Netflix will soon continue its biggest hit

It’s hard to describe what a huge phenomenon South Korean series Squid Game was when it landed on Netflix in 2021 in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The streaming service’s own production is still unbeaten, because over 2.2 billion hours streamed Not even English-language hit titles like Wednesday or Stranger Things come close.

But while there was an extremely questionable reality game show based on the series called Squid Game: The Challenge in the meantime, it was not clear for a long time when the scripted original would finally continue. Roughly it had been targeted since the beginning of 2024, but we now know a little more precisely.

Death Games on Netflix: What was Squid Game about again?

In showrunner Dong-hyuk Hwang’s Squid Game, hundreds of cash-strapped people are offered a chance to win an incredible million-dollar stake in an adult version of Children playing to participate. There are only two catches: only one person goes home with the prize at the end. And: Only one person even ends up going home. Because whoever leaves, also leaves life.

Who is behind the perfidious games? How much worse can it be in the capitalist outside world if the players even “voluntarily” return to the death games out of desperation? And will the lovable good-for-nothing Gi-hun (Jung-jae Lee), who we accompany as player 456, make it to the end?

When is Squid Game season 2 coming to Netflix?

As THR reports, Netflix boss Ted Sarandos confirmed that the second season of Squid Game in the second half of 2024 will go online. So no new episodes are expected before July, but a specific date has yet to be found.

What’s next in Season 2 of Squid Game?

Warning, spoilers for Squid Game, season 1: Gi-hun actually emerged as the winner of the games and received the exorbitant winnings of 45.6 million won, about 33 million euros. But he had to see several other players die, including his friend, and find out that the old man he had grown fond of was one of the organizers. In Season 2, Gi-hun will use his money to hunt down the rich men behind the squid games. At the same time, new players are already in the starting blocks. Spoiler end.

Watch a Netflix promo for season 2 here:

Also expected back in the cast are Yoo Gong as a recruiter, Byung-hun Lee as a frontman and Ha-jun Wi as his cop brother Jun-ho.