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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 first season of Squid Game was released on September 17, 2021, in more than 190 countries. [110] The second season was released on December 26, 2024. [37] A third and final season of Squid Game was announced alongside the premiere of Season 2, and is expected to be released in 2025. [111]
Squid Game is back with a bang, with a new crop of contestants gearing up to take part in the deadly game. Hwang Dong-hyuk’s thriller series returned to Netflix on 26 December for its second ...
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 ]
Player 001 is a main character in seasons one and two of "Squid Game." The number was bestowed on Oh Il-nam, a dying old man, in season one. Here's what to know about the new Player 001, Oh Young-il.
Players pair off for the fourth game only to find out that only one person from each pair will survive. Gi-hun decides to take advantage of Player 001's dementia-induced brain fog and wins handedly.
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]
Squid Game: The Challenge awarded players $4.56 million—and even that amount was a big deal. Luckily, all those real-life contestants just had to pretend they were killed during the trials.