Korean Hit Series 'Squid Game' Confirms Expanded Cast For Season 2

Streaming giant Netflix on Tuesday confirmed❀ expansion of starry Korean cast in the popular Korean series '' Season 2.

The second season sees Lee Ju▨ng-jae, Lee Byung-hun𝄹, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo reprise their roles as protagonist and antagonist survivors of the bloody elimination game, reports 'Variety'.

Theꦅ new story "will follow Gi-hun a🦩s he abandons his plans to go to the US and starts a chase with a motive", said Netflix in Korea.

Earlier photographs from Season 2 showed L🌺ee's Gi-hyun character with hair dyed beetroot red, reports 'Variety'.

The company confirmed that Hwang Dong-hyuk, who became the first Asian to win out🐷standing directing for ♉a drama series at the Primetime Emmy’s, is also re-set as director, writer, and producer and that production is through Firstman Studio.

New cast member♎s include Yim Si-wan 'The Attorney', 'Emergency Declaration', Kang Ha-neul 'Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet', Park Gyu-young 'Attack the Gas Station', Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim 'Kim Ji-young: Born 1982', Lee David 'The Terror Live', Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yuri, and Won Ji.

Some time in 2024," the company 🀅reitera🌄ted as it revealed a huge slate of new Korean films, series and reality shows.

The nine-episode first season of Dongꦫ-hyuk's 'Squid Game' launched in 2021.

The drama about a deadly contest among poor competitors to win KRW45.6 billion became a phenomena for Netflix and was nominated for 14 Emmys, inclu🔯ding best drama series (a first for a non-English-language series), winning six.

"The '🎃Squid Game' universe has just begun," said Netflix co-chief last month on a conference call with financial analysts.

The 'Squid Game' unive꧂rse has already been expanded to include an unscripted competition series, 'Squid Game: The Challenge' and an upcoming video game.