“It’s been three years, are you ready to play again?” We already know when the second season begins, and it has been announced that the successful series has been renewed for a third and final season, which will premiere in 2025.
“It’s been three years, are you ready to play again?” The second season of the hit Korean drama ‘The squid game‘ It already has a release date: Netflix has revealed that it will premiere on December 26.
The teaser trailer for the new season is, appropriately, Olympicand subtly distressing. It shows the beginning of an athletics event, with runners dressed in the infamous green tracksuits gradually overtaking the athletes and stumbling as they go. Next, we see the guards and the protagonist, who asks a sinister question: “It’s been three years, are you ready to play again?”
At the end of the teaser there is a surprise: it is revealed that ‘The Squid Game’ has been renewed for a third and final season, which will premiere in 2025.
Watch the trailer below:
The creator, director and executive producer of the series, Hwang Dong-hyukpublished a letter to fans in which he wrote: “I am delighted to see how the seed that was planted to create a new ‘Squid Game’ grows and bears fruit until the end of this story. We will do everything we can to ensure to bring you another exciting journey.
What a Christmas gift…
According to the official description of the second season, the story will focus on the player 456who swore revenge at the end of the first season: “Three years after winning ‘The Squid Game,’ player 456 is still determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their ruthless sport. Using this fortune To finance his search, Gi-hun starts in the most obvious of places: looking for the man in the smart suit who plays ddakji on the subway. But when his efforts finally pay off, the path to taking down the organization turns out to be longer. deadly than I imagined: To finish the game, you need to re-enter it“.
As previously announced, Lee Jung-jae, who won an Emmy for playing Gi-hun/Player 456, will return to star in the series alongside Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo.
The first season of the series premiered on Netflix in September 2021 and became a global phenomenon, surpassing ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Bridgerton’ to become the most watched original series of all time.
The series received 14 Emmy nominations with six wins. Among them, one for Hwang as best director of a drama series, another for Lee as best actor in a drama series and another for Lee You-mi as best guest actress in a drama series. See you in December, when the real game starts…
