Probably the most thrilling present of the 12 months up to now, the Netflix k-drama Squid Sport has additionally change into the streamer’s most stunning viral hit. The sequence follows grownup contestants in a Battle Royale-type Sport, with a number of rounds based mostly off conventional Korean and international kids’s video games (like Tug of Warfare and Pink Mild, Inexperienced Mild). Although the loss of life recreation premise has been executed earlier than (Battle Royale or The Starvation Video games), the characters in Squid Sport aren’t pressured to play for survival. They’ve volunteered, playing their lives on the prospect to win $38.5 million {dollars}.
Squid Sport shortly rose to no. 1 on the Netflix Prime 10 after premiering September 17, the place it has remained because it will get an increasing number of buzz on social media. Although the present just isn’t a straightforward binge, because of the graphic violence and heavy ethical dilemmas, its wonderful characters and terrifying video games has viewers contemplating whether or not they would make it by means of the lethal competitors, in addition to simply how a lot cash a life is price. In between telling everybody they know in regards to the present, followers are additionally asking for a second season. Here is what we all know up to now a couple of attainable continuation of the hit thriller.
Squid Sport Season 2 has formally gotten a inexperienced mild.
After months of hypothesis, Netflix has lastly introduced the renewal of its most-viewed authentic present, 9 months after the discharge of its mega-hit first season. Along with a brief teaser that includes the long-lasting Pink Mild, Inexperienced Mild doll Younger-hee, the streaming large launched a press release, signed by creator Hwang Dong-hyunk and directed to the present’s followers.
“It took 12 years to carry the primary season of Squid Sport to life final 12 months. However it took 12 days for Squid Sport to change into the preferred Netflix sequence ever,” reads the letter. “As the author, director and producer of Squid Sport, an enormous shout out to followers world wide. Thanks for watching and loving our present.”
The assertion goes on to substantiate that Season 1’s winner Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and Sport grasp Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun) will return. It additionally teases one other cameo by Gong Yoo, who performed the recruiter in season 1, and hints that the subsequent recreation will contain a brand new robotic mascot.
“And now, Gi-hun returns. The Entrance Man returns. Season 2 is coming. The person within the swimsuit with ddakji may be again. You may even be launched to Younger-hee’s boyfriend, Cheol-su. Be a part of us as soon as extra for a complete new spherical.”
The Season 1 finale units up a attainable return.
The nine-episode sequence follows the Sport from starting to finish, with the principle hero, divorced dad Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), successful the sport after his childhood good friend turned enemy, Cho Sang-woo (Park Hae-soo) sacrifices himself. In his shock and grief, Gi-hun refuses to spend the prize cash for over a 12 months. Ultimately he learns that the previous man he befriended and betrayed over the course of the Sport, Oh Il-nam (Oh Younger-soo), was secretly the mastermind behind all of it.
After Oh Il-nam dies, Gi-hun discovers that the Sport remains to be happening. Whereas headed to the airport to go to his daughter, he runs into the Salesman (Gong Yoo) recruiting a brand new participant. As a substitute of getting on the flight, Gi-hun walks away, vowing to cease the Sport as soon as and for all.
The vengeful ending leaves the story open for an additional installment, following Gi-hun as he goes towards the rich masterminds behind the Sport. The present was initially listed as a seasonal sequence on the platform, not a restricted one, displaying a Season 2 was attainable. Plus, Netflix has a historical past of multi-season Ok-dramas. The historic zombie saga Kingdom and the highschool romance Love Alarm each obtained two seasons.
4 new faces have been solid in Season 2.
Right now, Netflix gave the primary main replace about season 2 throughout its Tudum stay occasion, saying the primary new solid members to hitch the sequence in yet-to-be disclosed roles. The brand new solid members embody: Yim Si-wan, who’s finest identified for the Netflix Ok-drama Run On and the horror movie Unlocked; Park Sung-hoon, who lately performed Jae-joon in Netflix’s The Glory; Kang Ha-neul, who starred within the drama When the Camellia Blooms; and actor and rapper Yang Dong-geun.
Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon, and Lee Byung-hun will return for Season 2.
Since Squid Sport follows a loss of life match, many of the solid would not make it by means of the primary season. Apart from Gi-hun, all of season 1’s gamers have died, together with fan favourite Kang Sae-byeok (Jung Ho-yeon) and the key mastermind Oh Il-nam. No matter street the brand new season would possibly comply with, be it a brand new Sport or an operation to take the entire enterprise down, we now have affirmation of which characters will likely be returning for season 2.
Netflix has confirmed that Lee Jung-jae (who performs Seong Gi-hun), Wi Ha-joon (Hwang Jun-ho), and Lee Byung-hun (the Entrance Man) will all return for the brand new season. Gong Yoo will even reprise his cameo function because the recruiter. Police detective Jun-ho’s return follows standard fan theories in regards to the character, who spent the primary season investigating the sport from the within whereas looking for his lacking brother. It turned out that his brother was the Sport’s masked Entrance Man the entire time, and final we noticed of Jun-ho, he was falling off a cliff into the ocean after being shot by the Entrance Man.
Although Jun-Ho was left for lifeless, we by no means truly see his lifeless physique be recovered from the water. Now that it appears the cop made it out alive, he’ll probably return with an excellent stronger conviction to take down the lethal Sport as soon as and for all.
Season 2 might reveal extra particulars in regards to the Frontman, detective Jun-ho, and the Recruiter.
Hwang has given new insights into the plot of a attainable second season. He advised CNN that he wish to present the backstories for a number of of the present’s less-explored characters, together with the Entrance Man who runs the Sport and the recruiter, performed by Prepare to Busan actor Gong Yoo.
“There are some free ends I’d prefer to discover if I had been to make a second season. The Frontman’s unexplained previous, detective Jun-ho’s story. These are issues I didn’t clarify in Season 1. If I had been to do Season 2, I’d like to elucidate these parts. And the person with the Ttakji in his luggage…the person who was performed by Gong Yoo,” he mentioned.
The creator additionally shared extra particulars in regards to the Entrance Man in an interview with the Sunday Instances. He revealed that, along with being Jun-ho’s older brother, the mysterious Sport grasp can be an ex-cop. He additionally mentioned that the brand new season might contact on policing in Korea.
“I feel the difficulty with cops isn’t just a difficulty in Korea. I see it on the worldwide information that the police power will be very late on appearing on issues—there are extra victims or a state of affairs will get worse due to them not appearing quick sufficient. This was a difficulty that I wished to lift. Possibly in season two I can discuss this extra.”
Wi Ha-jun, who performs Jun-ho, advised Vulture that he would additionally prefer to discover the connection between Jun-ho and his brother in season 2.
“I’m additionally dying to search out out. I haven’t heard something, so I actually need to know what occurred. If there’s to be a season two, and if Jun-ho is to return, then I personally hope we are able to look into his relationship along with his brother, in addition to what made his brother make these selections and led him to being there. That’s my private want,” he mentioned.
Hwang is in talks with Netflix a couple of attainable Season 3.
The largest Ok-drama ever could even proceed previous season 2. In a December interview with Korean broadcaster KBS, per Korea Instances, Hwang revealed that he has mentioned a attainable third season of Squid Sport with Netflix, which might make the thriller one of many longest operating Korean dramas ever.
“I am in talks with Netflix over season 2 in addition to season 3, Hwang mentioned. “We’ll come to a conclusion any time quickly.”
The streaming large additionally confirmed in a press release to TVLine, “It is true that we’re discussing all kinds of potentialities for Squid Sport, together with the manufacturing of a Season 3, however nothing has but been set in stone.”
For anybody questioning simply how far Netflix’s plans for the sequence go, co-CEO and chief govt officer Ted Sarandos gave a touch through the streamer’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings interview, per Selection. When requested whether or not he might verify the second season, the exec cited the present’s potential to develop into an leisure franchise, evaluating its reputation to Bridgerton and Stranger Issues.
“Completely,” Sarandos answered. “The Squid Sport universe has simply begun.”
Hwang thinks Season 2 will come out round late 2023.
In an interview for Self-importance Truthful‘s June 2022 subject, Hwang revealed that he is in ultimate talks with Netflix in regards to the second season, and that he expects the brand new episodes to return out in late 2023 or early 2024. He additionally advised the outlet that he has three pages’ price of concepts for the script, and that the one character assured to return again up to now is lead Gi-hun.
“I need to ask the query, ‘Is true solidarity between people attainable?'” the creator mentioned of the second season’s theme. He additionally in contrast the dilemmas of the primary season to humanity as a complete, saying that the gamers weren’t able to cooperating as a gaggle. “In the event that they had been able to speaking with each other, of cooperating with each other, I do agree that there might have been a risk that we might have seen extra winners.”
“Humanity goes to be put to a check by means of these video games as soon as once more,” he added.
Season 2 will present that Gi-hun has change into “a very new individual.”
In an August interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hwang gave an replace on the forthcoming season, revealing that he is on deadline to complete writing season 2 “by the top of this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months.” The creator additionally spoke on the messages he hopes to convey within the new episodes.
“The philosophies I put in season one all naturally lengthen to season two,” he mentioned. “As a substitute of attempting to fulfill the expectations of viewers, I simply thought in regards to the final second when Gi-hun turned away from boarding the aircraft, and I thought of what he’ll do subsequent.”
He additionally gave a touch of Gi-hun’s way of thinking after that finale cliffhanger, sans spoilers. “There’ll naturally be a circulation of occasions that may lead all the best way to the top of the season. I can’t share any particulars but, however you already know that Seong Gi-hun has change into a very new individual by the top of season one, so season two goes to be about what that new Gi-hun goes to do and the way issues will unfold with this new sort of character.”
Quinci LeGardye is an LA-based freelance author who covers tradition, politics, and psychological well being by means of a Black feminist lens. When she isn’t writing or checking Twitter, she’s in all probability watching the newest Ok-drama or giving a live performance efficiency in her automobile.
