Netflix's hit series "Squid Game" is set to return to the streaming platform for a second season. Ted Sarandos, co-CEO and chief content officer for Netflix, confirmed the news during an earnings interview for Netflix's 2021 fourth quarter.
Due to an interesting storyline and a brilliant cast that keeps you on the edge of your seat, "Squid Game" became the first non-English-language series and first Korean series to be most-viewed original show of "Netflix". Show was also nominated for the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"There’s been so much pressure, so much demand and so much love for a second season. So I almost feel like you leave us no choice!" "Squid Game" creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk told the Associated Press at the time.
Although Hwang couldn't give many details about season two, he did confirm that the show's star Lee Jung-jae will return as the depressed Seong Gi-hun, who won the death-defying games.
"Gi-hun will come back, he’ll do something for the world, " he said.