Squid game is back for season 2 — and it’s more intense than ever.
The trailer for the upcoming season of the Korean thriller opens with Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) waking up in a panic before raising a gun in a dimly lit hallway as he confronts a masked man. This comes after he has abandoned his dream of going to the US and instead takes part in a deadly game with revenge on his mind.
Leaving viewers to see the fear in his eyes, the scene changes to show a countdown and the masked crew preparing to start a new game.
“We’re ready to start the game,” a voice says in Korean.
Nothing else is said in the rest of the trailer.
Squid game Season 2: All about the next installment of the highly anticipated Korean thriller
As the buttons are pressed and the fire ignited, the words “Nothing will stop the game” flash across the screen.
As time ticks down, fans know the stress of 0:00 remaining on the screen. Suddenly, 456 appears, the same number as the one on Gi-Hun’s uniform.
Squid Game Season 2 trailer footage from Netflix.
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The following clip shows the new participants entering the deadly game, which consists of two huge circles painted on the ground with rainbow rings around them before the screen fades to black.
2nd season Squid game the premiere is scheduled for December 26.
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Netflix released a minute-long teaser as part of its annual Geeked Week event for streamers.
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Squid Game Season 2 trailer footage from Netflix.
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Squid game is Netflix’s most-watched series in 94 countries, with more than 142 million household members and 1.65 billion hours watched in its first four weeks. Creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk teased the plot of the second season in June 2022.
“It took 12 years to bring the first season Squid game to life last year. But it took 12 days Squid game to become Netflix’s most popular series ever,” Hwang said in a statement to Netflix. “As a writer, director and producer Squid gamea big greeting to fans all over the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show.”
In 2021, before Season 2 was confirmed, Hwang mentioned that Season 1 “ended in an open-ended way” to leave room for the series to continue.
“There are some other stories in the series that have not been covered. For example, the story of the policeman and the story of his brother, The Front Man,” he said. The Hollywood Reporter in October 2021. “So if I finish making Season 2, I’d like to explore that story — what happens between those two brothers? And then I might also go into the story of the suit-clad recruit playing ddakji with Gi-hun and gives him a ticket in the first episode.”
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The Squid Game Season 2 trailer clip from Netflix.
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The director added, “And, of course, we could pick up Gi-hun’s story as he returns, and explore more of how he’ll navigate his dealings with the people who design the games.”
Less than a year later, Hwang shared the news with The Hollywood Reporter, saying that his writing process for the new season has begun.
“Seong Gi-hun became a completely new person by the end of the first season, so the second season will be about what that new Gi-hun will do and how things will go with that new kind of character,” he said. discovered at the time.
1st season Squid game is available to stream on Netflix. Its spin-off, a real-life competition series called Squid Game: The Challenge, is also at your service.
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