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Squid Game Season 2 Expected to Start Filming This Summer: Details

Actor Lee Jung Jae offered a number of updates on Netflix & Hwang Dong-hyuk's Squid Game, including when Season 2 is expected to film.

It's nice to have an update to share involving Director, Writer & Executive Producer Hwang Dong-hyuk's Squid Game that doesn't involve what may or may not be happening with the contestants in the upcoming reality show competition series. This time, our focus shifts to what actor Lee Jung Jae (Seong Gi-hun) had to share regarding the second season… and he brought details. Speaking with Ilgan Sports, Lee Jung Jae shared that they're expected to be in front of the cameras beginning this summer, with a 10-month filming timetable in play. As for the storyline itself, Lee Jung Jae expects Seong Gi-hun and Lee Byung Hun's Hwang In-ho, aka The Front Man, to be "the central figures of this next story."

"It's probably safe to assume that. As we all saw at the end of season 1, the main plot of season 2 will be revenge, and the key figure who controlled the workings of the games in season 1 was Lee Byung Hun sunbae, so it seems that the two of us will be the central figures of this next story. This is the first time that I'll be working with Lee Byung Hun sunbae, actually. Well, we worked on a drama called 'White Nights 3.98' back in the day, but we didn't have any scenes together," Lee Jung Jae shared. "Anyways, 'Squid Game 2' will begin filming in the summer, and the filming will likely last for about 10 months. We were working on season 1 for about 10 months as well, but that was with delays caused by COVID-19. But seeing as season 2 will be bigger in scale; it will probably take longer to complete."

In the following previously-unreleased clip, viewers come face-to-face with the individual behind it all… Front Man, leader of the Masked Men & overseer of the Squid Game. Following that, we have a look back at what Hwang Dong-hyuk had to share about the upcoming second season:

Hwang Dong-hyuk checked in with THR in August 2022 to offer fans an update and discuss the pressures of the follow-up season to a show with a huge opening round. Sharing that he has "a deadline to finish writing season two of 'Squid Game' by the end of this year or early next year," He admitted feeling some pressure after the show became a global sensation and shared his approach to working on a project. "It would be a total lie if I say that I don't feel any pressure because so many people are waiting for season two, and season one was just too successful not to feel pressured by it," Hwang Dong-hyuk explained. "When I am actually writing the script, I really immerse myself in that world I created, and it feels less daunting to me. Once I sit in front of my laptop, I become part of the world that I created, and I totally forget about the real world that I'm in."

As for the second season's themes, viewers should expect Hwang Dong-hyuk says he's looking to have the story flow naturally from how things ended with the first season as opposed to trying to meet fans' expectations. "I've seen many reactions from people about the show, but I don't want to make season two as a response to those reactions. The philosophies I put in season one all naturally extend to season two. Instead of trying to meet the expectations of viewers, I just thought about the last moment when Gi-hun turned away from boarding the plane, and I thought about what he will do next," Hwang Dong-hyuk shared. "There will naturally be a flow of events that will lead all the way to the end of the season. I can't share any details yet, but you know that Seong Gi-hun has become a totally new person by the end of season one, so season two is going to be about what that new Gi-hun is going to do and how things will unfold with this new kind of character."

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