Via PTI
LOS ANGELES: Streaming provider Netflix has formally renewed its hit Korean survival drama collection “Squid Sport” for a 2nd season with writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk promising lovers that “an entire new spherical is coming”.
Hwang additionally published that Music Gi-hun aka participant no 456, performed via Lee Jung-jae, and The Entrance Guy, a mysterious persona essayed via Lee Byung-hun, will reprise their roles.
He additionally teased the go back of Gong Yoo, who performed the unnamed persona of a person within the swimsuit with ‘ddakji’ who recruits avid gamers into the ‘Squid Sport’, a sequence of Korean’s youngsters video games with a dangerous twist whose ultimate surviving contestant might be rewarded 45.6 billion gained as money prize.
In a observe shared on Netflix’s social media pages overdue Sunday night time, the acclaimed director thanked audience for loving the display, which best noticed the sunshine of day 12 years after it used to be conceived.
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“It took 12 years to convey the primary season of ‘Squid Sport’ to lifestyles ultimate 12 months. Nevertheless it took 12 days for ‘Squid Sport’ to turn into the most well liked Netflix collection ever. Because the publisher, director and manufacturer of ‘Squid Sport, an enormous shout-out to lovers world wide. Thanks for staring at and loving our display.
“And now, Gi-hun returns. The Entrance Guy returns. Season 2 is coming. The person within the swimsuit with ddakji may well be again,” Hwang stated.
Hwang Dong-Hyuk publisher, director, manufacturer, and author of @squidgame has a message for the lovers: %.twitter.com/DxF0AS5tMM
— Netflix (@netflix) June 12, 2022
The director, additionally recognized for Korean motion pictures comparable to “Silenced” and “Leave out Granny”, stated on this season the target market might be offered to Cheol-su, the boyfriend of Younger-hee, the enormous creepy doll that shot lasers out of its eyes within the first spherical ‘Purple Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle’ of “Squid Sport” season one.
“Sign up for us yet again for an entire new spherical,” he added.
The streamer’s announcement comes six months after Hwang stated he used to be in talks with Netflix over “season 2 in addition to season 3”.
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“Squid Sport” used to be launched on September 17, 2021 and shortly become an international hit for the streamer, topping charts the world over to turn into the most-watched Netflix collection of all time.
In keeping with the makers, the legitimate synopsis of the collection reads: “A mysterious invitation to enroll in the sport is shipped to other folks in peril who’re in dire want of cash. 456 contributors from all walks of lifestyles are locked right into a secret location the place they play video games as a way to win 45.6 billion gained. Each and every sport is a Korean conventional youngsters’s sport comparable to Purple Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle, however the end result of shedding is loss of life. Who would be the winner, and what’s the goal in the back of this sport?”
The wildly common Ok-drama additionally starred Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Kim Joo-ryoung and Indian actor Anupam Tripathi.