Anyone who watched to the end of a three-minute preview of Netflix's 2024 releases were treated to the world's first glimpse of the next chapter of "Squid Game." And the excitement has already started.
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00:00 Anyone who watched to the end of a three-minute preview of Netflix's 2024 releases were treated
00:05 to the world's first glimpse of the next chapter of Squid Game, and the excitement
00:09 has already started.
00:11 The first season of Squid Game became a massive pop culture phenomenon with its release on
00:15 Netflix in 2021.
00:18 It became the streamer's most popular series of all time, racking up 1.65 billion hours
00:23 of viewing in the first four weeks alone.
00:25 It was inescapable.
00:27 Everyone was talking about Squid Game, and for good reason.
00:31 It's a pretty fantastic series about the horrors of surviving in late capitalism.
00:35 It's thrilling, unique, and ultimately relatable for anyone who has ever lived paycheck to
00:39 paycheck.
00:40 Now it's coming back for a second season, and expectations are high.
00:45 The hit South Korean series was created by director Hwang Dong-hyuk and followed 456
00:50 contestants in a brutal reality show-style competition performed secretly for the filthy
00:55 rich.
00:56 Each one was trying to survive until the end and win the massive grand cash prize.
01:01 Getting eliminated didn't just mean going home, it meant going to the grave.
01:06 Despite being a distinctly South Korean story, the struggles the characters face feel universal.
01:12 Audiences worldwide got caught up in the fates of a divorced dad with a gambling problem,
01:16 a North Korean defector trying to save her family, and an old man who chooses to play
01:20 the game instead of slowly dying out in the broader world.
01:23 The first season ended with a major twist, and a lot of possibilities for the direction
01:28 the series could take, which makes the first glimpse released by Netflix especially exciting.
01:33 Fans have been anxiously awaiting a look at the second season of Squid Game since seeing
01:37 the end of the first, and now it's finally here for everyone to pick apart for clues.
01:42 The end of season one saw Gi-hun winning the whole shebang and discovering the twisted
01:46 secrets behind its creation.
01:49 Instead of making life better for himself, he chooses to go back into another game, though
01:53 he says that he's doing it to bring down everyone who enables the cruelty of it all.
02:07 Who will he ally himself with this time?
02:09 How will he get other competitors to join his cause?
02:12 Will he succeed?
02:13 Seriously, season two needs to get here already.
02:16 The trailer also contains looks at Rebel Moon Part 2, The Scargiver, the live-action Avatar
02:21 The Last Airbender, and the final season of The Umbrella Academy, all of which should
02:26 get tongues wagging among the fandoms.
02:28 Netflix has some pretty big entertainment coming in 2024, and this is just a tiny taste.
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