A teaser for the second season of Squid Game was released on Sunday, leaving fans of the South Korean dystopian drama questioning one main character.
Netflix announced that the next installment will debut on December 26, and that the third and final season will arrive in 2025.
The new clip sees the return of protagonist Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, the sole survivor of the original game, who hoped that winning would trade his life for that of his daughter.
Although he ultimately emerges victorious, he emerges traumatized by all he has seen and done, and vows to find those running the game.
And while fans were elated at the news of Squid Game’s return, many were left theorizing about what could happen next.
A trailer for the second season of Squid Game was released on Sunday, and it left fans of the South Korean dystopian drama questioning one main character.
The new clip sees the return of protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the sole survivor of the original game, who hoped that winning would trade his life for that of his daughter.
One viewer shared: ‘Let’s think about this. Either he’s still a detective and went to try and save everyone or he could have been like the old man, a VIP, but he’s there to act like a participant.’
Others added: ‘So he came back to kill more people?’; ‘Gi-Hun returns to the games: first it was for survival, now it’s for revenge’; ‘Imagine coming back for revenge and dying halfway through the series’; ‘When a funny guy becomes serious, everything will be unforgettable’.
‘What do you think Gi-hun is going to do? Play again? Infiltrate and destroy the games?’; ‘I’m going to look for controversy. Gi-hun will take over the games as leader. He’ll replace the old man.’
Another theory: ‘Call it now Gi-hun actually goes to America to see his daughter, but ends up getting tangled up in the American Squid Games, perhaps?’
The first season was released in mid-September 2021 and became a global sensation, along with Netflix’s biggest show in the streamer’s history.
Reprising their roles from the first season, Lee Byung-hun will play the leader, while Wi Ha-jun will play Jun-ho and Gong Yoo will play the salesman.
New additions to the cast for the show’s second season will include Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-geun, Park Gyu-young, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David , Lee Jin-uk, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won and Won Ji-an.
Hwang Dong-hyuk will serve as director and executive producer for the show’s second season, which is scheduled to begin production later this year.
The series is Squid Game, the global sensation from Korea that became Netflix’s most-watched show ever in 2021.
Although he ultimately emerges victorious, he emerges traumatized by all he has seen and done, and vows to find those running the game.
And while fans were elated at the news of Squid Game’s return, many were left theorizing about what could happen next.
Netflix released a new trailer on Wednesday, which not only confirmed that Season 2 will debut on Thursday, December 26, but also that there will be a third and final season.
The streaming service did not give an exact date for the final season, but confirmed it will debut sometime in 2025.
The show racked up over 1.65 billion hours of viewing globally in its first 28 days and became the first show to have been watched by over 100 million Netflix accounts (111 million) in that time period.
The series follows a secret contest in which 456 people in dire financial straits are led to play a game that could make them incredibly rich.
The series is Squid Game, the global sensation from Korea that became Netflix’s most-watched show ever in 2021.
The series follows a secret contest in which 456 people in dire financial straits are led to play a game that could make them incredibly rich.