The hit Netflix series is back, as creator Hwang Dong-hyuk and star Lee Jung-jae chatted about the new season at a FYC event on Sunday.

In 2021, the Korean thriller Squid Game took the world by storm. The phenomenon that was this series led to Halloween costumes emulating the show’s main characters, social media trends trying to accomplish the challenges depicted in the episodes and an overall worldwide obsession with the gripping-yet-gruesome nine-episode series.

"Squid Game" creator Hwang Dong-hyuk says he lost teeth from the stress of making the first season and explains his motivations for making Season 2.

"Even though the first series was such a huge global success, honestly, I didn't make much," Hwang Dong-Hyuk told BBC.

In a new Hollywood Reporter cover story, “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk pulls back the black mesh mask on Season 2 of the world’s biggest show, which is arriving on Netflix next month. He reveals an influence on the Emmy-winning thriller series that sounds a little surprising at first but actually makes a lot of

Hwang Dong Hyuk, the director of Squid Game Season 2, has addressed concerns surrounding the so-called sophomore slump that often affects popular Netflix series follow-up seasons. He’s committed to delivering a sequel that meets—and possibly exceeds—the immense expectations set by its record-breaking predecessor.

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk opens up about this season's new games, new cast and his dystopic vision that now feels frighteningly close to home: "I wanted to pose the question: Is the majority always right?

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk knows just how bad stress can be. On Sunday, Nov. 10, Dong-hyuk, 53, revealed in an interview with theBBC that he lost several teeth while filming the first season of the hit Netflix show — which follows people in debt as they play deadly games to win a monetary prize — all due to the strain of shooting it.