Squid Game season 2 will feature more gruesome challenges, creator confirms

Date:
Thu, 19 May 2022 09:46:36 +0000

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Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has teased more about what to expect from the show's second season.

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Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that season 2 of the hit Netflix show will feature more perilous puzzles.

Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again, Hwang said of the series' return in a recent interview with Vanity Fair . I want to ask the question, Is true solidarity between humans possible?'

While Squid Game season 2 was officially renewed by Netflix back in January, it wasnt clear until now whether new episodes would see protagonist Gi-hun returning to the mysterious facility at the heart of the shows debut season.

Vanity Fair also reports that Hwang only has about three pages worth of ideas that he plans to turn into a script for season 2 right now, adding that new episodes arent likely to arrive on Netflix until the end of 2023 at the earliest.

Squid Game took the world by storm in 2021, inspiring everything from real-life robot dolls to amateur video game adaptations on its way to
becoming the biggest show in Netflix history (after just 28 days, the series racked up an unprecedented 1.6 billion viewing hours on the streamer).

In doing so, the survival series also quite literally changed the game for
how Netflix measures the success of its movies and TV shows. Following Squid Games popularity, the streaming service shifted away from the two-minute-per-view metric it had previously used to instead record the total hours watched within a titles first month of release.

Its no wonder, then, that Netflix decided to green-light the shows return earlier this year. At the time, co-CEO Ted Sarandos was quoted as saying that "the Squid Game universe has just begun, so we dont expect season 2 to be the series last, either. Squid Game's gruesome challenges were a hit with fans (Image credit: Netflix)

Major spoilers for Squid Game season 1 follow.

As for what story new episodes will tell, the most likely plot thread to explore is Gi-huns quest for revenge against the games mysterious organizers. Hwangs latest comments add fuel to that fire, but the creator has also expressed an interest in delving deeper into the relationship between the Front Man, In-ho, and his brother, Jun-hon. We could see more of the recruiter, too. For more on these potential storylines, head over to our dedicated hub .

In any case, it looks like well be waiting a few years to find out Gi-huns fate. The slow progress comes as a result of Hwangs ongoing involvement in other projects the director is currently working on a new movie , Killing
Old People Club, which, Hwang says, wont be one for the squeamish.

"It will be more violent than Squid Game," Hwang revealed in an April interview with Variety , adding that Killing Old People Club is sure to be another controversial film.

To ease the wait for Squid Game season 2, then, check out our breakdown of
the Squid Game ending , which poses big questions about what to expect from the shows highly-anticipated second season. Eight bloody dramas to watch
while you wait for Squid Game season 2




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