The nightmare truly never stops. The latest trailer for the second season of Squid Game opens with Lee Jung-jae‘s Seong Gi-hun waking up from a restless slumber and brandishing a gun at a masked figure waiting outside his door. Released as part of Netflix‘s Geeked Week event in Atlanta, the …
Read More »'Squid Game' Season 2 Teaser Reveals Player 456's Return to the Deadly Game
It’s been three years since the South Korean drama Squid Game captivated international audiences as fictional players competed to the death in classic childhood games. The Netflix series released a teaser Monday, debuting some of the next season’s key players. The teaser flashed the numbered, green tracksuits of the next …
Read More »You Can Finally See People Die for Sport Again as 'Squid Game' Gets Season 2 Release Date
Squid Game‘s second season has a release date at last, as Netflix announced on Wednesday that the Korean mega-hit will return on December 26 more than three years after season 1 first premiered in September 2021. The show’s third and final season will air sometime in 2025, Netflix said, with …
Read More »'The Acolyte': This 'Star Wars' Prequel Series Isn't a Force To Be Reckoned With
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Jedi barely appear in the original Star Wars trilogy. Obi-Wan and Yoda are both hermits hiding from their own failures in distant corners of the galaxy, and …
Read More »'Squid Game' Star Oh Young-soo Convicted of Indecent Assault in South Korea
Squid Game star and Golden Globe winner Oh Young-soo was convicted of indecent assault in South Korea after an actress accused him of inappropriately touching and kissing her, The New York Times reports. The 79-year-old was handed an eight-month suspended sentence and will have to attend 40 hours of classes …
Read More »Netflix Shares First Look at Season 2 of 'Squid Game'
Netflix shared the first look at Squid Game’s much-anticipated second season as part of a montage highlighting the streaming service’s 2024 releases. The brief clip at the end of the “Next on Netflix” previews picks up where Season One left off: With Lee Jung-jae’s Gi-hun — the survivor of the …
Read More »'Squid Game' Season 2 Will Deliver More Nail-Biting Twists in 2024
The second season of Squid Game will premiere this year. In a letter to shareholders, Netflix revealed the slate of shows set to hit the streaming service in 2024, including the second season of the Hwang Dong-hyuk-directed series. “Looking ahead, despite last year’s strikes pushing back the launch of some …
Read More »'Squid Game: The Challenge' Players and Producers Talk Finale and Backlash
In the final episode of Squid Game: The Challenge, the three finalists swapped their green tracksuits for button-downs and devoured a steak dinner on a triangular-shaped table, much like the dining hall featured in Netflix’s scripted drama Squid Game. Instead of a deadly knife fight, the two final contestants, Player …
Read More »'Squid Game: The Challenge' Ignores Controversy With Second Season Renewal
Despite the controversy that preceded Squid Game: The Challenge — including allegations that the reality competition based on the hit South Korean series was “rigged” — Netflix has opted to give the show a second season. Ahead of the airing of today’s season finale, where one of the 456 contestants …
Read More »'Squid Game' Reality Show Drops First Trailer: 'This Is a Savage Game'
Let the games begin. After Squid Game premiered on Netflix in 2021, it quickly became one of the streaming giant’s biggest shows thanks to the bizarre yet captivating premise of having 456 players compete for a multi-million dollar prize in a series of deadly games. Now, Netflix is turning the …
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