Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know

After becoming Netflix’s most-watched original show ever, Squid Game season 2 promises even more twisted competitions and deadly games. Squid Game season 1 focused on a group of everyday people invited to take part in the titular event, a secretive competition that carries grave consequences for its losers. Those selected all carry heavy financial burdens to bear, the type of debt that can make life one big ball of stress. Despite the likelihood of death, if winning the game can make their lives less of a living hell, the contestants are on board.

Squid Game burst onto the scene and was instantly beloved by both critics and viewers, then rode massive amounts of positive word of mouth to Netflix viewership records. Following its success, Netflix is looking to make Squid Game into a broader universe, with multiple spin-offs in development. It’s no surprise that Squid Game season 2 is coming, and the long wait is nearly over.

The Latest Squid Game Season 2 News

The Release Date Is Revealed

After years of waiting for the sophomore season to arrive, the latest news confirms the release date for Squid Game season 2 on Netflix. Coming more than three years after the debut season became one of Netflix’s biggest hits, the streamer has announced that the second season arrives on Thursday, December 26, 2024. Netflix made the announcement in a brief teaser video which features contestants participating in a dangerous game while the mysterious Front Man asks the viewer “It’s been three years. Do you want to play again?”

Watch the clip below:

Squid Game Season 2 Release Date

The Game Begins In December

In what is perhaps one of the most anticipated release dates in Netflix’s illustrious history of original content, the streamer has finally penciled Squid Game season 2 onto the schedule. Coming more than three years after the first season left viewers stunned, the sophomore season is set to premiere on Thursday, December 26, 2024.

Squid Game
season 1 Premiered on September 17, 2021.

Squid Game Season 2 Cast

Who Will Play The Squid Game?

The Squid Game season 2 cast has already been partially confirmed, including one character whose fate was left uncertain in the first Squid Game season. A casting video debuted at the Netflix Tudum event and shows the surviving cast members from season 1 will be back for season 2. This includes Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun, Lee Byeong-Heon as Hwang In-ho, Wi Ha-Joon as Hwang Jun-ho, and Gong Yoo as the person who recruits participants for the game.

There are also 12 new cast members joining Squid Game season 2, though nothing is known about the characters yet. Those new cast members are:

• Kang Ha-Neul
• Yim Si-Wan
• Park Sung-Hoon
• Yang Dong-Geun
• Park Gyu-Young
• Jo Yu-Ri
• Kang Ae-Sim
• Lee David
• Lee Jin-Uk
• Choi Seung-Hyun
• Roh Jae-Won
• Won Ji-An

The confirmed cast of Squid Game season 2 includes:

Squid Game Season 2 Story

The Games Begin Again

Squid Game
‘s complex in-universe creator Il-nam is also apparently dead, which may lead to an even less fair game than before.

Squid Game season 1’s ending definitely left the door open for a sequel, although many wondered if the setup would be vastly different and not focus as much on the actual game. Sole surviving protagonist Gi-hun seemingly opts to try and take down the organization behind Squid Game rather than move on with his daughter, and it’s unlikely he would willingly participate in the game again, even if baited by Squid Game’s resident recruiter.

However, there’s always a way for dystopian organizations like this to force compliance, so perhaps Gi-hun’s daughter will be used to bait him back into the game. Squid Game‘s complex in-universe creator Il-nam is also apparently dead, which may lead to an even less fair game than before. Since the Squid Game season 2 plot will also see the return of Jun-Ho to the cast, it could be that he survived his brother’s bullet and that the Front Man’s intention was never to kill his brother, but rather, to save him.