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Squid Game

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Ratings
Also, "Squid Game" Season 2 is still huge.
Squid Game S2 Lee Byung-hun as Front Man in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
After one week, the South Korean drama broke records and is already Netflix's seventh most popular series not in the English language.
A man wearing a tracksuit with the number 456 in a large room full of stacked beds and other people in matching outfits; Lee Jung-jae in 'Squid Game' Season 2
keep playing?
Hwang Dong-hyuk's Netflix series will return for a third and final season in 2025.
Squid Game S2 Wi Ha-jun as Hwang Jun-ho in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
Players Terminated
Stunt coordinators Park Young-Sick and Chung Seong-Ho tell IndieWire how they organized the raw survival action of "Squid Game."
Squid Game S2 (L to R) Kang Ae-sim as Jang Geum-ja, Yang Dong-geun as Park Yong-sik in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
Control Room(s)
Production designer Chae Kyoung-Sun tells IndieWire about crafting new games and more sinister spaces for Season 2 of the Netflix series.
Squid Game S2 Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
not fun and games
All hell breaks loose in the seventh and final episode of "Squid Game" Season 2 ahead of the show's third and final season in 2025.
Squid Game Season 2 stars Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun, shown here with his hands behind his head, a guard standing behind him
More Games, Same Squids
In the sequel to Hwang Dong-hyuk's global smash hit, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is desperate to end the games for good, but Netflix — uh, I mean the Front Man — has other ideas.
A man in a green and white tracksuit with a red X on the chest; Lee Jung-jae in 'Squid Game 2'
In Season 2, Lee Jung-jae's character reenters the deadly game — but with a clear enemy and surprising new ally.
A group of people in red jumpsuits with hoods and masks featuring geometric shapes; still from 'Squid Game'
who's winning?
The Netflix phenomenon returns on December 26, more than three years after its debut.
Squid Game S2 Lee Byung-hun as Front Man in Squid Game S2 Cr. No Ju-han/Netflix © 2024
Commentary
Netflix is not missing a single opportunity to market Season 2 of its biggest-ever series.
'Squid Game 2'
Gamechanger
While the idea for December's "Squid Game 2" came to creator Hwang Dong-hyuk early on, he told IndieWire the writing process led him in a creative direction that completely changed the end of the series.
Squid Game Season 2 on Netflix
This December, Netflix releases its most-anticipated sequel season of the year, faces its biggest live streaming test yet, and also: more "Bake-Off."
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