Ahead of the first season finale's release, Netflix officially announced Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2. As early as now, the streamer has already started its casting call, which is happening in the U.S., U.K., and even globally. With the first season's success, the service promises to make the biggest reality competition’s return much bigger.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Netflix broke the news about the show’s renewal. “Attention players, are you ready for the next game?” the post reads. “Squid Game: The Challenge is returning for a Season 2!”
The post also includes the link to the casting call, Squid Game casting, which will let the users choose from the U.S., U.K., or global casting. In the casting call, the interested participants have to register to apply, answer some questions, and upload a video about themselves and full-length and headshot photos.
Talking about the coming of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2, Brandon Riegg, Netflix VP of Nonfiction Series, said (via Tudum) that they didn’t need a red light to decide to “green light” the show’s return. He even called it the “most ambitious unscripted show” that was seen on the service. So, aside from the much-awaited Squid Game Season 2, Riegg continued that they were all excited to continue the franchise with their team in Korea and their producers at Studio Lambert and The Garden for this epic reality game series.
“There was no red light in our decision to green light Season 2 of Squid Game: The Challenge, the most ambitious unscripted show we’ve premiered at Netflix,” he said. “We’re so excited to continue the franchise of Squid Game with our team in Korea, and producers at Studio Lambert and The Garden for this epic competition series.”
What to expect from Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2?
Just like the first season and Hwang Dong Hyuk’s globally successful series, on which the competition show is based, Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 will also have 456 players vying for the $4.56 million grand prize, dubbed as the biggest in Netflix’s TV history. Aside from the game, the streaming giant also announced the live Squid Game: The Trials, a real-life experience to play the games seen on the show and the series. It starts on Wednesday, December 6, in Los Angeles and will run until the new year.
Meanwhile, the first season finale also airs on December 6 on Netflix. So, who will win between Player 016 (Sam), Player 287 (Mai), and Player 451 (Phill)? Fans will soon find out.
