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Hwang Dong-Hyuk, the director of "Squid Game," said the Emmy-winning series caused a lot of stress. AdvertisementHwang Dong-Hyuk, the director of "Squid Game," says he was so stressed while making the first season of the Emmy-winning show that he lost "eight or nine" teeth. The second season of "Squid Game" will be released on December 26, and its third installment is set to be released next year, according to Netflix. That year, "Squid Game" also earned a spot as the most-watched show, with 1.65 billion hours streamed in the first four weeks. In the same interview with BBC, Hwang said that the stress he felt creating the second season of "Squid Game" was "much greater" due to high audience expectations.
Persons: Hwang Dong, Hwang, , wasn't, Guillermo del Toro's, Seong Gi, Lee Jung Organizations: Netflix, Service, BBC, Bloomberg, Guardian, Business, Business Insider
Lee Jung-jae told Business Insider that "Squid Game" season two was coming in December. "Squid Game" was a massive success for Netflix, and is its most-viewed series to date. AdvertisementThe highly anticipated season two of "Squid Game" is on the horizon. When BI asked if Lee could tease anything about the upcoming second season, the actor kept the major details close to his chest. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Lee Jung, jae, Lee, Seong, Organizations: Korean Netflix, Netflix, Service, Disney, Business Locations: Korean
Read preview"Squid Game" actor Oh Young-soo was convicted of sexual misconduct by a South Korean court on Friday. A district court judge in Seongnam, near the South Korean capital Seoul, ruled that Oh was guilty of inappropriate behavior with a female actor in 2017, The New York Times reported. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun and Oh Young-soo as Oh Il-nam in "Squid Game" season one. Aside from his role in "Squid Game," Oh has appeared in more than 200 plays since the late 1960s, but the court case has impacted his career, The Times reported. The actor has not been named among the actors returning for season two of "Squid Game," which will be released later this year.
Persons: , Oh Young, soo, Oh, Golden, Lee Jung, jae, Seong, Noh Juhan, Gilbert Flores Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Netflix, Business, Golden Globe, Netflix Prosecutors, The Times, JTBC, Times Locations: Seongnam, Seoul, Korean
Season one's protagonist Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) will return in season two. Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in "Squid Game" season two. In a Netflix statement shared in June 2022, "Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk confirmed that Gi-hun will return for the second season. While the extent of his role in the second season has not been clarified, he will likely be fighting against the people in charge of the competition. In August 2022, Hwang indicated to The Hollywood Reporter that season two will focus on Gi-hun's transformation from the end of the first season.
Persons: Seong, Lee Jung, jae, Cho Sang, Oh, Hideo Kimura, Hwang Dong, Hyuk, Hwang Organizations: Netflix, Hollywood Reporter
‘Squid Game’ Season 2: New details revealed
  + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Get ready, because everyone’s favorite lethal game show is preparing for a big return. Netflix shared exclusive new details for the second season of its runaway hit South Korean thriller series “Squid Game” on Saturday, as part of its Tudum Global Fan Event in Brazil. A new teaser for the second season of “Squid Game” announced both returning and new cast members, with series lead Lee Jung-jae, playing cash-strapped everyman Seong Gi-hun, back for a second round. Standout cast member Oh Yeong-su, who played the elderly and unassuming Oh Il-nam in the first season of “Squid Game,” has yet to be confirmed as a returning cast member, even though his involvement in the game was revealed to be a bit more complicated at the end of the show’s first season. A release date for Season 2 of “Squid Game” was not immediately available.
Persons: , Lee Jung, jae, Seong, Lee Byung, Yim, Kang Ha, Yang Dong, Oh Organizations: CNN, Netflix Locations: Brazil
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