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Squid Game <\/em><\/a>made\u00a0history when it debuted on Netflix in September 2021. The South Korean survival drama television series surpassed Bridgerton<\/em><\/a> to\u00a0become the most-watched show ever on the streaming service, a record that the series still holds today. Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>features a competition involving 456 players who are struggling financially and play deadly children\u2019s games to win the grand prize. The series was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards<\/a> and won six, including Outstanding Lead Actor for Lee Jung-jae<\/strong> and Outstanding Director for Hwang Dong-hyuk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After Squid Game<\/em>\u2018s massive worldwide success, Netflix renewed the series for season two on June 12, 2022. Netflix also adapted the series into a reality show<\/a> that premiered in November 2023.<\/p>\n

Squid Game <\/em>season 2 premiered in 2024. Netflix released the first look<\/a> at the upcoming season on February 1. Keep reading to get all the updates about\u00a0Squid Game<\/em> season 2.<\/p>\n

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Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>Season 1 Recap<\/h2>\n

Season 1 of\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>follows Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father who is invited to play a series of children\u2019s games for a massive cash prize. After he\u2019s taken to an unknown location, he finds himself among 456 total players who are imprisoned by masked guards who take orders from the Front Man. They play the first game, Red Light, Green Light, and discover that the losers are killed on the spot, with each death adding money to the grand prize. Gi-hun forms alliances with some of the other players including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo, North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, Pakistani migrant worker Ali Abdul, and an elderly man with a brain tumor named Oh II-nam. Their enemies are gangster Jang Deok-su and con woman Han Mi-nyeo.<\/p>\n

As the games are going on, police officer Hwang Jun-ho sneaks in to find his missing brother. Jun-ho makes it to another island and tries to call for help, before the Front Man finds him and reveals himself to be Jun-ho\u2019s brother, In-ho. Jun-ho refuses to join the games and is shot by In-ho and falls off a cliff to his presumed death.<\/p>\n

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The final game comes down to Gi-hun and Sang-woo. Gi-hun lets Sang-woo live, but Sang-woo decides to stab himself in the neck and he dies. Gi-hun comes home with a bank card to access the prize money but he learns that his mother has died. One year passes and Gi-hun still hasn\u2019t used the prize money. He discovers that Oh II-nam is alive and is the mastermind behind the games. Oh II-nam dies and Gi-hun decides to give a share of the prize money to Sae-byeok\u2019s brother and Sang-woo\u2019s mother. As Gi-hun prepares to fly to LA to reconnect with his daughter, he sees the same recruiter who got him to play the games, and calls a phone number to find out who is running the game now. After the person on the phone call refers to Gi-hun as Player 456, he decides to not board the plane.<\/p>\n

When Will Squid Game<\/em> Season 2 Come Out?<\/h2>\n

At a press conference following the 2022 Emmy Awards, writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed that <\/span>Squid Game<\/span> Season 2 would be filmed in 2023 and released in 2024. \u201cWe will start shooting Season 2 next year and it\u2019ll be released the following year,\u201d he said, according to Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0The exact release date for Season 2 was later revealed to be Thursday, December 26, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who Is In The Cast Of\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>Season 2?<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>season 2 cast will be very different than season 1 since so many characters died. Cho Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo<\/strong>),\u00a0Kang Sae-byeok (HoYeon Jung<\/strong>), Ali Abdul (Anupam Tripathi<\/strong>), Oh II-nam (O Yeong-su<\/strong>), Hwang Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon<\/strong>), Jang Deok-su (Heo Sung-tae<\/strong>), and Han Mi-nyeo (Kim Joo-ryong<\/strong>) did not survive the first season. But writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk has said that he\u2019d bring back some of the dead characters. \u201cI want to revive Ji-young, but her best friend Sae-byeok also died, so I\u2019m thinking what to do,\u201d he said at a news conference<\/a> in Sept. 2022. \u201cSo many characters died, especially beloved ones died. I\u2019m sorry I killed them so easily; I didn\u2019t know this was coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae<\/strong>) and Front Man (Lee Byung-hun<\/strong>) didn\u2019t die and will be in season 2. This was confirmed by Hwang Dong-hyuk in a letter that Netflix shared when they renewed the show.<\/p>\n

In a cast announcement teaser that was released during Netflix\u2019s TUDUM event on June 17, the returning cast members were revealed along with new players. In addition to Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun<\/strong> will return as Hwang Jun-ho and Gong Yoo<\/strong>. The new players are Yim Si-wan<\/strong>, Kang Ha-neul<\/strong>, Park Sung-hoon<\/strong>, and Yang Dong-Geun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game<\/em> to life last year. But it took 12 days for Squid Game<\/em> to become the most popular Netflix series ever,\u201d Hwang said. \u201cAs the writer, director and producer of Squid Game<\/em>, a huge shout out to fans around the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show. And now, Gi-hun returns. The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming. The man in the suit with ddakji might be back. You\u2019ll also be introduced to Young-hee\u2019s boyfriend, Cheol-su. Join us once more for a whole new round.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a chance that Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0appears in\u00a0Squid Game<\/em> one day. And no, that\u2019s not a joke! Hwang Dong-hyuk said at the Sept. 2022 press conference, \u201cThere will be no known Hollywood actor in season 2. That\u2019s not in the plan and if the stage changes, maybe in season 3 \u2013 but for season 2, it is still set in Korea. Leonardo DiCaprio did say he\u2019s a big fan of Squid Game<\/em>, so maybe if time or chances allow, we can ask him to join the games.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Will Happen In\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>Season 2?<\/h2>\n

The first teaser<\/a> for\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>season 2 shows Seong Gi-hun at the airport answering a call from someone, who says, \u201cYou\u2019ll regret your decision.\u201d Seong Gi-hung responds, I will find you. No matter what it takes.\u201d Netflix also shared four first-look photos of the new season.<\/p>\n

Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed at the press conference that they\u2019ve finalized which games will be played in the second season. He also confirmed that there will be a bigger production budget for season 2, according to Variety<\/em>.\u00a0On the Emmys red carpet, Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed that Gi-hun will be seeking revenge in season 2 and will come back \u201cwith a different character, more serious,\u201d per\u00a0Deadline<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hwang Dong-hyuk teased what could be in store for season 2 before the show was even officially renewed. \u201cThere are some other stories in the series that have not been addressed. For example, the story of the police officer and the story of his brother, The Front Man,\u201d he told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> in October 2021. \u201cSo if I end up creating season 2, I\u2019d like to explore that storyline \u2014 what is going on between those two brothers? And then I could also go into the story of that recruiter in the suit who plays the game of ddakji with Gi-hun and gives him the card in the first episode.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a strong chance that we get\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>season 3. \u201cI\u2019m in talks with Netflix over season two as well as season three,\u201d Hwang told The Korea Times<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in December 2021. \u201cWe will come to a conclusion any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>Reality Show<\/h2>\n

Squid Game: The Challenge<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>was announced in June 2022. The reality series based on the scripted show premiered in November 2023. It featured 456 players competing for $4.56 million, the largest cash prize in reality TV history, in challenges from the original show.\u00a0Mai Whelan<\/strong><\/a>, a 55-year-old immigrant adjudicator from Virginia, won the first season.\u00a0Squid Game: The Challenge\u00a0<\/em>was renewed for season 2 in December 2023.<\/p>\n

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