'Squid Game' Season 2 Cast Announced - 4 Stars Returning, 4 More Are Joining!

is opening its doors for season 2!As filming gets underway for the new season of the popular Korean survival drama later this year, Netflix is gearing up for the anticipated nine-episode follow-up to the breakout 2021 season.After being crowned its most-watched series ever with 1.6 billion total hours watched during its opening month, Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed in January 2022 that «the universe has begun.» A season 2 greenlight was made official by Netflix in June 2022, nine months after the series premiered, with creator/writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk back to oversee the entire thing. follows ordinary people forced to enter a secret competition, where they could either win a massive cash prize or lose their life.

Squid Game, featuring former Big Bang member T.O.P.In a new press announcement, Netflix introduces T.O.P as a new cast member by his birth name Choi Seung-hyun. The new role will be the K-pop idol’s first acting role in over five years, since the 2017 German-Chinese action film Out of Control.Announced alongside T.O.P as the new cast of Squid Game are: former IZ*ONE member Jo Yu-ri,Sweet Home actors Park Gyu-young and Lee Jin-wook, Kang Ae-sim of Move to Heaven fame and Heartbeat‘s Won Ji-an, as well as Lee David and Roh Jae-won.The eight new cast members join Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon and Yang Dong-Geun, who were all first revealed in mid-June during Netflix’s TUDUM event in Brazil.Squid Game season two will also see the return of Lee Jung-Jae (as Seong Gi-Huh), Lee Byung-Hun (Front Man), Wi Ha-Jun (Hwang Jun-Ho) and Gong Yoo (Recruiter).In its press announcement, Netflix also shared that the cast and showrunners of Squid Game season two had gather for the first table read of the script earlier this week.

The competition has fully assembled.

Netflix's runaway success Squid Game is set to return for a second season and its final cast members have been revealed. Production of season two is set to start later this year and one huge star has been named as one of the new actors involved.

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has set its season 2 cast! The breakout Netflix survival drama revealed the full ensemble Wednesday as cast and producers gathered for the first table read this week ahead of production starting later this year. season 2 sees the returns of Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo, who were announced earlier this month during Netflix's Tudum global fan event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They are joined by new additions Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-geun, all of whom were also revealed during Tudum.The ensemble will be rounded out by Park Gyu-young (, ); singer and former Iz*One member Jo Yuri; Kane Ae-sim (); Lee David (); Lee Jin-uk (); rapper-actor Choi Seug-hyun, whose stage name is T.O.P.

Netflix has beefed up the cast of Squid Game season 2, adding 8 new stars to the upcoming season.

Netflix has rounded out the cast for Squid Game Season 2.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Squid Game” Season 2 at Netflix is rounding out its cast, with the addition of eight new cast members. New additions to the second season of the international hit series are: Park Gyu-young (“Sweet Home”), Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim (“Be Melodramatic,” “Move to Heaven”), Lee David (“The Fortress,” “Svaha: The Sixth Finger”), Lee Jin-uk (“Sweet Home,” “Miss Granny”), Choi Seung-hyun (“Tazza: The Hidden Card,” “Commitment”), Roh Jae-won (“Missing Yoon,” “Ditto”), and Won Ji-an (“D.P.”). A picture of the new cast members can be seen below. Netflix previously announced that Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon, and Yang Dong-Geun would also be joining the new season alongside returning cast members Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, and Wi Ha-jun.

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Some of the “Squid Game” 2 cast has been revealed.

Netflix has turned one of its most successful TV series into a reality show, where contestants could win a £3.5 million prize.

Netflix’s big promotional event, Tudum, is underway in Brazil, and they’ve shared a heap of news about their upcoming slate of films and shows. The streaming giant assembled a massive crowd in São Paulo, and instead of everything being pre-recorded, they had a bunch of cast members there in person to speak about their various projects.

Netflix revealed the primary cast of Squid Game season two.The news was shared in a video screened at the event, which first confirmed (via archival clips from season one) that returning stars would include Lee Jung-Jae (as Seong Gi-Huh), Lee Byung-Hun (Front Man), Wi Ha-Jun (Hwang Jun-Ho) and Gong Yoo (Recruiter).New players added to the fray will include Yim Si-Wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-Hoon and Yang Dong-Geun. At the time of writing, it’s unknown which characters they’ll play.

During Tudum: A Global Fan Event, which was broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil, Netflix shared the first official look and teaser for the upcoming reality competition, “Squid Game: The Challenge”. The new series is based on the popular Korean-language and Emmy-winning thriller and will see real people vying for a cash prize in what the streaming platform is claiming to be “the biggest reality competition series ever.”

During the Tudum global fan event in São Paulo, Brasil, Netflix dropped the first names joining Lee Jung-jae for Squid Game Season 2.

Netflix has finally debuted a first look teaser for the upcoming series Squid Game: The Challenge, which will put 456 real-life people into a competition that resembles the one in the smash hit show.

Netflix’s big promotional event, Tudum, is underway in Brazil, and they’ve shared a heap of news about their upcoming slate of films and shows. The streaming giant assembled a massive crowd in São Paulo, and instead of everything being pre-recorded, they had a bunch of cast members there in person to speak about their various projects.

potential storylines for a second season.“We could go with Gi-hun’s story as he turns back, and explore more about how he’s going to navigate through his reckoning with the people who are designing the games,” Hwang said.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Netflix’s controversial reality competition show based on its smash South Korean drama “Squid Game” will finally debut in November, and the streamer offered up a very brief glimpse of reality show “Squid Game: The Challenge” on Saturday during its global, virtual Tudum fan event from Brazil. “The world’s most notorious game becomes reality,” the teaser clip says, before showing contestants exiting their rooms and heading to the game of “Red Light Green Light” — featuring the giant, killer doll that in the scripted “Squid Game” swivels its head around and fires gunshots to eliminate players who were moving. The unscripted game show, which was first announced in June 2022, was shot across two studios in the U.K. and produced by Studio Lambert and The Garden. Like the series, 456 contestants were cast (in this case, from around the world) to compete in various challenges based on the Korean children’s games featured on the show, as well as new games. The winner receives a $4.56 million cash prize.