is about
The drama about a deadly competition between poor competitors to win £45.6 billion turned out to be a huge hit. The long-awaited season 2 will follow Gihun, who abandons his plans to go to the US and goes on a chase.
The series was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards. including best drama series (a first for a non-English language series), winning six.
“The Squid Game” also made history at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards by becoming the first non-English language series and the first Korean series to earn nominations for cast in a drama series, actor in a drama series (Lee Jung-jae), actress in a drama series (Jung Ho-yeon) and group of specialists. Lee Jung-jae and Ho-yeon won the awards. The series also won three Golden Globes, including best television drama.
After months of speculation about whether or not the show would get a second season, Netflix confirmed in January 2022 that it would be moving forward with a season 2. Netflix CEO, Ted Sarandos, said during a call with an analyst: “Absolutely. “The universe of ‘The Squid Game’ has just begun.”
Since then, the “Squid Game” universe has expanded to include a series of unscripted competitions, “The Squid Game: The Challenge”and an upcoming video game.
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