Please smile: Squid Game will finally continue in 2024. Image source: Netflix
Fans of the series hit Squid Game have had to be patient for almost three years, but now the waiting time will finally be over: Season 2 starts in 2024 – but unfortunately not until December.
Good news and bad news at the same time, after all, many series fans were hoping to be able to watch the new episodes in the hot summer months or in the rainy autumn. As is well known, season 1 also started in autumn, more precisely in September 2021.
The main actor reveals the start date
The source that gives the release period is not a press release from Netflix, but rather Lee Jung-jae, the lead actor in the series. So yes, technically December 2024 is not officially confirmed yet.
But in conversation with him Business Insider But the actor appears very confident because he answers the reporter’s question very directly: [Staffel 2] will be published in December.
A release at this late date would also fit with previous statements by Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. In April 2024, as part of an investor call, he announced that season 2 of Squid Game would be released in the second half of the year (via Hollywood Reporter
You can while away the waiting time until December with, among other things, the series The 8 Show, which started on Netflix on May 17, 2024:
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The 8 Show – The new Netflix series from South Korea follows in the footsteps of Squid Game
Squid Game is and remains a hit
It remains to be seen whether season 2 can build on the great success of the first season. And when we huge
write, is what we actually mean huge
. A look at Netflix’s own statistics revealed that Season 1 of Squid Game Even three years after its release, it is still the streaming service’s most successful non-English series
Season 1 was also nominated for an impressive 14 Emmy Awards and won in six categories. After the first season, Netflix even made a real version of the crazy and murderous game show – just without, well, all the violence.
There was still enough excitement surrounding the reality show, because some participants got the hang of it inhuman
designated.
By the way, you don’t have to wait until December 2024 before you can watch Lee Jung-jae’s adventures on the TV screen again. The actor will also play a role in the Star Wars series The Acolyte, which starts on Disney Plus on June 4, 2024. You can find more information about this series in the articles linked above.
