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Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a ₩45.6 billion prize.
Squid Game remained the most-watched show according to Nielsen for the weeks starting October 4 and 11, 2021, [118] [119] but was ousted by You in the following week. [120] For four consecutive weeks, Squid Game remained as the most watched series on TV tracking service TV Time, where it also became the most followed Korean series to date. [121]
Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun will reprise their roles as Gi-hun and the Front Man, respectively, [16] along with others who reprise their roles from season two, which are: Wi Ha-joon, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, Im Si-wan, Yang Dong-geun, Park Gyu-young, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-shim, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won, [17] as the season will resume the ...
Season 2 of "Squid Game" releases on Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 26. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross.
“Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk said money was his main motivation for making Season 2 of the hit Netflix series, despite losing “eight or nine” teeth from stress while filming the ...
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from “Squid Game” Season 2 finale, now streaming on Netflix. Facing betrayal from an inside man infiltrating the Squid Games is nothing new ...
Hwang said that a particular inspiration behind the decision to continue the Squid Game story was The Matrix film series, in which Neo chooses the red pill over the blue pill; Gi-Hun, similarly, chooses to go after those responsible for the game rather than go back to his life. [33]
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 ]