After becoming Netflix’s most-watched original show ever, Squid Game season 2 promises even more twisted competitions and deadly games. Squid Game season 1 focused on a group of everyday people invited to take part in the titular event, a secretive competition that carries grave consequences for its losers. Those selected all carry heavy financial burdens to bear, the type of debt that can make life one big ball of stress. Despite the likelihood of death, if winning the game can make their lives less of a living hell, the contestants are on board.
Squid Game burst onto the scene and was instantly beloved by both critics and viewers, then rode massive amounts of positive word of mouth to Netflix viewership records. Following its success, Netflix is looking to make Squid Game into a broader universe, with multiple spin-offs in development. It’s no surprise that Squid Game season 2 is coming, and the long wait is nearly over.
The Latest Squid Game Season 2 News
A Teaser Is Revealed
the teaser highlights an obviously haunted Gi-hun as he once again comes face to face with the Front Man who arrives at his doorstep.
As the wait continues for Netflix’s most popular series to return for its sophomore season, the latest news comes in the form of a teaser trailer for Squid Game season 2. Released during Netflix’s annual Geeked Week in September 2024, the teaser highlights an obviously haunted Gi-hun as he once again comes face to face with the Front Man who arrives at his doorstep. Then, the teaser shows the masked guards setting up the game as Gi-hun is once again back to play amid a slew of other players. The teaser ends with a brief glimpse of a game involving rainbow circles on the ground.
Squid Game Season 2 Release Date
The Game Begins In December
In what is perhaps one of the most anticipated release dates in Netflix’s illustrious history of original content, the streamer has finally penciled Squid Game season 2 onto the schedule. Coming more than three years after the first season left viewers stunned, the sophomore season is set to premiere on Thursday, December 26, 2024.
Squid Game
season 1 Premiered on September 17, 2021.
Squid Game Season 2 Cast
Who Will Play The Squid Game?
The Squid Game season 2 cast has already been partially confirmed, including one character whose fate was left uncertain in the first Squid Game season. A casting video debuted at the Netflix Tudum event and shows the surviving cast members from season 1 will be back for season 2. This includes Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun, Lee Byeong-Heon as Hwang In-ho, Wi Ha-Joon as Hwang Jun-ho, and Gong Yoo as the person who recruits participants for the game.
There are also 12 new cast members joining Squid Game season 2, though nothing is known about the characters yet. Those new cast members are:
- Kang Ha-Neul
- Yim Si-Wan
- Park Sung-Hoon
- Yang Dong-Geun
- Park Gyu-Young
- Jo Yu-Ri
- Kang Ae-Sim
- Lee David
- Lee Jin-Uk
- Choi Seung-Hyun
- Roh Jae-Won
- Won Ji-An
The confirmed cast of Squid Game season 2 includes:
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Squid Game Role |
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Lee Jung-jae |
Seong Gi-hun |
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Lee Byeong-Heon |
Hwang In-ho |
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Wi Ha-Joon |
Hwang Jun-ho |
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Gong Yoo |
The Recruiter |
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Kang Ha-Neul |
Unknown |
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Yim Si-Wan |
Unknown |
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Park Sung-Hoon |
Unknown |
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Yang Dong-Geun |
Unknown |
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Park Gyu-Young |
Unknown |
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Jo Yu-Ri |
Unknown |
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Kang Ae-Sim |
Unknown |
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Lee David |
Unknown |
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Lee Jin-Uk |
Unknown |
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Choi Seung-Hyun |
Unknown |
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Roh Jae-Won |
Unknown |
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Won Ji-An |
Unknown |
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Squid Game Season 2 Story
The Games Begin Again
Squid Game
‘s complex in-universe creator Il-nam is also apparently dead, which may lead to an even less fair game than before.
Squid Game season 1’s ending definitely left the door open for a sequel, although many wondered if the setup would be vastly different and not focus as much on the actual game. Sole surviving protagonist Gi-hun seemingly opts to try and take down the organization behind Squid Game rather than move on with his daughter, and it’s unlikely he would willingly participate in the game again, even if baited by Squid Game’s resident recruiter.
However, there’s always a way for dystopian organizations like this to force compliance, so perhaps Gi-hun’s daughter will be used to bait him back into the game. Squid Game‘s complex in-universe creator Il-nam is also apparently dead, which may lead to an even less fair game than before. Since the Squid Game season 2 plot will also see the return of Jun-Ho to the cast, it could be that he survived his brother’s bullet and that the Front Man’s intention was never to kill his brother, but rather, to save him.
Squid Game Season 2 Trailer
Watch The Teaser Below
With the sophomore season’s premiere date scheduled for December 2024, Netflix has revealed a teaser trailer for Squid Game season 2. Opening with an obviously distraught Gi-hun being confronted by the Front Man at his doorstep, the teaser then transitions to the masked guards as they prepare the arena for more deadly games. Gi-hun is once again back in the green and white jumpsuit, and he is just one of many new players who will compete in the games. Though the teaser doesn’t reveal much, it hints at a new game involving a rainbow painted on the ground.
