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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean survival thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.It stars an ensemble cast including Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
Nielsen reported that Squid Game was the second-most watched original series in the United States on streaming services for all of 2021 behind Lucifer. [114] According to Bloomberg News, by October 2021, Netflix estimated that Squid Game had generated nearly US$900 million in value based on extended viewer data; [115] it cost $21.4 million to ...
Seong Gi-hun, also known as Player 456, is the main protagonist of Squid Game. He is portrayed by Lee Jung-jae.. Gi-hun is a gambler down on his luck who gets recruited to play in the Squid Game, a series of deadly childhood games (including "Red Light, Green Light", "Marbles", "Tug of war" and the eponymous Squid game), for a high cash prize, which he ultimately wins. [2]
Due to the stress of writing and producing the first series of nine episodes himself, Hwang initially had no immediate plans to write a second season to Squid Game, and did not have well-developed plans for a follow-up story and said that if he were to write one, he would likely need a staff of writers and directors to help him. [21]
The original Korean-language series of Squid Game debuted on Netflix in 2021 and was a major hit. It received critical acclaim and topped viewership charts around the world, with Netflix ...
Squid Game Season 2: Everything We Know. View List. Squid Game: America would be one of several projects Fincher has in queue at Netflix, following the November 2023 release of his Michael ...
Lee stars in Season 2 of “Squid Game” alongside returning cast member Wi Ha-jun as Hwang Jun-ho, and Lee Byung-hun as the mysterious Front Man. Hwang Dong-hyuk is the creator of the series and ...
Squid Game is also the first non-English television series to receive nominations [2] and to win the Primetime Emmy Awards. It received 14 nominations, winning 6 of them, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, [ 3 ] and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. [ 4 ]