Streaming large Netflix Inc NFLX is ready to launch the extremely anticipated second season of “Squid Recreation” and the present’s director and star are sharing particulars forward of the Dec. 26 premiere.
What Occurred: Launched in 2021, “Squid Recreation” is the largest collection in Netflix historical past and changed into a popular culture phenomenon.
A second season hits the streaming platform on Dec. 26 and can be seven episodes, which is shorter than the 9 within the first season.
Returning for the second season is the winner of the sport within the first season, Seong Gi-hun (aka Participant 456), portrayed on display by Lee Jung-jae. Director and author Hwang Dong-Hyuk additionally returns for the second season.
The second season options new characters and revolves round Gi-hun, who returns to the sport three years after the competitors to seek for the individuals behind it and shut the sport down for good, as reported by Deadline.
Characters competing for the prize this time embrace a former cryptocurrency influencer who loses a big sum of money for his subscribers and himself. The crypto influencer turns into a fugitive earlier than becoming a member of the Squid Recreation competitors, in keeping with the report.
One other one of many 400-plus contestants within the video games is a girl who made unhealthy investments following the recommendation of the identical cryptocurrency influencer collaborating within the video games.
Within the interview with Deadline, Director Hwang as he’s identified stated there’s “better scale” to the second season and new video games for the contestants.
“The video games are one of many greatest adjustments in addition to the characters as a result of, apart from Gi-Hun, the entire characters that play the video games are new so you are going to have the ability to see extra endearing characters that you find yourself rooting for,” Hwang stated.
Hwang stated Gi-Hun’s revenge issue is a key message within the second season, however humanity’s quest for making the world a greater place might be an even bigger theme.
“Does humanity have what it takes to vary the course of the world, and might we actually let go of our greed, our needs to be able to create a greater world collectively?”
The director stated the collection can be considerably political given the present state of the world being divided.
“There are such a lot of issues that divide us as we speak, whether or not it is race, faith, language, the haves and the have nots, the generational divisions, and lately, with the crucial vote that you’ve this week, we take a look at the political division, the left towards the correct, the conservatives towards the progressives, Hwang stated talking days earlier than the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The director was requested concerning the report that director David Fincher is engaged on an English-language model of “Squid Recreation” and stated he does not know something official about this, however respects the director’s work.
“I like his movies so if he does, I am excited and I am going to look ahead to it.”
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Why It is Vital: The primary season of “Squid Recreation” was watched by tons of of hundreds of thousands of individuals on Netflix and helped the corporate enhance its subscribers and host one of the crucial talked about reveals in streaming historical past.
The primary season was nominated for 14 Emmy Awards and earned important reward.
Following the second season, a 3rd and closing season of the hit present will launch in 2025. Director Hwang stated the second and third seasons have been written on the identical time and each have been produced concurrently. The third season is at present within the post-production course of, the director stated.
Expectations are excessive for Netflix and the second season and the discharge, which comes across the Christmas vacation, might be a significant catalyst for the inventory with shares already nearing 52-week highs.
Netflix may even stream two Nationwide Soccer League video games on Christmas, the day earlier than the discharge of “Squid Recreation” season 2. This offers Netflix one of many greatest weeks in streaming historical past and will have the corporate the discuss of the city at household get-togethers and vacation celebrations.
NFLX Value Motion: Netflix inventory closed at $902.17 on Tuesday versus a 52-week buying and selling vary of $445.73 to $908. Shares are up 93% year-to-date in 2024.
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