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Netflix’s hit K-drama Squid Game made surprise appearances at locations around London today, ahead of the BAFTA TV Awards.The show, which premiered on the streaming platform last year, was nominated for two categories at tonight’s (May 8) ceremony – International and Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment for its “red light, green light” game.Before the event kicked off, the ominous, red-clad figures surprised fans across London, popping up at landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus. The three costumed guards posed for selfies and recreated The Beatles’ iconic album cover at Abbey Road.Other locations visited by the anonymous guards included Embankment Bridge, Southbank and the Royal Festival Hall.

Squid Game actress Jung Ho-yeon is set to star in the upcoming A24 film The Governesses alongside Lily-Rose Depp and others.Jung will appear in the forthcoming film alongside Lily-Rose Depp (2018’s A Faithful Man), who is the daughter of actors Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp, and award-winning Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve (2021’s The Worst Person In The World). The specifics of the trio’s roles have yet to be announced.The Governesses will be the second film Joe Talbot will direct for A24, having made his directorial debut with the studio in 2019 with the critically acclaimed The Last Black Man In San Francisco.The Governesses is based on the 1992 novel of the same name by French writer Anne Seree, which was translated into English for the first time in 2018.

Squid Game, has revealed that he is working on a “violent” new project.During his appearance at the MIPTV festival in Cannes on Monday (April 4), Hwang shared that he is working on a new movie with the working title Killing Old People Club or K.O. Club.According to Variety, the director and screenwriter said that the upcoming project would be “another controversial film” from him.

Squid Game, has revealed that the series’ much-anticipated second season has not been written yet.During an appearance at the MIPTV festival in Cannas, the 50-year-old director shared to the media that he has yet to write the script for the much-anticipated second season of Squid Game, but also hinted at when the show might be returning.“I have to work on season 2. Hopefully, I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024,” said Hwang on Monday (April 4), per The Straits Times.

Following the hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” Korean director/creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk has certainly been placed in the spotlight. The director has seemingly already made a deal with the streaming giant to return for a second season as CEO Ted Sandros indicated the series was moving forward during an earnings interview in January.

Squid Game “unknown people”.The legendary Hollywood director made an appearance at a PGA Awards panel on Saturday (March 19), where he spoke about the game-changing impact the hit K-drama has had on the entertainment industry and praised Netflix for its decision to cast actors that are supposedly lesser known in the West.“Squid Game comes along and changes the math entirely for all of us,” Spielberg said while gesturing towards Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, who was in the audience, according to Deadline. “Thank you, Ted [Sarandos].”Spielberg’s statement came while the panel were discussing whether it was important to cast well-known actors in lead roles for projects to succeed, during which the director also credited the streaming platform for supposedly opening the doors for lesser-known actors to star in shows.“A long time ago it was domestic stars that brought the audience into movies,” Spielberg added.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has teased that he’s “brainstorming and collecting the ideas” for the smash-hit Netflix thriller’s second season, hinting in the process that breakout star Jung Ho-yeon could return for a new role.Appearing on the red carpet at this year’s PGA Awards, Hwang told Deadline that Squid Game fans should temper their hopes that season two might see an imminent release, as the new episodes are yet to begin production.Asked what fans can expect from the South Korean show’s return, Hwang said: “There will be more great games, that’s all I can say. I’m just still brainstorming and collecting the ideas for season two.

Squid Game breakout star Jung Ho-yeon has been cast in the upcoming Apple TV+ thriller series titled Disclaimer, by Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón.Jung will join Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline as part of the cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ original series, according to Deadline. The new show is set to be helmed and written by Rona director Alfonso Cuarón, and will be based on the Renee Knight novel of the same name.Disclaimer will follow Catherine Ravenscroft (played by Blanchett), a successful and respected television documentary journalist. However, her world is turned upside down when she realises she’s the key character in a mysterious novel, penned by a widower (played by Kline), that tells a story from a long-forgotten part of her past.Jung will star as Kim, an ambitious subordinate of Ravenscroft’s who knows that working for the television documentary journalist could be her own big break in the journalism field.

Squid Game breakout star Jung Ho-yeon has expressed an interest in appearing on hit American teen drama, Euphoria.In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet of the Critics Choice Awards 2022, Jung briefly spoke about her experience visiting the set of the popular HBO show. The South Korean actress had visited the set of Euphoria last year, after being invited by lead actor Zendaya.“I visited the set of Euphoria and it was so nice to see the set because it’s been a while [since I’ve been on set] after Squid Game,” Jung said.

Squid Game has taken home two wins at the Critics Choice Awards.On Sunday (March 13), Squid Game cast members Lee Jung-jae, Jung Ho-yeon and Park Hae-soo attended the 27th Critics Choice Awards held in Los Angeles, where they took home two awards for the series.Lee, who played the series’ main character Seong Gi-hun, won Best Actor In A Drama Series for his performance, beating out Succession’s Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, among others. “I’m grateful to an extent I can’t express,” said Lee during his acceptance speech, per Soompi.

at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. See more of ET’s coverage of the Critics’ Choice Awards below.

Squid Game cast for the first time at the 2022 SAG Awards.Korean-American actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve) was in attendance at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards ceremony on February 27, where Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon made history with acting wins.Oh, along with The Morning Show’s Greta Lee, was spotted going over to the Squid Game cast to congratulate them on their wins for the night, during a pause at the time of the ceremony.At the commercial break, Sandra Oh runs over to the ‘Squid Game’ table to congratulate Jung Ho-Yeon and Lee Jung-Jae on their #SAGAwards victories. pic.twitter.com/8QtQUzJCG4— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) February 28, 2022Earlier this week on March 2, Oh spoke to Variety while on the red carpet of the new animated movie Turning Red about her experience meeting the Squid Game cast and the importance of their wins at the awards for the Asian community.“I couldn’t believe how many Korean people were there,” she said, reflecting on the event.

pulled off some surprising upsets with some well-deserved big wins at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, and their excitement couldn't have been greater.HoYeon Jung — who took home the award for Female Actor in a Drama Series — and Lee Jung-jae, who earned the award for Male Actor in a Drama Series, spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner backstage and reflected on the momentous victories.When asked if the wins had sunk in yet, Lee said with a laugh, «Not yet.»«I think its gonna take a while,» HoYeon added.«The award itself was given to me by so many amazing and talented actors and I felt that was very special,» she continued, via translator.When her name was first announced as the winner of the category, HoYeon was visibly stunned and was emotional while accepting the award.«I really wanted to express my gratitude as a fan everyone there, but also just as someone who's just starting out in this path,» she explained to ET. «I especially wanted to express all my love and thanks for all the love and support I got from the actors who were a part of the cast.»By winning, HoYeon beat out Jennifer Aniston, Elisabeth Moss, Sarah Snook and Reese Witherspoon — the latter of whom she said she'd hope to meet at the event.Unfortunately, due to timing and other factors she admitted that she'd not yet meet Witherspoon at the event.

Squid Game have made history at the SAG Awards 2022 with two major acting wins.On Sunday (February 27), Squid Game cast members Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon became the first actors from a non-English-language series to win acting prizes at the annual ceremony.The series also took home the trophy for Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series. By the end of the night, Squid Game had won in three out of four categories it had been nominated in.Lee, who played the series’ main character Seong Gi-hun, took home the award for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series.

 has some ideas for season 2.Lee Jung-jae, HoYeon Jung, Park Hae-soo, Kim Joo-ryeong, and Anupam Tripathi spoke to ET's Nischelle Turner at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday where they shared what they plan to bring back some of the dead characters from season 1 for the Netflix series' second season.«There are a lot, Lee Jung has so good ideas,» Ho Yeon shared. «So, my idea is that maybe the masked men took all them and made sure they came back to life,» Lee's translator explained.The show is nominated for several awards including Ensemble in a Drama Series and Stunt Ensemble in a TV series, with Lee and HoYeun scoring individual nominations.

Squid Game breakout star Anupam Tripathi has been cast in a new scripted audio series titled Scammers. Tripathi will protray a telemarketer-turned-phone scammer from India, with the series set to a chronicle of his journey as he creates a new identity, as reported by Deadline.

Squid Game.During Netflix’s fourth-quarter earnings call, held yesterday (January 20), Sarandos, who also chief content officer at Netflix, announced that a second season of the platform’s hit K-drama series Squid Game has been ordered by Netflix and is currently in the works, per Variety.In addition, Sarandos also described Squid Game’s highly anticipated continuation as the beginning of something big for the series. “The Squid Game universe has just begun,” teased the Netflix head.

Hwang Dong-hyuk that would be back for a new installment. «Absolutely,» he said on the call, as reports. «The universe has begun.»A move for more comes after Netflix crowned the international phenomenon, led by storied Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, as its biggest and most popular original series ever. The streamer said last fall that in the first 28 days of release since its Sept.

Well, it appears that we’re going to get Season 2 of “Squid Game.” And maybe, just maybe, Netflix might even more episodes than that. In an interview with Korean broadcaster, KBS (via Korea Times), the creator of “Squid Game,” Hwang Dong-hyuk, not only said his deal for Season 2 of Netflix’s most popular TV series ever is getting close to completion, but he’s also going to sign for a Season 3, as well.

Squid Game would be a big hit even before its launch.In a new interview with Variety, Netflix’s head of global TV Bela Bajaria said that the streaming giant had always believed the South Korean series would be popular even before it was released. However, the Netflix executive also noted that they didn’t expect the scale of Squid Game’s success.“We knew it would be a big regional hit,” Bajaria said.

topped streaming ratings in over 80 countries within 24 hours of its debut on Nov 19th. This comes right after gruesome Korean drama “Squid Game” also topped the charts, with a staggering 1.65 billion views its first month out.

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-Hyuk has discussed possible plot developments that could feature in the second season of the hit Netflix show.READ MORE: Are you not entertained? Squid Game and the poor as playthings on screenSpeaking during a virtual SAG panel on December 5 (via Entertainment Weekly), Hwang said: “I’m not really in the right place to be discussing season two in an official setting, but if there were to be a season two, in the first season that we saw [Seong] Gi-hun is a character

Squid Game has officially topped the list of most-Googled TV shows of the year.The search engine shared their Year in Search report for 2021, which found the hit Netflix Korean show outranking the likes of Bridgerton, Line of Duty and Love Island.Period drama Bridgerton had been the highest ranking show and most-watched title on Netflix earlier this year, before Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s 10-episode survival drama knocked it off the top spot.The report also revealed the question “Who is H?”, relating

Squid Game has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the upcoming 27th Critics Choice Awards.On Monday (December 6), the Critics Choice Association announced its nominees for the upcoming 2022 ceremony. Among the nominations were Squid Game, which has become the first non-English programme to be up for Best Drama Series, per Variety.

Money Heist is set to premiere in 2022.Earlier today (December 1), Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo, who will be playing Berlin in the new adaptation, appeared on the official Money Heist YouTube channel to speak about the forthcoming Korean version of the series.“Hello to all Netflix fans on the planet,” Park says as he takes off one of the iconic masks from the original series, first worn by actor Pedro Alonso, who originated the role of Berlin.

Squid Game has taken home its first time at a major US award at the 2021 Gotham Awards.The annual ceremony, organised by the New York City-based Independent Filmmaker Project, was held earlier today (November 29 ET) in lower Manhattan.

Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon has opened up about his hopes for season two of the hit Netflix series.In a recent interview with The Star, the breakout star of the K-drama spoke about his ideal storyline for the upcoming second season of the series.

Squid Game.Earlier today (November 25), MrBeast uploaded a video that showcased his take on the viral South Korean drama series, featuring re-creation of games from the Netflix original. The YouTuber had originally shared his intention to host a real-life version of Squid Game last month, and shared images from the set earlier this month.In his take of the game, 456 contestants competed in various for a cash prize of $456,000.

Squid Game, has said that her parents aren’t allowing her to watch the show.To voiced the English dub of the now-iconic character, a robotic doll that directed a violent game of ‘Red Light, Green Light’, but has never seen her appearance.“It all started when my dad asked my mum to watch Squid Game since it was the most popular show in the world at the time.