Squid Game is returning for season 2 — and it’s extra intense than ever.
A trailer for the upcoming season of the Korean thriller picks up with Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) waking up in a panic earlier than holding up a gun in a dimly lit hallway as he faces a masked man. This comes after he left behind his dream to go to the U.S. and as a substitute, is collaborating within the deathly recreation with revenge in thoughts.
Leaving viewers to see the worry in his eyes, the scene adjustments to point out a countdown and a masked crew getting ready for a brand new recreation to start.
“We’re prepared to begin the sport,” a voice will be heard saying in Korean.
Nothing else is alleged all through the remainder of the trailer.
As buttons are pushed and a hearth is ready, the phrases “Nothing will cease the sport” flash throughout the display.
Because the timer runs out, followers know the stress that comes with the numbers 0:00 left on the display. Abruptly, 456 seems, the identical quantity because the one on Gi-Hun’s uniform.
The following clip exhibits new individuals getting into the deathly recreation, which consists of two large circles painted on the bottom with rainbow rings round them earlier than the display goes black.
Season 2 of Squid Sport is ready to premiere on December 26.
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Netflix launched the minute-long teaser as a part of its Geeked Week occasion for streamers, which takes place yearly.
Squid Sport is Netflix’s most-watched collection in 94 international locations, bringing in over 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first 4 weeks. Creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk teased the plot of season 2 in June 2022.
“It took 12 years to carry the primary season of Squid Sport to life final yr. Nevertheless it took 12 days for Squid Sport to develop into the most well-liked Netflix collection ever,” Hwang said in a statement to Netflix. “As the author, director and producer of Squid Sport, an enormous shout out to followers world wide. Thanks for watching and loving our present.”
In 2021, earlier than season 2 was confirmed, Hwang mentioned that season 1 “resulted in an open-ended method” to go away house for the collection to proceed.
“There are another tales within the collection that haven’t been addressed. For instance, the story of the police officer and the story of his brother, The Entrance Man,” he advised The Hollywood Reporter in October 2021. “So if I find yourself creating season 2, I might wish to discover that storyline — what’s going on between these two brothers? After which I may additionally go into the story of that recruiter within the go well with who performs the sport of ddakji with Gi-hun and offers him the cardboard within the first episode.”
The director added, “And, in fact, we may go together with Gi-hun’s story as he turns again, and discover extra about how he’ll navigate by means of his reckoning with the people who find themselves designing the video games.”
Lower than a yr later, Hwang shared an replace with The Hollywood Reporter, saying that his writing course of for the brand new season had commenced.
“Seong Gi-hun has develop into a very new individual by the tip of season one, so season two goes to be about what that new Gi-hun goes to do and the way issues will unfold with this new sort of character,” he revealed on the time.
Season 1 of Squid Sport is accessible to stream on Netflix. Its spin-off, a real-life competitors collection referred to as Squid Sport: The Problem, can be on the service.