'Squid Game' fans get excited! Netflix confirms second season!
Updated | By Breakfast with Martin Bester
Netflix has announced that 'Squid Game' will indeed return for a second season! Read more below!
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On Sunday, Netflix announced that there will indeed be a second season of the popular South Korean show, 'Squid Game'.
Director, writer, and executive producer Hwang Dong-hyuk said in a letter to fans: "The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming."
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"The frontman" Seong Gi-hun was the main protagonist in the first season of 'Squid Game'.
The first season follows Gi-hun, a divorced gambler, who enters a competition in the hopes of winning a big cash prize. This competition sees contestants who are desperately in need of money compete in deadly children's games in the hopes of winning the ultimate cash prize.
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'Squid Game' was Netflix's first Korean series to reach No. 1 in the United States. According to Netflix, 'Squid Game' attracted 1.65-billion hours of viewing in the 28 days following its release, marking it as the streaming giant's biggest series launch ever.
Here's the official announcement video:
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