The Future of Squid Game Revealed

UPDATE: Inexperienced gentle! Throughout an interview about Netflix’s fourth quarter 2021 earnings, Ted Sarandos, the streamer’s co-CEO and chief content material officer, confirmed that the Korean survival drama could have a second season.

“Completely,” Sarandos replied when requested in regards to the present’s future. “The Squid Sport universe has simply begun.”

This replace comes nearly a month after creator Hwang Dong-hyuk mentioned that he was in talks with Netflix a few season two and three for Squid Sport, teasing to The Korea Occasions, “We are going to come to a conclusion any time quickly.”

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Get able to run. 

On Tuesday, Nov. 9, AP Entertainment launched on Twitter a red-carpet interview with Squid Sport creator Hwang Dong-hyuk confirming that season two of the Netflix megahit sequence is within the works. 

“There’s been a lot stress, a lot demand, and a lot love for a second season. So I nearly really feel such as you go away us no alternative,” the author−director mentioned when requested. “However, I’ll say there’ll certainly be a second season. It’s in my head proper now. I’m within the planning course of at present. However I do suppose it’s too early to say when and the way that’s going to occur.”

This replace comes after Deadline revealed that Netflix wrote in an organization letter to buyers that on Oct. 19, “a mind-boggling 142m member households globally have chosen to observe the title in its first 4 weeks. The breadth of Squid Sport‘s recognition is actually wonderful.” Though, don’t get away your tracksuits simply but, as a spokesperson for Netflix has since advised E! Information {that a} second season is in dialogue, however not formally confirmed. 

The South Korean survival drama sequence has been a runaway hit because it first aired on the streamer Sept. 17. The binge-worthy present has since ranked as its primary present in 94 nations together with america.