Netflix confirms ‘Squid Game’ will return for second season
The controversial Korean title is the streamer's No. 1 show of all time
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It’s official: "Squid Game," Netflix’s breakout hit of 2021, will be getting a season 2, co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos affirmed.
On Netflix’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, Sarandos was asked whether there would be a second season of the violent South Korean survival drama, which has scored as the company’s No. 1 most-viewed TV series.
"Absolutely," Sarandos replied. "The ‘Squid Game’ universe has just begun."
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Previously, "Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk had indicated that it would be returning for a Season 2.
"There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season. So I almost feel like you leave us no choice!" Hwang told the AP last fall. "But I will say there will indeed be a second season. It’s in my head right now. I’m in the planning process currently."
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Hwang also said that lead actor Lee Jung-jae will return as "Squid Game’s" main character, Seong Gi-hun.
"Squid Game" is by a long shot Netflix’s biggest-ever TV show, based on the streamer’s calculation that subscribers worldwide streamed 1.65 billion hours of the show in the first 28 days of its release on the platform.
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In Season 1 of the series, 456 cash-strapped contestants are invited by a mysterious organization to compete in a series of children’s games — with deadly consequences — to win a piece of the ₩45.6 billion prize pool (about $38.5 million).