After a three-year hiatus, the highly-anticipated sequel to Hellbound is finally making its way to Netflix. The South Korean horror-thriller series, which originally premiered on Netflix in Fall 2021, captivated viewers by quickly dethroning Squid Game as the streamer's most-watched series within 24 hours of its release. Now, the dark fantasy series is getting ready to delve even deeper into its haunting universe, introducing new characters while bringing back familiar faces.
Just recently, Netflix has released a gripping new trailer and character posters for Hellbound Season 2, which is set to premiere on October 25, 2024, and they spark curiosity by depicting people living in a chilling world, along with resurrected entities and the hellhounds that still accompany them. It looks like the sequel will take viewers to the edge of their seats as the trailer shows that the plot thickens. Min Hye-jin (Kim Hyun-joo), a lawyer for Sodo, gets involved with the New Truth Society, the Arrowhead faction, and the terrifying resurrection of New Truth leader Jung Jin-su (Kim Sung-cheol) and Park Jung-ja (Kim Shin-rok).
Watch the teaser trailer for Hellbound Season 2 that was released on Geeked Week below:
Check out the character posters for Hellbound Season 2 in the image gallery:
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Hellbound Season 2 Cast
Kim Sung-cheol is replacing actor Yoo Ah-soo for the role of Jung Jin-su in Hellbound Season 2. The 32-year-old actor, who made his television debut in 2017's Prison Playbook, also starred in other Netflix K-dramas such as Hospital Playlist, Sweet Home, Arthdal Chronicles, Racket Boys, Our Beloved Summer, and Vincenzo.
Other actors reprising their roles in Season 2 are Kim Hyun-joo (JUNG_E, The Bequeathed) as Min Hye-jin and Yang Ik-june (Believer 2) as Jin Kyung-hoon. Kim Shin-rok (Sweet Home), who will reprise her role as Park Jung-ja, has been promoted from a supporting role to a main role for Season 2. Supporting roles are Lee Dong-hee (JUNG_E) as Kim Jeong-chil, and Lee Re (Castaway Diva) as Jin Hee-jeong. Cho Dong-in (Kairos) will play Pinwheel.
The newcomers include Moon Geun-young (The Throne), Moon So-ri (Queenmaker), Jung Ji-so and Im Sung-jae (Extraordinary Attorney Woo). However, on June 12, 2023, it was confirmed that Yang Dong-geun got off for person reasons, and Hong Eui-joon (Parasyte: The Grey) ended up replacing him.
What is Hellbound Season 2 about?
Hellbound is based on the webtoon of the same title by the series director, Yeon Sang-ho, and writer-illustrator Choi Kyo-seok. At the end of the first season, the religious leader Chairman Jung Jin-su had disappeared, Park Jung-ja had been resurrected, and Min Hye-jin had escaped with baby Toughie despite the child being decreed to damnation. In the second season, the religious factions the new Truth, the Arrowheads, and Sodo leader Hyejin must deal with shocking resurrections of the formerly condemned.
Netflix released a plot description for Hellbound Season 2:
Jung Jin-su, founder of the religious cult the New Truth, is back after being condemned to hell for several years. Upon his return, he realizes the dicta of the New Truth and its more extreme sect, the Arrowhead, now rule society. But when Jinsu finds out he’s not the only one who’s come back to the land of the living, he seeks to understand what being resurrected has done to — and for — him. Is resurrection really damnation, as the New Truth preaches, or could it be the path to true salvation?
In a November 2021 interview with Variety, series creator Yeon Sang-ho acknowledged that with the webtoon now adapted in the TV show, plans for Hellbound Season 2 would be to return to the drawing board:
Because Hellbound is based on the original webtoons, my partner Choi Kyu-Seok and I have decided that the story afterwards will be told first through the webtoon and, as for whether we would want to turn that into another live-action series, that’s something that we will need further discussion on. As you know, we have only just released Hellbound Season 1 and so we didn’t have any time to discuss that issue with Netflix. So I would say this is something we need further discussion on.
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