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Squid Game: The Challenge reached its debut season finale on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, and the Netflix show still reigns in terms of audience engagement as it continues to grab innumerable eyeballs. Though the show has been renewed due to its popularity, Netflix is yet to announce a release date or plot for the second season of Squid Game: The Challenge.
The second season will expectedly try its best to match the euphoria of the debut season. This means gathering a fresh set of 456 new contestants, building ginormous real-world sets, and spending lavish amounts on making the contest as gruesome as possible. One can't possibly forget the $4.56 million prize money as well.
The second season may continue the tradition of eliminating contestants by killing them off! Not literally, though, as an ink container on their costumes bursts as soon as they are eliminated.
When and where to watch Squid Game: The Challenge season 2?
It seems that fans of Squid Game: The Challenge will have to wait a while longer for the second season. Due to the far-reaching success of the show's first installment, Netflix promptly declared in June 2022 that a second season of Squid Game will soon be in the making. In November 2023, Netflix formally said that Squid Game season 2 filming had commenced.
Considering the production's size and budget, the shoot is anticipated to take place over nearly ten months, according to What's On Netflix. If everything goes according to plan, fans can expect the second installment to hit their screens sometime in the second half of 2024.
Like the phenomenal first season, the second season will be exclusively available for streaming on Netflix. The subscription charges for the streaming platform giant range anywhere from $6.99 to $22.99 in the US.
Nevertheless, while we keep our fingers crossed and wait for any announcement about Squid Game: The Challenge season two, we can expect the second season of the South Korean drama Squid Game to air in 2024.
Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 plot and more details
Squid Game: The Challenge is a spin-off show based on the popular 2021 South Korean drama series Squid Game. When it aired for the first time on Netflix on November 22, 2023, audiences had scarcely anticipated that it would assume such huge proportions and unequivocally conquer the attention of millions of people worldwide.
Though the plot for the second season is yet to be declared, fans can expect it to continue the brutal and cutthroat tradition of the challenge, featuring awe-in-spring games on a grand scale to filter out from the 456 contestants till only three of them remain before the finale.
The first season of Squid Game: The Challenge has raked in a lot of praise and appreciation over its nine episodes. According to Collider, the show has successfully converted 1.1 million viewers into die-hard fans. Deadline has reported that The Challenge is the most-streamed show right now in the UK.
The cast for the second season remains to be announced. But judging by the first season's format, it is expected that a fresh batch of 456 real-life contestants will once again be brought in as participants.
Even if the wait seems almost unbearable, one must remember that the makers need to undertake vast efforts to outmatch the scale, atmosphere, and scope of the first season while taking the narrative ahead.
