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Netflix greenlights second season of Squid Game

Netflix has finally confirmed a second season of runaway hit Squid Game.
Michael Staines
Michael Staines

07.47 13 Jun 2022


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Netflix greenlights second sea...

Netflix greenlights second season of Squid Game

Michael Staines
Michael Staines

07.47 13 Jun 2022


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Netflix has finally confirmed a second season of runaway hit Squid Game.

By far and away the streaming giant’s most successful show, a second season of the South Korean series was arguably a foregone conclusion.

Netflix announced the agreement with a short teaser clip featuring Young-hee, the gigantic animatronic doll that featured heavily in the first season.

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In a statement, director and executive producer Hwang Dong-Hyuk said: “It took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year – but it took 12 days for Squid Game to become the most popular Netflix series ever.”

“As the writer, director, and producer of ‘Squid Game,’ a huge shout out to fans around the world," he said.

“Thank you for watching and loving our show.”

The statement also confirms that protagonist Seong Gi-hun is returning alongside his masked antagonist the ‘Front Man’.

He said “the man in the suit with ddakji might be back” and teased the introduction of Cheol-su, who is Young-hee’s boyfriend.

Squid Game is Netflix’s most popular show of all time by a significant margin – logging 1.65 billion viewing hours around the world.

The Spanish-language Money Heist comes in at second with 792.2 million hours, with Bridgerton Season 2 in third with 656.2 million.


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