Netflix confirms the second season of “The Squid Game” – Television

Although it was an open secret, Netflix has confirmed that the most successful series in its history, the Korean “The Squid Game”, will have a second season.

And it has done so through a message on networks signed by the creator, director and producer of the successful Korean series, Hwang Dong-hyuk: “Although it took us 12 years to release “The Squid Game”, it only took 12 days to become in the most popular series in the history of Netflix”, he pointed out.

Now, he added, “Gi-hun is back. The leader is back”, he specified in reference to the character played by Lee Jung-jae, the chauffeur addicted to games of chance whose dire economic situation makes him participate in the main game of the Serie.

And “the man in the suit with the ddakji could return”, that game consisting of throwing a folded piece of paper at another with the intention of turning it over; In addition, the creator added, “you are going to meet Cheol-su, Young-hee’s boyfriend”, the terrifying giant doll that appeared during the game of Red light, green light, and who identified and shot the players who were they will move

Although Netflix has not given an approximate release date, Hwang Dong-hyuk himself pointed out in May in an interview with Vanity Fair that the second season will arrive at the end of 2023 or even in 2024 since at the moment the creator “only has a few three pages with ideas” that have not yet been captured in the final script.

“Humanity will be put to the test through new games,” the creator of the South Korean production briefly explained, leaving a question in the air for fans of the series: “Is true solidarity between humans possible?”