‘Squid Game’ Will Get a Second Season, Netflix Confirms

Netflix’s record-breaking series Squid Game will hit a pair of movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York later this month as the streamer ramps up its awards campaigning for the Korean series.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeRed light, klieg lights: “Squid Game” is hitting the big screen. As Screen Actors Guild Award voting continues, Netflix is screening the Korean-language thriller via two-night theater engagements in both New York and Los Angeles.The first season of “Squid Game” will be screened over two successive Saturday afternoons, on Feb. 12 and Feb.

All Of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyoo has expressed his hopes for a second season of Netflix’s new zombie K-drama hit.In a new interview with The Korea Herald, Lee shared that he had “intentionally” made room in the series for a potential expansion into a second season. Minor spoilers ahead for All Of Us Are Dead.“Many directions, settings and scenes were intentionally produced to expand the story into an additional season, including the introduction of the new races of zombies,” said the director, referring to the small number of immune, sentient “half zombies” that emerged midway through the season.“If the first season can be seen as having presented humanity‘s survival, the next season can talk about the survival of zombies.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Lucifer,” “Squid Game,” “Luca” and “CoComelon” were among the most popular programming titles on streaming services in 2021 for Black, Asian and Hispanic viewers, Nielsen Analytics found. Other SVOD winners with these three demographic groups were Disney Plus’ “Moana” and “Raya and the Last Dragon” and Netflix’s “Manifest,” “Criminal Minds” and “You” across the categories of original, acquired and movie content.“Squid Game” was a standout on the originals list, as it was one of the most popular programs with Asian, Hispanic and African American viewers. Crunching the demographic data even further, Nielsen researchers found that in Asian households, the Korean-language version of the dystopian, anti-capitalist thriller garnered 45% viewing, and generated one-third of its viewing minutes in Hispanic households.

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First came the ratings records. Then came awards recognition for Paramount Network’s Yellowstone and Netflix’s Squid Game.

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EXCLUSIVE: Lucifer, a drama that debuted on the Fox broadcast network before becoming a Netflix show in 2018, topped Nielsen’s list of the most-streamed original series of 2021 in the U.S. (See the full charts below, with the top 15 original, acquired and movie titles.)

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.

“Squid Game” has been given the green light for season 2.

It’s official!

“The Squid Game universe has just begun.”

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