Netflix dropped the first teaser of its Korean drama series Squid Game Season 2 on Friday, giving a glimpse of Lee Jung-jae’s grizzled veteran Seong Gi-hun and other contestants ready to compete for the prize money to the tune of USD 4.56 million.
Dropped right at the end of Netflix’s Geeked Week announcements, the 59-second-long teaser opens with a visibly tense Gi-hun, who has abandoned his plans to move to the US, holding a gun as a masked figure approaches him. The following scenes show new participants preparing to begin a new life-or-death game. In return, they may win a massive cash prize or suffer dire consequences.
Besides Lee Jung-jae, other returning cast members include Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo. New cast members include Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri and Won Ji-an.
Hwang Dong-hyuk returns as writer, director and executive producer for the upcoming season, while Chae Kyoung-sun serves as the production designer.
Squid Game Season 2 is set to premiere on Netflix on December 26. The streaming platform earlier announced that Squid Game will conclude with a third and final season, slated to release in 2025.
Squid Game Season 1 introduced viewers to the K-drama’s deadly game, where citizens were forced to gamble their lives. It went on to become Netflix’s most-watched series, with a record 1.65 billion views in just 28 days after its September 17, 2021 release. Lee Jung-jae made history as the first Asian man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 2022 Emmys and the first to win for a non-English show. Hwang Dong-hyuk also became the first Asian to win an Emmy for directing a drama series.
