20 June 2023, 13:02 by Karzal

Netflix reveals cast members for Squid Game second season

At the Tudum global fan event in São Paulo, Brazil, Netflix revealed the first names for Squid Game season two.

Lee Jung-jae will reprise his role of Gi-hun and Hwang Dong-hyuk will return to direct and produce the second season of the series, which will go into production later this year.

Lee Byung-hun returns as Front Man, Wi Ha-jun reprises the role of police detective Jun-ho, and Gong Yoo also returns.

New players in the game include Yim Si-wan (Unlocked), Kang Ha-Neul (Midnight Runners), Park Sung-hoon (The Glory), and Yang Dong-geun (Yaksha: Ruthless Operations).

Squid Game debuted on Netflix on September 17, 2021 and became a global phenomenon. The series clocked in over 1.65 billion hours of viewing in 28 days and reached 111 million accounts, becoming the first Netflix series to surpass 100 million members at launch and remains the most-watched series ever on Netflix.

During Tudum, Netflix also previewed Squid Game: The Challenge, the competition program inspired by the series. In the competition, 456 players compete for a cash prize of $4.56 million, the largest prize in a reality series.

In the ten part series, contestants will compete against each other in a series of games inspired by the series plus a number of new games and their strategies, alliances and character will be put to the test as competitors are eliminated around them.

Check out a sneak peek at the new cast members in the video below.

Comments (4)

BlackBiker • 20 June 2023, 13:14

Nice diverse cast! Is this still possible nowadays? I'm curious whether this will have as much impact as the first season, which was actually a miniseries. Of course it depends on the story, but the novelty has worn off, so the story has to fit very well.

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Tamino • 20 June 2023, 14:36

It is and remains a Korean series so I didn't expect anything other than such a cast. Vgm it was not a miniseries but intended as a drama series.

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BlackBiker • 20 June 2023, 16:13

Yes that's right. It's a Korean series and you know what you get, a series with only Koreans. That woke obligation of all colors plus the rainbow only applies in the West. But how is it possible that these series are entitled to Western awards, such as Emmys? That always makes me laugh. Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator and creator of the series, has long stated that he has no plans or ideas for a sequel. Only after insistence and the enormous success of the series did he decide to come up with a second season.

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Futsudo • 23 June 2023, 16:31

There has been a lot of fuss about the first season. To be honest, I didn't think it was anything special. I will watch the first episode of the second season, but that episode has to grab me immediately otherwise I will leave it as it is.

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