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Squid Game remained the most-watched show according to Nielsen for the weeks starting October 4 and 11, 2021, [110] [111] but was ousted by You in the following week. [112] 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. [113]
The first season of Squid Game was released on September 17, 2021, in more than 190 countries. [111] The second season was released on December 26, 2024. [38] A third and final season of Squid Game was announced alongside the premiere of Season 2, and is expected to be released in 2025. [112]
Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) is a South Korean survival drama series created 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 (100 million per person killed).
The second season is set three years after the first, and follows reigning champion Player 456 AKA Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) as he, once again, enters the Squid Game with the goal of taking down ...
In the final game of season 1, childhood friends Gi-hun and Sang-woo face off in the titular Squid Game — their once-close bond shattered by the brutality of the competition.
Since then, the franchise has spawned a number of spin-off events and TV shows, chief among them Squid Game: The Challenge, a U.K.-based reality show where real-life people compete for real-life ...
Hwang Dong-hyuk was born and raised in Ssangmun-dong, Seoul, South Korea; [5] he immersed himself in manhwa and manga, spending hours in comic book cafes. [6]After he graduated from Seoul National University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, he wrote and directed numerous short films including Our Sad Life and A Puff of Smoke.
Player 230, also known as "Thanos" or his given name Choi Su-bong, is played by actor Choi Seung-hyun. Seung-hyun is an experienced actor (though Squid Game season 2 is his first project in the ...