{"id":15135,"date":"2024-12-26T14:02:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=15135"},"modified":"2024-12-26T14:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:03:27","slug":"squid-game-season-2-has-officially-been-released-and-fans-are-already-freaking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=15135","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game season 2 has officially been released and fans are already freaking out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The highly anticipated second season dropped on Netflix today (December 26)<\/h2>\n

The verdict is already in for the new season of\u00a0Squid Game.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first season of the well-loved show dropped on\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0back in 2021, and it’s safe to say it completely rocked the globe.<\/p>\n

Created by\u00a0South Korean film director Hwang Dong-hyuk<\/a>,\u00a0Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0quickly became one of Netflix’s most viewed\u00a0TV shows<\/a>. To date, it has attracted an audience of 330 million and more than 2.8 billion hours.<\/p>\n

And fans of the show have had to wait a pain-staking three years for the second season, which was green lit in June 2022.<\/p>\n

The wait for\u00a0Squid Game<\/em><\/a>‘s new season is now over though as new episodes were released today (December 26), and people had been expressing their excitement online before even watching it.<\/p>\n

“WHY AM I SO SCARED TO WATCH\u00a0SQUID GAME<\/em>\u00a02,” wrote one person on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A second penned: “Squid game<\/em>\u00a0s2 got me holding my breathhhhhh omg.”<\/p>\n

Dozens of others shared their intentions of binge watching the show. Someone said: “Yaaay I can finally binge\u00a0Squid Game<\/em>\u00a02.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m ready to binge this it\u2019s been too long,” echoed a different person on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page Netflix Bangers.<\/p>\n

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\"Lee<\/div>\n

Lee Jung-jae is back as Player 456 in Squid Game season two (Netflix)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While it’s only been on the streaming platform for a short period of time, viewers have been sharing their reviews already.<\/p>\n

“Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0season 2 is 10x better than the first,” gushed someone on Twitter.<\/p>\n

“Squid Game<\/em>\u00a02 is amazing so far,” added someone else who has begun watching it.<\/p>\n

A third went on: “First episode of\u00a0Squid Game\u00a0<\/em>season 2 is amazing already WOW.”<\/p>\n

Another\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0user said of the first episode: “I thought\u00a0Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0season 2 would be whack but the first episode itself is so good.”<\/p>\n

A lot of people were crying out for a second season following the success of the first, but its creator hadn’t initially planned on doing a follow-up.<\/p>\n

As to\u00a0why Dong-hyuk did do another season<\/a>, it largely came down to\u00a0money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Hwang<\/div>\n

Hwang Dong-hyuk is the brains behind Squid Game (Arturo Holmes\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Speaking to the BBC, the 53-year-old screenwriter said that he didn’t make much cash from the success of season one.<\/p>\n

“Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly I didn\u2019t make much,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“So doing the second series will help compensate me for the success of the first one too.”<\/p>\n

While money was a contributing factor to him penning a second season, Dong-hyuk also admitted that he ‘didn\u2019t fully finish the story’ in\u00a0Squid Game<\/em>\u00a0season one.<\/p>\n

A third season has already been confirmed to be in the works and is expected to be released some time next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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