Reuters
[Source: Reuters]
Revenge will be in the air in the hotly anticipated second season of “Squid Game”, the TV show’s creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says, promising a bigger cast of characters and more absorbing challenges than the original.
Attending the first global promotional event for the new season in the Tuscan city of Lucca, Hwang told Reuters a third edition of the Korean drama was already in post-production, and hinted an English-language version may be in the offing too.
The first season of “Squid Game” became Netflix’s most watched series of all time when it was released in 2021.
Hwang went on to win an Emmy for outstanding directing for a drama series, while Lee Jung-jae scored a best actor in a drama Emmy Award. Both were the first Asians to take home those titles and the first for a non-English language series.
Given the huge viewing figures, the dystopian show was inevitably renewed and is due to hit the streaming service on Dec. 26, with the third and final instalment set for rollout in 2025.
The thriller series follows cash-strapped contestants who take part in deadly survival challenges featuring childhood games for a chance to win a fortune. The new season takes place three years after the events of the first and sees Lee’s character Seong Gi-hun returning to the life-or-death game with new participants
Also attending the Lucca Comics & Games event, Lee told Reuters there was pressure to improve on the original, adding that his character, a former gambling addict, is a changed man.
The Hollywood news site Deadline, reported this week that U.S. director David Fincher, who made the 1999 hit “Fight Club”, was working on an English-language version of “Squid Game” for Netflix.
