'Squid Game' Season 2: Release Date, Cast and What to Know About the Netflix Series

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is opening its doors for season 2!As filming gets underway for the new season of the popular Korean survival drama later this year, Netflix is gearing up for the anticipated nine-episode follow-up to the breakout 2021 season.After being crowned its most-watched series ever with 1.6 billion total hours watched during its opening month, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed in January 2022 that «the universe has begun.» A season 2 greenlight was made official by Netflix in June 2022, nine months after the series premiered, with creator/writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk back to oversee the entire thing.

follows ordinary people forced to enter a secret competition, where they could either win a massive cash prize or lose their life.

Season 1 centered on divorced father and gambler, Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who unexpectedly outwits and outlasts his fellow competitors until he makes it to the end and discovers there is far more to the games than he originally thought.

The popularity of skyrocketed soon after its September 2021 debut, catapulting actress Jung Ho-yeon, who played Kane Sae-byeok, into the show's breakout star and dominating the pop culture conversation around the world.With cast and producers, including Hwang, gathering together in June 2023 for the first official table read to kickstart season 2, here's what we know so far about the anticipated new season of the Korean thriller.Not for a while.Netflix released official photos from the first cast table read for season 2 on June 28, which took place earlier in the week, according to the streaming service.