Squid Game creator says season 2 is "much crueller, scarier, and more gruesome" than the first

[ad_1] Squid Recreation creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says season 2 is “a lot crueller, scarier, and extra grotesque” than the primary.

After the implausible first season of Squid Recreation, anticipation is sky-high for season 2. It gained’t be straightforward, however creator Hwang Dong-hyuk appears assured that the brand new season will dwell as much as the hype with a darker story.

“I consider what we’ve created on Season 2 is a deeper, extra superior story,” Hwang informed Empire. “I really feel it may even surpass Season 1. However bodily, mentally, it was not straightforward. A number of the sequences we shot have been probably the most difficult in my complete profession. It was… hell.” He went on to tease that the second season gained’t be a stroll within the half. “I even had some considerations as a result of the story informed within the second season is way crueller, scarier and extra grotesque than the primary,” he stated. “Actually, I assumed to myself… ‘Is that this an excessive amount of for individuals to deal with?’” Will Squid Recreation season 2 be the Empire Strikes Again of the collection? Time will inform, however it’s already been introduced {that a} third and remaining season will deliver the collection to a detailed.

Associated Squid Recreation star Lee Jung-jae felt a “sense of horror” returning for season 2 of the Netflix collection

The official synopsis for the brand new season reads: “Three years after profitable Squid Recreation, Participant 456 stays decided to seek out the individuals behind the sport and put an finish to their vicious sport. Utilizing this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun begins with the obvious of locations: search for the person in a pointy go well with enjoying ddakji within the subway. However when his efforts lastly yield outcomes, the trail towards taking down the group proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to finish the sport, he must re-enter it.”

Hwang Dong-hyuk as soon as once more serves as director, author, and producer of Squid Recreation season 2, with Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo reprising their roles from the primary season. New solid members embrace 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 Gained Ji-an.

Netflix can also be transferring ahead with a second season of Squid Recreation: The Problem, a actuality collection wherein 456 gamers compete for a US$4.56 million money prize by competing in challenges primarily based on these within the collection… though with out all of the dying. There have additionally been rumblings that David Fincher is creating an English-language Squid Recreation collection, however nothing has been confirmed. Squid Recreation season 2 will debut on Netflix on December twenty sixth.