Squid Game Season 2: Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, and Park Sung-hoon Are New Cast Members in Netflix Series
Korean hit Squid Game is amping up the star power for Season 2! Netflix confirmed an expanded cast led by returning survivors Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo, promising even more thrilling games and deadly competition. Get ready for another round!
Streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday confirmed the expansion of the starry Korean cast in the popular Korean series Squid Game Season 2. The second season sees Lee Jung-Jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo reprise their roles as protagonist and antagonist survivors of the bloody elimination game, reports 'Variety'. The new story "will follow Gi-hun as he abandons his plans to go to the US and starts a chase with a motive", said Netflix in Korea. Earlier photographs from Season 2 showed Lee's Gi-Hyun character with hair dyed beetroot red, reports 'Variety'. The company confirmed that Hwang Dong-hyuk, who became the first Asian to win outstanding directing for a drama series at the Primetime Emmy’s, is also re-set as director, writer, and producer, and that production is through Firstman Studio. Squid Game - The Challenge Announces Season 2 Return At Netflix (Watch Video).
New cast members include Yim Si-wan The Attorney, Emergency Declaration, Kang Ha-neul Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, Park Gyu-young Attack the Gas Station, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim Kim Ji-young: Born 1982, Lee David The Terror Live, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yuri, and Won Ji. Sometime in 2024, the company reiterated as it revealed a huge slate of new Korean films, series and reality shows. The nine-episode first season of Dong-hyuk's 'Squid Game' launched in 2021. Squid Game The Challenge Review: Critics Hail Michael Van Wijk, Lee Taylor, Theresa Sherron, and Marcus Harrington's Netflix Show, Calls It Gripping.
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The drama about a deadly contest among poor competitors to win KRW45.6 billion became a phenomenon for Netflix and was nominated for 14 Emmys, including best drama series (a first for a non-English-language series), winning six. "The Squid Game universe has just begun," said Netflix co-chief last month on a conference call with financial analysts. The Squid Game universe has already been expanded to include an unscripted competition series, 'Squid Game: The Challenge' and an upcoming video game.
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