Plus, it's good news for Dune: Prophecy's future.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk also explains the surprising casting choice made for season two standout Player 120.

Fans will meet a whole new Gi-hun, aka Player 456, when the Netflix show returns December 26.

Attention, players. You are about to compete in a new challenge—but first, do you know how to speak Korean? In preparation for Season Two of “Squid Game,” one of Netflix’s most popular Korean thriller series, the streaming giant announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with the language learning app Duolingo to help viewers […]

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The second season of Netflix's most-watched show of all time is coming December 26.

The Netflix hit comes back with its second arc this month, and a third and final season on the way.

The 2021 Korean series Squid Game was a massive hit for Netflix, racking up 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks and snagging 14 Emmy nominations. Fans have been longing for a second season ever since, and we're finally getting it this year for Christmas. Netflix just released the official trailer.

(Spoilers for S1 below.)

The first season followed Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-Jae, seen earlier this year in The Acolyte), a down-on-his-luck gambler who has little left to lose when he agrees to play children's playground games against 455 other players for money. The twist? If you lose a game, you die. If you cheat, you die. And if you win, you might also die.

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Netflix's hit sci-fi thriller starring Lee Jung-jae finally returns on December 26.

Netflix issued Discord a subpoena asking the social platform to provide user information for suspects tied to its massive leak in August.