After three years of waiting, Squid Game Season 2 will finally hit the small screen in December 2024, a perfect gift for fans worldwide. The show is now gearing up for its second round of thrilling yet deadly games, as another set of new players put their lives at risk to win the grand prize of ₩45.6 billion, approximately $33 million. However, in addition to the new players, a new teaser features Lee Jung-jae’s return as Player 456 after winning the game in the first season.
You can watch the new Squid Game Season 2 teaser below:
The Squid Game Season 2 teaser begins by showing the number tags of new players as they join another set of deadly games. The players include Player 124, Player 380, Player 390, and Player 388. As the series’ thrilling sounds start to play in the background, Player 007 appears, followed by Player 044, Player 120, Player 124, Player 125, Player 149, Player 222, Player 246, and Player 380. Players 388 and 390 reappear.
But since their faces aren’t revealed, with only their backs facing the camera, the preview makes an exception by showing Player 456 as Jung-jae slowly turns to reveal his face. It appears that after winning the first season, Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun will join the Squid Game again to stop the deadly games. However, with the number of pink-masked soldiers overseeing the game and the Front Man watching, how he will do it remains to be seen.
Who are the new and returning cast of Squid Game Season 2?
In addition to Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon will also return as the police officer Hwang Jun-ho in Squid Game Season 2, confirming that he survived his fall off a cliff into the water after being shot by his brother, the Front Man, in the first season. For other returning and new cast members, you can check the list below:
Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun (Player 456)
Wi Ha-joon as Hwang Jun-ho
Hwang In-ho as the Front Man
Gong Yoo as The Recruiter
Yim Si-wan
Kang Ha-neul
Park Gyu-young
Park Sung-hoon
Jo Yu-ri
Yang Dong-geun
Kang Ae-sim
Lee David
Lee Jin-uk
Choi Seung-hyun
Roh Jae-won
Won Ji-an
Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk also returns as writer, director, and executive producer. Firstman Studio produces the series, with Chae Kyoung-sun as the production designer.
What is Squid Game Season 2 about?
After canceling his plans to visit his daughter in the US, Gi-hun will return as Player 456 in Squid Game Season 2. But instead of winning ₩45.6 billion, he aims to end the deadly game to save the lives of its other 455 players. In this life-or-death game, only one will survive, and it’s now up to Gi-hun how he will stop the Front Man and his deadly game.
You can read the Squid Game Season 2 synopsis below:
Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the States and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.
After winning in the first season, it’s a mystery how Gi-hun will rejoin the mysterious survival game in Squid Game Season 2. Additionally, as Dong-hyuk previously teased, Gi-hun and the Front Man will face each other again in Squid Game Season 3. So, fans will have to wait and see what happens between these two when the show returns.
Squid Game Season 2 is set to be released on Netflix on December 26, while Season 3 is scheduled for release in 2025.
