Netflix announces 'Squid Game' Season 2.

Netflix announces 'Squid Game' Season 2.

It hasn’t exactly been a secret that Netflix gave the thumbs up to a second season of ‘Squid Game’ some time ago, and it has really been the desire and busy schedule of creator/writer/director/executive producer Hwang Dong-Hyuk that will determine exactly when it arrives.

Still, looking to make sure that lethal animatronic dolls and deadly games of marbles are still in our minds, the streaming service rounded out Geeked Week with a new message about the second season – specifically, that it is now officially greenlit (red light… sorry, force of habit after watching the show).

‘Squid Game’ followed a group of fictional South Korean players, the cash-strapped and down on their luck, who were offered a chance to win a huge monetary prize… If they can survive a lethal set of games based on children’s favorites. As 456 players are whittled down to one, it’s all filmed for the viewing pleasure of some wealthy masked men. Our hero in the show is Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), a lowly man faced with a need for cash to help his splintered family.

Since it debuted on Netflix last year, ‘Squid Game’ has become a huge pop cultural sensation and took the title of the streamer’s biggest TV show ever, logging 1.65 billion hours of viewing in the first four weeks of its release. It has also broken through in awards categories, the cast winning Screen Actors Guild Awards and the company firing up expensive pop up attractions to lobby for Emmy votes.

“It took 12 years to bring the first season of ‘Squid Game’ to life last year. But it took 12 days for ‘Squid Game’ to become the most popular Netflix series ever,” reads the statement from Hwang. “As the writer, director and producer of ‘Squid Game,’ a huge shout out to fans around the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show.”

He continues by teasing what we can expect from the new season: “Gi-hun returns. The Front Man (one of the masked terrors who orchestrates and the games), The man in the suit with the Ddakji might be back”. Ddakji, in case you don’t remember from the game, is a traditional South Korean game played using folded paper tiles.

Oh, and according to Hwang, we’ll meet Cheol-su, the boyfriend of Young-hee. If you’ve ever wondered what the “boyfriend” of a giant killer doll looks like… we’re going to get our chance.

In addition to the new season, Hwang is also working on a satire of the series’ success, currently titled ‘The Best Show on the Planet’ and an adaptation of an Umberto Eco novel. Yet both of those are likely on the backburner as his focus is on the next round of mayhem in the ‘Squid Game’ world.

There is no indication when the show will actually return, but current thinking points to either later 2023 or early 2024.

Netflix announces 'Squid Game' Season 2.

Netflix announces 'Squid Game' Season 2.