The Squid Game Season 2’s cast list has been revealed recently. Jo Yu-ri, Lee David, Won Ji-an, Lee Jin-uk, Kang Ae-sim, Roh Jae-won, Park Gyu-young, and Choi Seung-Hyun are the new additions for the second season.
Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. This television series is streaming on Netflix. The cast of the first season includes Lee Jung-Jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeongsu, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children’s games for the chance to win a US$35 million reward.
The title of the series is drawn from a similarly named Korean children’s game. Hwang conceived the idea based on his own economic struggles as well as the class disparity in South Korea and Capitalism.
Though he wrote the story in 2009, Hwang couldn’t find a production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest around 2019 as part of a drive to expand their foreign programming offerings.
Squid Game was released worldwide on September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention. It became Netflix’s most-watched series and the most-watched program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks, surpassing ‘Bridgerton’ as the most-watched show.
Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a sequel to Squid Game Season One. He did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him.
In late October 2021, Hwang stated he was in discussions with Netflix regarding a second season. He further stated in December 2021 that he was also discussing a third season with Netflix.
Hwang wanted to produce another film first, as well as secure a contract with Netflix to release additional films that he may create alongside further Squid Game seasons, so as to avoid becoming known only for Squid Game.
