With creator Hwang Dong-hyuk coming back for the series, he does have something to say about his highly anticipated show: “I’m so sick of ‘Squid Game’”

Talking to Variety about his next series, Hwang says, “I’m so exhausted. I’m so tired. In a way, I have to say, I’m so sick of ‘Squid Game,’… I’m so sick of my life making something, promoting something. So I’m not thinking about my next project right now. I’m just thinking about going to some remote island and having my own free time without any phone calls from Netflix—Not the ‘Squid Game’ island.”

Though the first season of the series did end with a cliffhanger, it has been confirmed that the second and third season of Squid Game had been shot back-to-back; this was done so that the third season would be ready to come out next year.

We don’t know exactly what to expect with the second season, but at least now fans know that the showrunners already have an ending in mind—so maybe any twists that would come their way would feel organic.

Despite the success of the first season, a lot of fans did think that the reveal of Oh Il-nam as the secret antagonist kind of just comes out of nowhere; and it also destroys any context of his relationship with Gi-hun during the games.

With Hwang not being shy about the pressure he’s received after the series’ success, I’m just hoping he manages to pull this off with no more hitches.

Watch out for Squid Game Season 2 when it releases on Netflix on Dec. 26.

Squid Game Season 2 is now ready to hit Netflix later this December, and we have a whole new trailer giving us an idea of what to expect. Watch this:

Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.

Compared to the first game where Gi-hun is just as clueless as the rest of the participants, it looks like he’s going to be navigating the game differently this time, actually convincing others to not play the game as it was intended.

Of course, there are some characters that look to be disruptors to Gi-hun’s plan, but you can’t expect any excitement to come from the story if everyone just plays along.

The first season of the show was such a surprise hit that even director Hwang Dong-hyuk had been vocal about not expecting the audience reaction as well. Though it’s great that Squid Game was a hit, the pressure is now on for Hwang to deliver another fantastic season of adults doing playground games to save their own lives.

Hopefully, he’ll manage to stick the landing.

Watch out for Squid Game 2 when it comes to Netflix on Dec. 26.

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Here’s the official description for the second season:

Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.

We never really knew how Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) planned to take down the games after he won, but it does look like he’s just going to join as a regular participant and try to convince everyone to stop playing the games by confirming that he’s a previous winner.

Admittedly, it doesn’t seem like the smartest plan on Gi-hun’s part, but maybe there’s some kind of mind game that he’s playing with the game masters; and him looking desperate was just part of his plan.

I’ll have to say I was one of the more sceptical people when a second season was announced, but it does seem that director Hwang Dong-hyuk had something planned for a follow-up. Let’s just hope that the series manages to captivate audiences just as much as the first one did.

Watch out for Squid Game 2 when it comes to Netflix on Dec. 26.

According to Deadline, Mindhunter and Gone Girl director David Fincher has been tasked by Netflix to develop an English-language adaptation of Squid Game. We don’t have much details about the series yet, but it’s rumoured that the English Squid Game could be Fincher’s major focus for the next year.

So far, it isn’t clear if Fincher’s series is going to be an extension of the canon or a straight-up remake, but fans are admittedly not happy that Fincher would be working on this—especially when everyone had been asking for him to get back on a third season of Mindhunter.

We don’t need an English-language Squid Game. The Korean version is too perfect. We deserve the final season of Mindhunter instead. https://t.co/IS8jf58y9U pic.twitter.com/TYkw4ewOwO

— Eric Pellinen (@EricPellinen) October 28, 2024

Admittedly, Fincher has been in kind of a slump recently, and Mindhunter seems to be his last major success. Mank didn’t exactly make waves when it released, and last year’s The Killer was also considered pretty plain next to other films in Fincher’s filmography.

Though directing hasn’t been so forgiving for Fincher recently, he has managed to produce some great shows like Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots—he even directed one episode in the latest season (the one with the giant evil crab).

Who knows, maybe Fincher will have a unique take on Squid Game, but for now, fans are going to be sceptical about the decision until they get a first look.

The second season of Squid Game is expected to hit Netflix on Dec. 26.

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As per the official announcement, the second season of Squid Game is set to hit Netflix on December 26. The video also came with a synopsis for the next season:

Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.

It’s unclear what Gi-hun is planning by joining the game once again, but hopefully the series has found a way to tell another interesting story that doesn’t just repeat the beats of the first season.

I’ll admit, the plot of Squid Game does sound pretty familiar if you’ve seen these life-or-death-game-shows like Battle Royale and The Hunger Games, but the series manages to set itself apart by execution. Not only are the games uniquely brutal, but the characters are also great, and the series does have a very visual flair that makes for memorable onscreen moments.

I know a lot of people are excited for a second season, but I’m hoping director Hwang Dong-hyuk manages to pull it off again.

Catch the second season of Squid Game when it premieres on Netflix on Dec. 26.

According to The Playlist, David Fincher (Mindhunter, Se7en, Fight Club) has been hard at work developing a Squid Game adaptation for the past two years. Along for the ride is writer Dennis Kelly, who had worked with Fincher on Utopia before he ultimately left the project.

The English version of Squid Game could apparently be Fincher’s next directing gig, but it’s possible that it couldn’t push forward right now as the original series is still ongoing. Netflix head Ted Sarandos had said, “Since the main series is still ongoing, there’s no justified reason for Netflix to do a remake.”

Admittedly, I’m surprised that Fincher would take on a project like Squid Game, seeing that a lot of his more recent projects have been very dark and serious like Mindhunter and The Killer. Not that Squid Game doesn’t get dark; but the show does have a tendency to be more colorful, and the violence can sometimes get a bit too outlandish for a Fincher project.

Then again, if Fincher is able to give his own unique twist to the premise, I’d be open to see what he would come up with. Until it gets a greenlight, all we can really do is speculate.

The English adaptation of Squid Game has not been officially announced, and there’s no release date for the second season of the original show.

The show is set to premiere in a few weeks, and we have a new featurette putting the spotlight on Lee’s character Master Sol. Watch this:

Information has been slowly coming out about the series, and it looks like we’re going to be seeing two eras of Master Sol, one as an apprentice, and another as a fully realized Jedi. By the looks of it, the titular acolyte will have been Sol’s former padawan, and it will be up to him to stop her.

Though Jedi are always the noble good characters in Star Wars, it’s kind of implied that The Acolyte will be portraying them in a different light, this time giving us the point-of-view of a Sith character. If you’ve followed The Clone Wars, you’ll know that the Jedi’s downfalls have been explored in the series; and The Last Jedi really leaned into it when Luke Skywalker himself talked about how the hubris of the Jedi allowed for them to get wiped out.

Either way, Lee was great in Squid Game, and though Gi-hun was kind of a bumbling character, it’s going to be interesting to watch him be a Jedi this time. I don’t expect him to be the cleanest character either, but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see till the premiere.

Watch out for The Acolyte when it premieres on Disney+ on June 4.

Squid Game: The Challenge is set to come out late November, and we have our first look at the series here:

The official description of the series reads: “As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show — plus surprising new additions — their strategies, alliances, and character will be put to the test while competitors are eliminated around them.”

Since this is a reality show, we don’t actually expect any of the contestants to actually be killed like in the series; but it does look like they’re going to be put through the same kind of challenges in the show—specifically the games, from the game of red-light-green-light to the suspension bridge where people could just fall.

You’ll also notice that the contestants have also been rigged with bloody squibs which can be set to blow whenever they’re eliminated, making it look like they’ve been shot—just like in the show.

What is interesting is that The Sun had reported earlier in January that multiple contestants from the game had come forward complaining about ‘inhumane’ conditions that the show had put them through, particularly having them stand still in freezing weather as they shot the red-light-green-light sequence. Contestants had described it like a ‘war zone’ and said that ‘some were crawling at the end,’ with a person having to be taken out with a stretcher.

Netflix, on the other hand, released this statement: “While it was very cold on set — and participants were prepared for that — any claims of serious injury are untrue.”

Squid Game: The Challenge premieres on Netflix on Nov. 22.

According to Deadline, Hwang is now working on a series called The Best Show on the Planet which will be reflection of his overnight success with Squid Game. The how is still in the very early stages of development, and is just another project under Hwang’s belt besides the second season of Squid Game and a movie based on a novel from author Umberto Eco.

Though you can imagine the relief of Hwang that Squid Game was such a huge hit, he sounds like he’s on an enormous amount of pressure to deliver with the sequel. “Season 1’s success has given me an immense amount of pressure and I am having nightmares about the reception for Season 2 not being so good,” he says.

I have to say, Squid Game isn’t the perfect show, but Hwang was able to make the story pretty engaging, despite its clear inspiration from Battle Royale. There are a lot of plot elements that don’t make sense, but there’s just so much tension and drama between characters and the games that you can’t help but binge through the whole thing.

You also have to commend the simplicity of the aesthetics where the Netflix series was able to make the show as dynamic as it was with just a select number of sets. The simple costumes and colors have also managed to stand out, and we can expect years of people just cosplaying in green and pink jumpsuits with circle/triangle/square masks.

No release date has been set for The Best Show on the Planet, but Squid Game 2 is said to be aiming for a 2024 release.

During an interview with KBS (via Soompi), Hwang Dong Hyuk revealed, “I’m currently in the midst of discussions with Netflix about Season 2 and Season 3 [of ‘Squid Game’].” It’s still unclear if the series has been greenlit, but he does say that the discussions are nearing an end. With Squid Game coming out as one of the most popular shows on Netflix in 2021, you can bet that a second season is going to happen regardless of the quality of story they have on their hands.

As for the plot, Hwang Dong Hyuk says that it will follow the story of Gi Hun (Lee Jung Jae) as he tries to unravel the mysteries of the organization. He says:

“The focus [of the season] will be the story of [Lee Jung Jae‘s character] Seong Gi Hun unraveling [the mysteries of the organization behind the game]… The overarching plotline of Season 2 will be the story of the people that Gi Hun meets and the people he chases after.”

Though Battle Royale movies are kind of played out (Hunger Games, the original Battle Royale), Squid Game has managed to captivate an audience with its striking visuals and easy-to-follow plot. Not to mention a great cast of characters that are great to watch clash with each other.

No release has been announced for a second season, but you can catch Squid Game now on Netflix.