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'Squid Game' Season 2 Teaser Brings Gi-hun Back Into the Deadly Action

The South Korean thriller returns later this year.

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Squid Game season 2 image shows two people from above.

The game doesn't end well for this season 2 player.

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Horrific games and an enticing prize are back in a new teaser trailer for Squid Game season 2.

Netflix unveiled the 45-second preview during its Geeked Week 2024 Live fan event on Thursday in Atlanta. The trailer reunites Gi-hun (Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae) with the game he survived in season 1 and shows new players walking out onto two rainbow-colored tracks. Season 2 premieres later this year on Dec. 26.

In addition to Lee, season 2 will include returning cast members Lee Byung-hun (the Front Man), Wi Ha-jun (detective Hwang Jun-ho) and Gong Yoo (the Recruiter), according to Netflix's Tudum site. Newcomers include Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri and Won Ji-an.

The South Korean thriller's first season appeared in 2021 and saw desperate people compete in deadly children's games for the chance to win a massive monetary prize. Hwang Dong-hyuk, who won an Emmy for directing season 1, directs, writes and produces season 2. Netflix has already renewed the series for a third season, which will be the last one and is scheduled to air in 2025.