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  • Lee Jung-Jae turns into first Asian actor to win Emmy for Squid Game

    By Express News Service

    Actor Lee Jung-Jae, who acquired worldwide recognition for his lead position within the Korean collection Squid Game, grew to become the primary Asian actor to win an Emmy award in Best Actor within the drama class.

    It is to be famous that Lee is just the fourth Asian actor ever to win an Emmy award and likewise turns into the primary to obtain a drama award for the non-English talking class.

    Others who had been nominated alongside Lee had been Bob Odenkirk for Better Call Saul, Jason Bateman for Ozark, Adam Scott for Severance, and Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong for Succession. Upon receiving the award, Lee gave an acceptance speech each in English and Korean.

    “Thank you to the Television Academy, thank you to Netflix and thank you to the director for making realistic problems we all face come to life so creatively on the screen with a great script. Thank you, ‘ Squid Game’ team. Thank you to everyone watching in Korea,” Variety quoted Lee. Squid Game premiered on Netflix in September 2021, and has been renewed for a second season after it was acquired effectively amongst audiences the world over.

    The collection earned 14 nominations and gained six out of them. Lee You-mi gained the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, whereas it was additionally recognised below the classes Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program.

    Actor Lee Jung-Jae, who acquired worldwide recognition for his lead position within the Korean collection Squid Game, grew to become the primary Asian actor to win an Emmy award in Best Actor within the drama class.

    It is to be famous that Lee is just the fourth Asian actor ever to win an Emmy award and likewise turns into the primary to obtain a drama award for the non-English talking class.

    Others who had been nominated alongside Lee had been Bob Odenkirk for Better Call Saul, Jason Bateman for Ozark, Adam Scott for Severance, and Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong for Succession. Upon receiving the award, Lee gave an acceptance speech each in English and Korean.

    “Thank you to the Television Academy, thank you to Netflix and thank you to the director for making realistic problems we all face come to life so creatively on the screen with a great script. Thank you, ‘ Squid Game’ team. Thank you to everyone watching in Korea,” Variety quoted Lee. Squid Game premiered on Netflix in September 2021, and has been renewed for a second season after it was acquired effectively amongst audiences the world over.

    The collection earned 14 nominations and gained six out of them. Lee You-mi gained the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, whereas it was additionally recognised below the classes Outstanding Special Visual Effects, Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program.

  • Squid Game actor Lee Jung-jae to star in Star Wars collection The Acolyte

    Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae is about to be part of the galaxy far, far-off because the Korean actor has been solid within the male lead function for the upcoming Star Wars spin-off collection The Acolyte.

    The Lucasfilm challenge hails from Leslye Headland, the co-creator of smash hit Netflix present Russian Doll. As per leisure information portal Variety, Lee will characteristic reverse Amandla Steinberg and Queen & Slim star Jodie Turner-Smith within the collection.

    The particulars of the Korean actor’s function has been stored underneath wraps. Headland will function the director, author, government producer and showrunner of the collection.

    The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller that may take the viewers right into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising dark-side powers within the closing days of the High Republic period.

    In the Star Wars universe, an acolyte can seek advice from people with pressure skills who be taught from a extra skilled Sith Lord. The collection is predicted to start out manufacturing in London later this yr.

    Lee Jung-jae turned a world phenomenon after the resounding success of his Netflix collection The Squid Game, by which he performed the function of Seong Gi-hun aka participant 456. The actor, who’s an enormous star in native South Korea courtesy of Ok-dramas like Chief of Staff and movies Along With the Gods collection, The Face Reader and The Housemaid, is at the moment nominated within the lead actor class of the 2022 Primetime Emmy awards.

  • Netflix’s Korean sequence ‘Squid Games’ makes historical past for non-English sequence with 14 Emmy nominations

    By Express News Service

    Making historical past, Netflix’s Korean sequence Squid Games turned the primary ever non-English sequence to be nominated for Outstanding Drama Series on the Emmy 2022. The present bagged 14 nominations for the awards, together with for the class of Outstanding Drama Series. 

    The sequence’ lead actor Lee Jung-Jae is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor within the drama sequence, whereas Jung Ho-Yeon, who made her performing debut with the sequence, is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress within the drama sequence. Actors Park Hae-soo and Oh Yeong-su are additionally nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a drama sequence class.

    “First, I would like to share my sincere gratitude. It is a tremendous honour to be nominated together with these brilliant actors. I would like to share this honour with the Squid Game fans around the world, who showed us endless love and support, and the Squid Game team, who worked very hard to make everything possible,” stated Lee Jung-Jae.

    Squid Games creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is nominated for writing and directing classes. Set in a dystopian financial surroundings of Korea, Squid Games acquired worldwide success. Netflix lately introduced that the sequence will probably be again for the second season, with a mixture of previous and new characters.

  • Squid Game creator reveals season 2 particulars: ‘Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again’

    Squid Game was one among 2021’s largest exhibits. Naturally, Netflix wished a second season and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is difficult at work. Now, he has revealed the primary replace concerning the present’s sophomore outing.

    He was requested in a Vanity Fair piece about what particulars he can reveal about it. He responded by saying, “Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again.”

    The present turned a world phenomenon, and received a number of accolades. It was based mostly on a Hunger Games-like competitors, the titular Squid Game, that lures in frequent people who find themselves in debt and guarantees them a great deal of cash upon successful.

    But the results of shedding are lethal — actually. Anyone who doesn’t progress to the following spherical finally ends up lifeless.

    The collection was praised for its themes just like the perils of unchecked capitalism, the oppression of decrease lessons in fashionable capitalistic societies and the dog-eat-dog world we dwell in.

    Hwang added, “I want to ask the question [in the second season], ‘Is true solidarity between humans possible?’” It is intelligent of him to depart a bit from the unique season’s themes as in any other case the second entry would appear like a re-tread.

    Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung featured within the present’s forged. Lee Jung-jae’s Seong Gi-hun was the first protagonist of the primary season and went on to win the sport. At the top of the season, he was seen abandoning a flight to see his daughter and get revenge on the makers of Squid Game.

  • SAG Awards 2022 full winners’ record: CODA and Squid Game create historical past, listed below are all of the winners

    The twenty eighth version of Screen Actors Guild Awards, usually shortened to SAG Awards, got out Sunday night time on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The awards, offered by an organisation known as SAG-AFTRA or Screen Actors Guild, celebrated cinema and tv appearing performances of the previous yr.

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    While Will Smith (King Richard) and Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) took dwelling the trophies in main position classes in movies, Michael Keaton (Dopesick) and Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) had been bestowed with high appearing statuettes in tv.

    There had been additionally a whole lot of firsts on this this iteration of SAG Awards, courtesy Netflix’s Squid Game and Apple’s CODA. For occasion, Lee Jung-jae, the lead actor of Squid Game, turned the primary Asian male actor to get a person nomination in Best Male Actor in a Drama sequence and likewise went on to win. Jung Ho-yeon additionally created historical past by taking dwelling the trophy in feminine class.

    Similarly, for CODA, which turned the primary movie with a largely deaf solid to take dwelling a SAG trophy, Troy Kotsur additionally turned the primary deaf actor to attain a win in SAG Awards. Earlier, he had created a file for being the primary hearing-impaired actor nominated for an SAG Award.

    Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and HBO’s Succession went into the awards present with most nominations (5). Here is the total record:

    Film

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

    Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams (WINNER)
    Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
    Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
    Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM! as Jonathan Larson
    Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth

    Will Smith in a nonetheless from King Richard.

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

    Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker (WINNER)
    Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
    Lady Gaga – House of Gucci as Patrizia Reggiani
    Jennifer Hudson – Respect as Aretha Franklin
    Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball

    Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin in a scene from CODA. (Apple TV+ through AP)

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

    Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi (WINNER)
    Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar as Charlie Maguire
    Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza as Jon Peters
    Jared Leto – House of Gucci as Paolo Gucci
    Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

    Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita (WINNER)
    Caitríona Balfe – Belfast as Ma
    Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter
    Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
    Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew

    Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    CODA – Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (WINNER)
    Belfast – Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, and Colin Morgan
    Don’t Look Up – Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Mescudi, Rob Morgan, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, and Meryl Streep
    House of Gucci – Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Jack Huston, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino
    King Richard – Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Tony Goldwyn, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, and Will Smith

    Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

    No Time to Die (WINNER)
    Black Widow
    Dune
    The Matrix Resurrections
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    No Time To Die marks Daniel Craig’s ultimate look as James Bond. (Photo: MGM)

    Television

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

    Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu) as Dr. Samuel Finnix (WINNER)
    Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO) as Armond
    Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage (HBO) as Jonathan Levy
    Ewan McGregor – Halston (Netflix) as Halston
    Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown (HBO) as Detective Colin Zabel

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

    Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (HBO) as Marianne “Mare” Sheehan (WINNER)
    Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO) as Tanya McQuoid
    Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic) as Aretha Franklin
    Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix) as Alexandra “Alex” Russell
    Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown (HBO) as Helen Fahey

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

    Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix) as Seong Gi-hun (WINNER)
    Brian Cox – Succession (HBO) as Logan Roy
    Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+) as Cory Ellison
    Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO) as Roman Roy

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

    Jung Ho-Yeon – Squid Game (Netflix) as Kang Sae-byeok (WINNER)
    Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show (Apple TV+) as Alexandra “Alex” Levy
    Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) as June Osborne
    Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO) as Siobhan “Shiv” Roy
    Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO) as Kendall Roy

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

    Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Ted Lasso (WINNER)
    Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method (Netflix) as Sandy Kominsky
    Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Roy Kent
    Steve Martin – Only Murders within the Building (Hulu) as Charles Haden-Savage

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

    Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) as Deborah Vance (WINNER)
    Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu) as Catherine the Great
    Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix) as Ji-Yoon Kim
    Juno Temple – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Keeley Jones
    Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) as Rebecca Welton

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

    Succession (HBO) – Nicholas Braun, Juliana Canfield, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Dagmara Domińczyk, Peter Friedman, Jihae, Justine Lupe, Matthew Macfadyen, Dasha Nekrasova, Scott Nicholson, David Rasche, Alan Ruck, J. Smith-Cameron, Sarah Snook, Fisher Stevens, Jeremy Strong, and Zoë Winters (WINNER)

    The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ann Dowd, O. T. Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Sam Jaeger, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Bradley Whitford, and Samira Wiley

    The Morning Show (Apple TV+) – Jennifer Aniston, Shari Belafonte, Eli Bildner, Néstor Carbonell, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Amber Friendly, Janina Gavankar, Valeria Golino, Tara Karsian, Hannah Leder, Greta Lee, Julianna Margulies, Joe Marinelli, Michelle Meredith, Ruairi O’Connor, Joe Pacheco, Karen Pittman, Victoria Tate, Desean Terry, and Reese Witherspoon

    Squid Game (Netflix) – Heo Sung-tae, Jun Young-soo, Jung Ho-Yeon, Kim Joo-ryoung, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Jung-jae, Oh Young-Soo, Park Hae-soo, Anupam Tripathi, and Wi Ha-jun
    Yellowstone (Paramount Network) – Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Ryan Bingham, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, Eden Brolin, Kevin Costner, Hugh Dillon, Luke Grimes, Hassie Harrison, Cole Hauser, Jennifer Landon, Finn Little, Brecken Merrill, Will Patton, Piper Perabo, Kelly Reilly, Denim Richards, Taylor Sheridan, Forrie J. Smith, and Jefferson White
    Martin Short – Only Murders within the Building (Hulu) as Oliver Putnam

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

    Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) – Annette Badland, Kola Bokinni, Phil Dunster, Cristo Fernández, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Toheeb Jimoh, Nick Mohammed, Sarah Niles, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, and Hannah Waddingham (WINNER)
    The Great (Hulu) – Julian Barratt, Belinda Bromilow, Sacha Dhawan, Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Bayo Gbadamosi, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Nicholas Hoult, Florence Keith-Roach, Gwilym Lee, and Charity Wakefield
    Hacks (HBO Max) – Rose Abdoo, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Indelicato, Poppy Liu, Christopher McDonald, Jean Smart, and Megan Stalter
    The Kominsky Method (Netflix) – Jenna Lyng Adams, Sarah Baker, Casey Thomas Brown, Michael Douglas, Lisa Edelstein, Ashleigh LaThrop, Emily Osment, Haley Joel Osment, Paul Reiser, Graham Rogers, Melissa Tang, and Kathleen Turner
    Only Murders within the Building (Hulu) – Aaron Dominguez, Selena Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Jayne Houdyshell, Steve Martin, Amy Ryan, and Martin Short

    Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

    Squid Game (Netflix)
    Cobra Kai (Netflix)
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)
    Loki (Disney+)
    Mare of Easttown (HBO)

    Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award: Helen Mirren

  • Lee Jung Jae celebrates as Squid Game luggage 4 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: ‘I’m speechless…’

    Korean drama Squid Game has landed 4 nominations for the twenty eighth Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards. It has turn into the primary non-English TV sequence to garner a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination.
    Squid Game has been nominated within the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series class, alongside The Handmaid’s Tale, The Morning Show, Succession and Yellowstone. Squid Game’s Lee Jung Jae and Jung Ho Yeon have earned nominations within the Outstanding efficiency by a male actor in a drama sequence and Outstanding efficiency by a feminine actor in a drama sequence classes, respectively. Lee Jung Jae shall be up towards Brian Cox (Succession), Kieran Culkin (Succession), Jeremy Strong (Succession) and Billy Crudup (The Morning Show). Jung Ho Yeon shall be up towards Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show) and Sarah Snook (Succession).

    Squid Game additionally earned a nomination within the Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series class.
    Park Hae-soo, who starred in Squid Game, took to Instagram and shared the information of the nominations. He additionally wrote, “It is always an honor to be able to work on a great project with a talented director, actors, and staff. My sincere thanks to the members of SAG-AFTRA and all the viewers from around the world that love and support Squid Game.”

    Lee Jung Jae shared an emotional submit, “I’m speechless and beyond excited to be nominated , not just individually but for our entire Squid Game team! I vividly remember the precious moments we shared together, putting in all the hard work to film the intense six rounds of games. On top of the unforgettable memories we share, today’s SAG Awards nominations will be remembered as a precious and touching moment. Thank you so much to the members of SAG-AFTRA. I am so humbled and want to share this moment with all the fans of Squid Game who have faith in justice and love, we as people cherish.”

  • ‘Squid Game’ creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk expresses pleasure on present’s Screen Actors Guild nominations

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk says it’s the “happiest moment” of his profession to see his Netflix present’s obtain 4 nominations on the twenty eighth Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

    The Korean language present bagged nominations within the tv classes for finest drama ensemble, finest stunt ensemble, finest actor for Lee Jung-jae and finest feminine actor for Jung Ho-yeon. The survival drama collection was one of many greatest reveals from the streaming service final yr.

    It clocked over 100 million views in lower than a month of its debut in September 2021. “As the director of ‘Squid Game’, today has to be the happiest moment. I am reminded of all the days spent on first meetings with the cast, the auditions, visiting theaters to see their performances, the script readings, rehearsals and the days on set… I want to truly thank not only the cast who have been nominated today but also all of the supporting and the near-300 background talent. ‘Squid Game’ would never have been what it became without the devotion and hard work of every single one of you. You deserve all the glory and credit,” Hwang mentioned in an announcement to Entertainment Weekly.

    The nine-part present follows 456 individuals fighting debt in Seoul who signal on to play a collection of lethal competitions based mostly on Korean youngsters’s video games, the winner of which can obtain 45.6 billion received (USD 38 million).

    It featured Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-jun, Jung Ho-yeon, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung. Lee Jung-jae, who performed the present’s protagonist Seong Gi-hun or participant quantity 456, mentioned he was “speechless and beyond excited” to be nominated for a SAG Award.

    “I vividly remember the precious moments we shared together, putting in all the hard work to film the intense six rounds of games. On top of the unforgettable memories we shared, today’s SAG Awards nominations will forever be remembered as a precious and touching moment. Thank you so much to the members of SAG-AFTRA. I am also so humbled and want to share this moment with all the fans of Squid Game who have faith in justice and love, we as people cherish,” the poplar actor mentioned.

    In finest actor (drama) class, Lee Jung-jae is nominated alongside “Succession” stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin and “The Morning Show” actor Billy Cudrup. Jung Ho-yeon, who performed Player 067 Kang Sae-byeok, mentioned she is “truly grateful” for her nomination.

    “I am truly excited for the best ensemble nomination, which has made all of our team’s time spent together on ‘Squid Game’ even more valuable. Working on this series, and acting for the first time, I thought about how creating something ‘together,’ and ‘as an ensemble’ just might be the true value of our society. I feel empowered to be reminded of how ‘together’ is more precious than a solo achievement. I am truly grateful! I’m also reminded of our best stunt team, being nominated for the best stunt ensemble nomination,” she mentioned.

    Jung Ho-yeon additionally despatched her finest needs to fellow nominees — Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston of “The Morning Show”, Sarah Snook of “Succession” and Elisabeth Moss of “The Handmaid’s Tale”. The 2022 ceremony of Screen Actors Guild Awards might be held on February 28.

  • ‘Squid Game’ star Lee Jung-jae to skip 2022 Golden Globes ceremony

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: South Korean star Lee Jung-jae, who’s nominated for one of the best actor in TV drama Golden Globe for the hit Netflix collection “Squid Game”, won’t attend the awards ceremony scheduled to be held within the US on January 9.

    According to Korean media outlet Soompi, Lee’s company, Artist Company, on Wednesday issued an announcement asserting the information.

    “He is immensely grateful to have been nominated in the Best Actor category at the Golden Globes, but he has decided not to attend the ceremony. He recognises that Netflix is not participating in the Golden Globes, as has been widely reported around the world,” the company mentioned on Lee’s behalf.

    The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which conducts the Golden Globes, got here below public scrutiny over its racially homogenous make-up, in addition to alleged corruption following a bombshell Los Angeles Times investigation in early 2021.

    Top Hollywood stars, together with Tom Cruise, and lots of large firms have publicly boycotted the awards present.

    Lee’s company additional mentioned components just like the Covid-19 scenario and the quarantine necessities additionally contributed to the actor pulling out from the occasion.

    The 49-year-old actor, an enormous star in native South Korea courtesy of Ok-dramas like “Chief of Staff” and movies “Along With the Gods” collection, “The Face Reader” and “The Housemaid”, gained worldwide prominence following the debut of “Squid Game” on September 17, 2021.

    Lee, who performed Seong Gi-hun aka participant 456 who emerges winner by the top of the present, is nominated alongside Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong (“Succession”), Billy Porter (“Pose”), and Omar Sy (“Lupin”) in one of the best efficiency by an actor in a tv collection – drama class on the Globes.

    As per Netflix, “Squid Game” grew to become its “biggest series launch” until date after the Korean language survival drama hit the mark of 111 million views in lower than a month since its debut.

    O Yeong-su, who essayed the aged participant no 001 in “Squid Game”, has additionally earned a Golden Globe nod in one of the best supporting actor – tv class.

    Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the collection is nominated for greatest tv collection – drama as nicely. Hwang just lately mentioned that “Squid Game” will return for a second season and a possible third chapter. Netflix is but to formally greenlight both of the seasons.