Washington [US]: Officially affirming the arrival of Netflix’s hit show series ‘Squid Game’ for second season, a short teaser has been dropped by the streaming stage on Sunday.
According to Variety, along with the clip was a message from creator, writer, director and executive producer Hwang Dong-Hyuk dispatching details on which characters are returning for the sophomore outing. “Red light… GREENLIGHT! Squid Game is officially coming back for Season 2!” read the text alongside the clip which featured a brief animation of the gigantic animatronic doll that features heavily in the ‘Squid Game’ pilot.
In his articulation, Hwang said, “It took 12 years to bring the first season of ‘Squid Game’ to life last year. But it took 12 days for ‘Squid Game’ to become the most popular Netflix series ever. As the writer, director and producer of ‘Squid Game,’ a huge shout out to fans around the world. Thank you for watching and loving our show.”
The assertion further teased a bit of the story for the subsequent season, uncovering that hero Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and the masked antagonist the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) will both return.
According to Variety, the first season of ‘Squid Game’ denoted Netflix’s greatest TV show ever; logging 1.65 billion hours of review in the initial a month of its delivery the previous fall. Beforehand, in January, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos formally affirmed more episodes were coming.
