CNN
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Green light!

Squid Game Season 2 is just around the corner and Netflix has decided it's time to give us a sneak peek at the second round of survival games.

“The game is unstoppable,” Netflix wrote on YouTube on Thursday as it released the official teaser for the new season of its hit series, which will debut on December 26th.

The new installment of the dystopian Korean drama – once again directed, written and produced by Hwang Dong-hyuk – begins three years after the end of the previous game.

South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, who won one of the series' six Emmys for his lead role as Gi-hun, will return as game-changing player 456, “who has given up going to the States and comes back with a new resolution.” “in his head,” says one summary.

“Gi-hun delves into the mysterious survival game once again and launches another game of life and death as new participants come together to win the prize of 45.6 billion won,” the synopsis continues.

Other familiar faces set to reappear include Gong Yoo as a sharp-suited salesman who finds new recruits for the high-risk competition, Wi Ha-joon as infiltrating detective Hwang Jun-ho, and Lee Byung-hun as a masked frontman who monitors the game and holds all the strings.

“Squid Game” became a global phenomenon after Netflix’s biggest series debuted in 2021.

In July, the streaming service announced that the third season, scheduled for 2025, would be the last.