‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Teaser Reveals Gi-hun’s Return & New Batch Of Players

Glenn Garner
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Gi-hun is back in the game as Netflix unveils the first teaser for the long-awaited sophomore season of Squid Game.

Lee Jung-jae reprises his role as the champion and sole survivor from Season 1 in the new 30-second clip, which features a series of faceless players in their green tracksuits, the last of which is revealed to be his character Seong Gi-hun.

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The dramatically-lit teaser shows each player’s number on the back of their jackets, increasing until reaching Gi-hun’s #456 patch.

Season 2 takes place three years after Gi-hun won Squid Game, giving up on going to the states and coming back with a new resolution in his mind. He once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk previously told Deadline that the new season will see Gi-hun seeking revenge, entering the game as a different, more serious character.

For the first season, Dong-hyuk made history as the first Asian person to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Jung-jae also became the first Asian man to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as the first to win the award for a non-English show.

Squid Game also became Netflix’s most popular series of all time with a record 1.65 billion views in the first 28 days following its 2021 premiere.

After revealing that Season 2 of Squid Game will premiere on December 26, Netflix announced last month that the third and final season will follow in 2025.

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