‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer Sees Seong Gi-hun Looking For Revenge

Denise Petski
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Netflix dropped a new teaser tonight for Season 2 of Squid Game. The streamer released the clip as part of its Geeked Week event in Atlanta.

The clip opens with a clearly tense Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) holding a gun on an approaching masked figure. It quickly shifts to the new participants preparing to begin a new life-or-death game. A voiceover saying “We’re ready to start the game” in Korean are the only words spoken.

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Season 2 takes place three years after Gi-hun won Squid Game, giving up on going to the states and coming back with a new resolution in his mind. He 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.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk previously told Deadline that the new season will see Gi-hun seeking revenge, entering the game as a different, more serious character.

Squid Game became Netflix’s most popular series of all time with a record 1.65 billion views in the first 28 days following its 2021 premiere. Jung-jae became the first Asian man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the first to win the award for a non-English show and Hwang Dong-hyuk became the first Asian person to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.

“It’s been almost three years since Season 1 was met with incredible response around the world and many unimaginable events took place,” Dong-hyuk wrote in a letter when the Season 2 premiere date was announced. “On the first day we began shooting Season 2, I remember thinking, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m back in the world of Squid Game.’ It almost felt surreal. I wonder how it will feel for you to be back in Squid Game after three years as well.”

He added, “Seong Gi-hun who vowed revenge at the end of Season 1 returns and joins the game again. Will he succeed in getting his revenge? Front Man doesn’t seem to be an easy opponent this time either. The fierce clash between their two worlds will continue into the series finale with Season 3, which will be brought to you next year. I am thrilled to see that the seed that was planted in creating a new Squid Game grow and bear fruit through the end of this story. We’ll do our best to make sure we bring you yet another thrill ride.”

The series is produced by Firstman Studio with Kim Ji-yeon exec producing.

Season 2 of Squid Game will premiere December 26 on Netflix. The third and final season will be released in 2025.

Glenn Garner contributed to this report.

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