Netflix has revealed the premiere date for season two of its hit K-drama series, Squid Game, and announced that the show has been renewed for a third and final season.
Today (August 1), Netflix released the announcement date trailer for the long-awaited season two of Squid Game. The clip opens with runners racing in a stadium, before people dressed in the show’s iconic green tracksuit overtake them.
Watching over them are the Front Man and his masked guards, as he says: “It’s been three years, are you ready to play again?” Season two of Squid Game will premiere on December 26, with a newly announced third and final season coming next year.
According to a newly released synopsis for Squid Game season two, the upcoming instalment will follow season one winner Gi-hun – aka Player 456 – who has become “determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport”.
To this end, Gi-hun uses his winnings from the game to “fund his search”, before realising that “the path toward taking down the organization proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it”.
Meanwhile, Netflix has also released a new letter from Squid Game writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk, where he touched on the upcoming final two seasons of the show: “I am thrilled to see the seed that was plated in created a new Squid Game grow and bear fruit through the end of this story.”
The newly announced premiere date for Squid Game season two aligns with the update series lead Lee Jung-jae gave back in May. At the time, during an interview with Business Insider, he let it slip that the show would be returning in December.
Meanwhile, the show’s breakout star Wi Ha-joon previously teased that his character of police officer Hwang Jun-ho will have “his own story” in the upcoming season. “I think season two will be even more interesting,” he added.