{"id":120866,"date":"2024-11-01T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120866"},"modified":"2024-11-01T14:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:56:45","slug":"season-2-sees-return-of-player-456-to-deadly-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120866","title":{"rendered":"Season 2 sees return of Player 456 to deadly games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/c254\/live\/e1536700-97bc-11ef-9998-4d144b4a673e.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"No Ju-han\/Netflix Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun, wearing a green tracksuit against a blue background\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">No Ju-han\/Netflix<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Player 456 Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, steps back into his iconic green tracksuit in season two<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The first trailer for the second season of Squid Game has been released, thrusting viewers back into the deadly arena where Player 456 has returned to play once more.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Three years after his victory in the lethal series of children&#8217;s games Seong Gi-hun, played by actor Lee Jung-jae, returns as Player 456 and is joined by hundreds of new competitors &#8211; and tries to lead them to safety.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The first season of the South Korean drama followed a group of 456 people, desperate and in debt, fighting to the death for a huge cash prize.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It became Netflix&#8217;s <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-58729766\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">biggest ever series launch<!-- --><\/a>, streamed by 111 million users in its first 28 days.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"social-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jVHuOl\">\n<div class=\"sc-188a5e30-1 dOxYST\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-188a5e30-2 fJRqqf\">Allow <!-- -->Google YouTube<!-- --> content?<!-- --><\/h4>\n<div class=\"sc-188a5e30-3 biRaSg\">This article contains content provided by <!-- -->Google YouTube<!-- -->. 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To view this content choose\u00a0<!-- --><b>\u2018accept and continue\u2019<\/b>.<!-- --><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Accept and continue\" class=\"sc-59293285-2 sc-59293285-4 cybIuH fNBxsR\"><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-59293285-1 bINrxx\">Accept and continue<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The trailer opens as the sinister masked guards welcome a new cast of characters to the competition.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They are despatched for their first game, also familiar from season one: Red Light Green Light.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In the game, players must advance toward the finish line while a giant mechanical doll has its back turned and freeze when it turns around &#8211; or face being shot dead.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Gi-hun only just survived the game in season one, launching himself over the finish line, and this time around tries to coach the players to safety.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But things take a lethal turn when a player moves after being told a bee has landed on her, and is then shot in the head.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As in season one, the players get to vote to stop the game or keep playing. While Gi-hun encourages them to focus on &#8220;getting out of this place,&#8221; the players ignore his pleas.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;One more game,&#8221; they chant, as the cash prize fills a giant piggy-bank dangling above them.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a31f\/live\/b6a0f240-97c4-11ef-95c7-59c44572b8e3.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"No Ju-han\/Netflix Lee Jung-jae as Gi-hun, wearing a green tracksuit and frowning at a guard wearing a hooded red suit.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">No Ju-han\/Netflix<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Gi-hun tries to encourage the other players to vote to end the game<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Director Hwang Dong-hyuk said: \u201cGi-hun\u2019s endeavour to find out who these people are and why they do what they do is the core story of season two.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He told Reuters news agency that the season would feature &#8220;more intriguing games&#8221; and a larger cast of characters than the debut season.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Also returning is the black-masked mysterious Front Man, who oversees the games, and Hwang Jun-ho, the police detective that broke into the games last season to search for his missing brother.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hwang Dong-hyuk previously said he felt &#8220;a lot of pressure&#8221; on how to make season two &#8220;even better&#8221; after the show&#8217;s runaway success.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In its first four weeks, viewers spent 1.65 billion hours watching Squid Game, according to Netflix.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It followed efforts by the streaming giant to increase its offering of international shows and <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-58896247\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">invest in South Korean dramas.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This time Netflix will be hoping to mirror season one&#8217;s success as it comes under pressure to show what will power growth in the years ahead, <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cq5exj06vg6o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">as its already massive reach makes finding new subscribers more difficult.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Netflix has announced that the final, third season of Squid Game will be released in 2025.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"the-second-series-of-squid-game-will-be-released-on-netflix-on-26-december-2024.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">The second series of Squid Game will be released on Netflix on 26 December 2024.<!-- --><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdrdxjpxzx4o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Ju-han\/Netflix Player 456 Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae, steps back into his iconic green tracksuit in season two The first trailer for the second season of Squid Game &hellip; 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