Squid Game season 2 is coming out in a few months, but Netflix has already released the first images from these new episodes.
The wait is getting long for fans of Squid Game. The Korean Netflix phenomenon series that had exploded all the scores when its first season was released in 2021 is returning in a few months to the platform streaming. It is indeed on December 26, 2024 that subscribers will be able to discover season 2.
In these new episodes, Gi-Hun returns to participate in the Squid Game with a new goal, very different from all those who hope to win the 45.6 billion won. He then dives back into the survival game and will have to face new deadly and deadly tests. Before the release of season 2, you can discover the first images below.
Season 2 of Squid Game is officially confirmed by Netflix, after an announcement made in November 2021 by AP Entertainment. But when will subscribers be able to discover it? It is on December 26, 2024 that the episodes of season 2 will be put online on the streaming platform, just in time for the end-of-year holidays.
Three years after winning the Squid Game, Gi-hun, player 456, has given up on going to the United States and returns with a new goal. To achieve it, he dives back into the mysterious survival game where he will face deadly situations alongside new participants who all dream of winning the 45.6 billion won prize.
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Synopsis – A very special survival game is being organized in Korea: the one who survives can win 45.6 billion won (about 32 million euros). 450 people, living in precarious conditions, are recruited and try their luck in deadly variations of children’s games. Squid Game is a Netflix series not recommended for under 16s.
Warning, the rest of this paragraph contains spoilers for the Squid Game season 1 finale. The end of the first season of Squid Game surprised Netflix subscribers. The series ends with Seong Gi-hun winning the game after Sang-woo commits suicide to let his childhood friend win. But when he returns home with the $45.6 billion he won, he discovers that his mother is dead. The protagonist resumes his previous life, but refuses to use the money he won as a tribute to Sang-woo. While he goes to the airport to find his daughter, he meets his recruiter: he leaves him a card with a phone number. When he calls, Gi-hun receives one last order: to get on the plane. However, he ends up disobeying… Gi-hun, who cannot return to the life he had before the games, then seems determined to put an end to the Squid Game. Will he participate in the new edition in order to destroy the Squid Game from the inside? Will his disobedience instead put him in more danger? If the Netflix subscriber finds an answer, it will be in a season 2, if it ever sees the light of day.
Squid Game is a real hit on Netflix. The South Korean series features children’s games played violently, often resulting in death. It is so successful that many children have heard of Squid Game, which is banned for under-16s. In playgrounds, some people reenact certain events from the series, to the point of alarming the Ministry of National Education: on LCI, Jean-Michel Blanquer calls for everyone’s “responsibility” so that younger people do not watch the series. “It is obvious that the platforms are responsible (…), we have seen that it is normally banned for under-16s, perhaps we should consider measures that allow for real parental control on such subjects”.
As a reminder, however, parental controls do exist on the streaming platform, in the Account tab > Profile and parental controls > Access restrictions. Jean-Michel Blanquer also called for parental responsibility: “we will not achieve anything if we do not have a commitment from parents to check more closely what is happening,” he also said. “Do not leave children alone in front of screens.” School directors and college principals have been alerted to the phenomenon, and some parents have therefore been able to receive messages concerning this series.
In France, Squid Game is causing controversy in schools: children are reproducing the games from the Netflix series. This raises the question of the viewing age limit for this South Korean program. The streaming platform directly mentions on the Squid Game page that this content is reserved for people aged 16 and over, due to its violence. So, how can we prevent children and those under 16 from watching the series?
Outside of youth accounts, it is possible to set up parental controls on your Netflix account. Simply go to Account > Profile and parental controls > Access restrictions. You can then change the age category (content that does not meet the age limit will no longer be accessible) or target specific content that should not appear, such as Squid Game for example. Be careful, if you have several profiles that your children can visit, you should impose these restrictions on all profiles.
- Lee Jung-jae: Seong Gi-hun (number 456)
- Park Hae-soo: Cho Sang-Woo (issue 218)
- Yeong-Su oh: Oh II-nam (number 1)
- Jung Ho-yeon: Kang Sae-byeok (number 67)
- Heo Sung-tae: Jang Deok-su (number 101)
- Anupam Tripathi: Abdul Ali (number 199)
- Kim Joo-ryoung: Han Mi-nyeo (number 212)
- Yoo Sung-joo: Byeong-gi (number 111)
- Kim Yun-tae: number 69
- Goon Yoo: The Recruiter
- Wi ha-joon: Hwang Jun-ho
- Kim Young-ok: Gi-hun’s mother
- Jo A-In: Gi-Hun’s daughter
- Park Si-wan: Kang Cheol
- Lee Jung-jae (who plays Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game) is voiced by Constantin Pappas (VF by Jon Hamm, Steve Carrel, Peter Dinklage…).
- Park Hae-soo (Cho Sang-woo) is voiced by Mario Bastelica.
- O Yeong-su (Oh Il-nam) is voiced by Michel Tureau (King Fu Panda, The Adventures of Tintin).
- Jung Ho-yeon (Kang Sae-byeok) is voiced by Olivia Nicosia
- Heo Sung-tae (Jang Deok-su) is voiced by Gilles Morvan (VF by Rockmond Dunbar, Mahershala Ali, Seth Rogen, Dwayne Johnson…)
- Anupam Tripathi (Ali Abdul) is dubbed by Anatole Yun (La Daronne, Les chatouilles…).
- Kim Joo-ryoung (Han Mi-nyeo) is voiced by Marie-Laure Dougnac (Delicatessen).
The entire Squid Game is available in France on Netflix. You just need a subscription to the streaming platform to discover all nine episodes that make up the first season of the South Korean series. If you have an account, you should know that it is possible to discover this program on computer, smartphone applications, tablet or on a Smart TV.