Streaming: Second “Squid Game” season coming at Christmas

The death game for 45.6 billion South Korean won has kept millions of streaming fans around the world in suspense: Netflix has finally released the start date of the second season of the bloody series “Squid Game”. The new season will be available on December 26th of this year, the streaming service announced. However, there is also a downside. The series will end with a third season in 2025.

Death run in the stadium

At the same time, there was a foretaste of the brutality that the audience can expect in the new episodes. This time, the life-threatening competitions take place in a stadium. A group of runners start in tracksuits on a tartan track. Legs and feet can be seen, followed by noise and screams of fear.

Producer, screenwriter and director Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote in a letter to fans: “Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) swore revenge at the end of the first season. He returns and takes part in the games again. Will he get his revenge?” The frontman at the head of the Guardians is once again a tough opponent. “The fierce clash of their worlds will continue in the third season, which will reach you next year.”

Most successful Netflix series of all time

The South Korean production, which launched in 2021, is considered the most successful Netflix series of all time. In the first season, nine episodes told the story of almost 500 people, all of whom are heavily in debt. They compete against each other in seemingly harmless children’s games to win millions in prize money. But the macabre competition leaves no second chances: anyone who doesn’t make it to the next round is killed immediately.

In its home country, “Squid Game” has captured the spirit of the times, particularly because of its open social criticism. Growing inequality, discrimination against social minorities, extreme pressure to perform: almost all of the country’s major problems are addressed in the series.