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‘Squid Game’ Will Get a Second Season, Netflix Confirms

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIt’s official: “Squid Game,” Netflix’s breakout hit of 2021, will be getting a season 2, co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos affirmed.On Netflix’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, Sarandos was asked whether there would be a second season of the violent South Korean survival drama, which has scored as the company’s No.

1 most-viewed TV series.“Absolutely,” Sarandos replied. “The ‘Squid Game’ universe has just begun.”Previously, “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had indicated that it would be returning for a Season 2.“There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season.

So I almost feel like you leave us no choice!” Hwang told the AP last fall. “But I will say there will indeed be a second season.

It’s in my head right now. I’m in the planning process currently.” Hwang also said that lead actor Lee Jung-jae will return as “Squid Game’s” main character, Seong Gi-hun.“Squid Game” is by a long shot Netflix’s biggest-ever TV show, based on the streamer’s calculation that subscribers worldwide streamed 1.65 billion hours of the show in the first 28 days of its release on the platform.

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