Ever since Netflix’s Squid Game hit, K-drama premiered on September 17 it has swept the globe. It has peaked at no. 1 on 90 countries in 10 days and has become the streamer’s biggest ever non-English show. As announced by Netflix on Twitter, the series has become the streamer’s biggest-ever show, period. It has even surpassed the current record holder Bridgerton in less than a month after its release.
The Squid engrossing series depicts a deadly, Battle Royale-style Game, where 456 people, all facing massive debts, gamble their lives on a $38 million dollar payout. While the wild premise has drawn millions of viewers in, the expertly written characters and what-would-you-do dilemmas have fans trading theories and also checking out similar shows. Also, the show’s open ending has had the internet on fire about a possible renewal for the series. Since you are looking for it and asking about it, we are going to tell you everything we know about the Squid Game season 2.
Has Squid Game Been Renewed for a Second Season?
Although the internet is currently buzzing with questions and speculations about the Squid games season 2, at this time, we can categorically tell you that Netflix has not dropped any hints on whether or not it will renew its most popular K-drama ever, even though it has only been recently premiered. Netflix usually waits a few months to renew its U.S. shows, and there’s less information on their international renewals to see a pattern.
If there’s going to be a renewal of the show, then you can expect to have quite a wait for the season 2 premiere. Squid Game was first announced in 2019, with production taking up to 2 years to complete. So even with the most optimistic timeline, you can expect it to take more than a year for Squid Game season 2 to premiere.
However, the renewal for a second series is only speculation. This is because the director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk recently stated that he had no intention of doing a second part for now, since the creative process was quite exhausting.
Be it as it may, Netflix’s powers of persuasion are infamous, especially when it comes to shows that became such a success.
What You Are to Expect from Squid Game Season2
There’s actually no guarantee that a continuation will follow the next Game in Korea. Season 1 revealed that there are deadly Games happening all over the globe. Rich men from multiple countries gamble on the outcomes. Even though the first Game was presumably founded in Korea, since Oh 1l-nam (Oh Young-so) was involved, another country’s Game may become the subject of a future season.
Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety in late September that he may return to big-screen movies before thinking about a Squid Game sequel. According to him, he does not have well-developed plans for Squid Game 2” he said, “it is quite tiring just thinking about it”.
However, Squid Game hit it big, and when the director spoke to The Times of London in October, he sounded more positive about a possible season 2.
Is There a Squid Game Season 2 Trailer?
So far to our knowledge, a second season has not even been written as such it would be fair to assume that a second trailer does not exist. However, in the meantime, you can watch the season one trailer.
When Would Squid Game Season 2 be Released?
If ever a second season would be commissioned, we are pretty sure it wouldn’t be gracing our screens for quite some time. As earlier stated, we first heard about Netflix’s Squid Game back in 2019. It then took another two years for filming and production to complete. As such, it’s likely we would not be seeing a second season until 2023 (even 2024) If they’ll be any.
Squid Game Cast
Since most of the characters in Squid Game are already dead, the number of returning characters will likely be limited.
Lee Jung-jae and Gong Yoo, the man that recruited participants at the train station, will most likely be cast for a second series.
Also, fans are expecting a surprise from BTS group member, Jin. There’s been speculation that he may appear in the hit show’s second series.
As the winner of the first series, Gi-hun is also a possibility to return, after Sang-Woo’s decision to end his life in the battle arena.
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