The seller is back! Get ready for the second round of Squid Game — Netflix announces comeback with Gong Yoo on December 26 (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, October 1 — Netflix teased fans of South Korean hit series Squid Game A short trailer released today reveals the return of The Salesman, or Gong Yoo’s enigmatic character, on December 26.

Directed by creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, the teaser shows the mysterious recruiter preparing to recruit new contestants for the deadly competition’s big prize money.

Gong Yoo is shown packing his tools of the trade in Ddakji pieces and cash, ready to entice more new characters to join.

Key actors, including Seong Gi-hun or Lee Jung-jae as former Player 456, will reprise their roles.

Production on the second season will begin in July 2023, with the second season to be followed by a third and final season in 2025.

The series became the first Korean drama to top Netflix’s weekly list of the top ten most-watched TV shows worldwide, and remains the most-watched series on the service, with more than 1.65 billion hours watched in the first 28 days. Bridgerton625 million hours.

on YouTube, Squid Game related content generated 17 billion views in eight weeks, the highest figure for a television program, and game of Thrones relevant content over the decade.

This drama earned actor O Yeong-su a Golden Globe, becoming the first Korean-born actor to win this award.

Squid Game It earned four SAG Award nominations, making history as the first non-English language series and the first Korean series to be nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian and Korean male actor to receive individual SAG Award nominations, and HoYeon Jung became the second actress of Asian and Korean descent to do the same.

The series made history as the first non-English language television series to win the SAG Awards.

Squid Game It also received 14 nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Drama, making it the first non-English language series to be nominated in this category.