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It'd been a while since we had any official updates on Wednesday season 2, but that all changed at the beginning of December. Rumors started swirling about Wednesday season 2, and now, Netflix has confirmed what we'd all been hearing over the last few days.

Netflix just announced via press release that the cast and crew have officially wrapped production on season 2. Production started in April 2024 and continued filming through the end of November.

That's not all the good news about Wednesday season 2, either!

Wednesday season 2 premieres in 2025

In addition to the good news about filming finishing up this fall/winter, Netflix confirmed (again!) that Wednesday season 2 release will be in 2025. Obviously, Netflix hasn't shared a date yet, but we're hopeful we'll find out the release date within the next few months.

Thanks to our friends at Netflix Life, it looks like there's some reason to believe that we might not have...

“The Daily Show” host and senior correspondent Ronny Chieng is just as baffled as everyone else when it comes to South Korea’s recent political upheaval. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared the country to be under martial law this week, a move that was reversed within hour.

“South Korea, stop giving Trump ideas. He didn’t know you could do that,” Chieng said on Tuesday night.

“Unfortunately for South Korea, this looks like the beginning of a long and slow descent into dictatorship, a dark period which may last years or even decades,” Chieng continued. The Comedy Central show then cut to a clip of the South Korean National Assembly voting to nullify the declaration of martial law.

“Oh that’s great! Good old Asian efficiency,” Chieng said. “The president went nuts, declared martial law, the assembly overruled him, marital law over and they did it all during a lunch break.

A new survey from Hub Research highlights that viewers are enjoying a multitude of entertainment types, including streaming services.

Streaming services face more challenges than simply trying to figure out which new show to pay for or how to keep customers subscribed once they’re signed up. Platforms also need to continue drawing the eyes of younger viewers in the future, and there are seemingly more options than ever before. A new survey from Hub Research shows that competition comes not only from other premium streaming services, but from social media and video game platforms, music, and even podcasts, suggesting that streamers may want to consider incorporating more of these types of content in the future.

Key Details: The total number of entertainment sources used by the average household now sits at 13. On average, audiences say more of their entertainment platforms are “nice to have” than “must-haves.” Many age groups...

From the creator of ‘Dead To Me’ comes a new black comedy on Netflix.

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, I know firsthand how hot the LA real estate market is - and just how crazy. Now, you will too when you watch the new Netflix dark comedy TV series, “No Good Deed,” which dives headfirst into that madness, following three couples as they fight tooth and nail for the opportunity to buy a coveted Los Feliz villa. But, as the owners of the home know all too well, not everything is as it seems. With a star-studded cast that includes heavy-hitters Ray Romano, Lisa Kudrow, Linda Cardellini, and Luke Wilson, you won’t want to miss the madness when all eight episodes drop on Netflix on Thursday, Dec. 12. Here’s everything you need to know about the show “No Good Deed” ahead of its release.

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If the 2025 Golden Globes TV nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Our predictions center officially opened on Sept. 3, 2024, and already more than 1,800 people have made their television forecasts in the 11 categories for series (drama/comedy/limited) and acting (lead/supporting). So who’s out front to claim this year’s trophies, according to Gold Derby’s Golden Globe TV predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 82nd annual ceremony, updated on Dec. 4, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Golden Globe TV snapshots on Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20 and Nov. 27.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: Kathryn Hahn (“Agatha All Along”) in Best TV Comedy Actress and Javier Bardem (“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”) in Best TV Supporting Actor. The Golden Globe nominations...

Although the world of Squid Gameis a sinister one, filled with chilling surprises at every turn, it’s also undeniably enticing. From the lively colors to the compelling characters, it’s impossible not to feel drawn to the series, which returns for Season 2 on Dec. 26. And now you can bring a piece of Squid Game into your everyday life (beyond the upcoming Los Angeles fan event).

From must-have hoodies to delicious snacks — and even the actual tracksuits worn in Squid Game Season 2 — there’s new merch available for every type of fan. You can even find rousing spirits to sip while watching Gi-hun’s (Lee Jung-jae) twisty journey continue in upcoming episodes.

“Bringing Season 2 to life through new lifestyle products, in-person experiences and more has been just as exciting as watching Squid Game for the first time,” said Josh Simon, Netflix’s Vice President of Consumer Products. “Whether fans...

While it might seem like December is offering a slower rollout, especially compared to the excess on the film side, there’s still plenty to catch on the television side as the year closes. This is especially true as we all try and play catch up with the abundance of year-end best-of lists that are beginning to appear. It’s a superhero and franchise-heavy month, with new series from “Star Wars” and DC and returning Marvel, but beyond that, there’s plenty to add to your watch list.

Read More: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2025

Netflix is also having a big month, though, of course, the most noteworthy of its releases is the second season of “Squid Game.” Arriving at the end of December, it will be interesting to see just how it follows up on its tremendous first-season success.

Continue reading 11 Must-See December TV Series To Watch: ‘Black Doves,...

From the return of “Squid Game” to a Beyoncé halftime show, here are the best titles and events coming to streaming this month.

It’s the holiday season, and this December, the gifts keep on coming! Before 2024 comes to a close, top streamers like Netflix, Peacock, Mubi, and more are getting ready to end the year with a bang, led by major season premieres, streaming debuts, and livestreamed events.

Among the most notable this month is the long-awaited second season of Netflix’s Korean survival thriller “Squid Game,” with Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae returning as Player 456 to try to take down the deadly competition from the inside. But from this year’s NFL Christmas match-ups

Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap raises a fist and a finger to language erasure as the rowdy Irish rap trio fights censorship and becomes the unexpected faces of a movement to save their native language, reminding...

YouTube has carried on an annual tradition by revealing the search topics, creators, and musicians that received the most traffic on the platform during the 2024 calendar year. If you’ve been following major pop culture headlines over the past 12 months, the headliners of the report won’t surprise you, but a deeper dive into the data reveals the subtle ways YouTube is evolving with each passing year.

Not even a year full of controversy can stop MrBeast

Jimmy Donaldson spent 2024 addressing allegations stemming from his Amazon Prime Video series Beast Games and unrelated concerns about the working conditions at his North Carolina HQ. If you thought those negative headlines would put a dent in Donaldson’s popularity, well, no. For the fourth year in a row, MrBeast ranked as YouTube’s top creator.

YouTube’s current subscriber king has become so popular that he’s even bringing his supporting cast...

Back in August, we got word that Lucasfilm/Disney would not be moving forward with a second season of The Acolyte.

The decision was met with a mixture of indifference and disappointment, but it's very clear that a lot of Star Wars fans - and some of the actors involved with the show - were surprised by this development.

Despite some rumors to the contrary, reliable reports suggested that The Acolyte was cancelled because it didn't get enough viewers, plain and simple. However, it's difficult to disregard the possibility that the level of negativity surrounding the show did influence the studio's decision to at least some extent.

While speaking to Vanity Fair about season 2 of Squid Game, star Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol) reflected on the backlash the show received from certain fans, with some cast members being subjected to racist, homophobic and misogynistic abuse online.

“My feelings were hurt,” he admitted.

Netflix’s most popular TV series of all time has become even more popular ahead of its Season 2 premiere.

To date, “Squid Game” Season 1 has drawn an audience of 330 million and more than 2.8 billion hours viewed since its release on Sept. 17, 2021. Netflix touts the Korean-language show as its most anticipated title of the year (despite its Dec. 26 debut being just days away from 2024’s end) and cites a 60% spike in Season 1 viewership following the release for the first Season 2 teaser on Oct. 31.

The streamer is building on the anticipation for the drama’s return with the in-person activation, Squid Game Experience — which currently is available in New York City and Madrid. It will launch in Sydney on Dec. 14 and Seoul in early 2025. The real-life version of the battle royale featured in the series features games inspired by the show, complete with pink uniformed guards following the group around as they...

One might assume that Netflix’s most unhinged Christmas movie of 2024 is the one in which a widow creates a fuckable snowman. But the unhinged holiday baton was passed this week to the streaming service’s latest seasonal offering: Our Little Secret starring Lindsay Lohan.

The movie finds Lohan pretending not to know her ex-boyfriend, who’s dating her current boyfriend’s sister, while they’re all spending the holidays together. While there are no jacked snowmen, there is a scene in which Lohan downs a bunch of weed gummies before attending church service with her boyfriend’s parents.

Which, come to think of it, was already a scene in the Seth Rogen movie The Night Before.

Obviously people watch these movies because they’re wacky. For instance, Lohan’s previous Christmas project, Falling for Christmas, found her tumbling off of a cliff and suffering a severe head injury minutes into the movie.

Stream unedited international mysteries, dramas, and comedies with English subtitles anytime you want.

I’m a sucker for a great murder mystery, and sometimes Europe just does it better. Sure, there are subtitles, but if “Squid Game” taught us anything, it’s that a great story matters far more than what language the characters are speaking. So, if you’re a fan of international movies and TV and haven’t heard of MHz Choice, consider this a sign to check it out. As one of the premiere streamers for exclusive international mysteries, dramas, and comedies, MHz Choice gives you over 2,500 hours of content – all unedited with easy-to-read English subtitles. From quirky French mysteries like “Alexandra Ehle” to darker tales from Finland like “Arctic Circle,” there’s a gripping story waiting to be discovered. Here’s everything you need to know about MHz Choice.

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A healthy ecosystem and healthy competition is the biggest challenge for Netflix Emea, according to chief Larry Tanz.

Tanz threw the gauntlet down to competitors by urging: “We need all of us to develop the next generation of storytellers and want to get ahead on how we develop and upskill storytellers, writers, directors, producers and below the line talent.” He implied that Netflix is ahead of the game in this area, pointing to training programs the streamer has run across the world and an upcoming one at the Red Sea International Film Festival.

“We have been pretty consistent in terms of our investment and growth,” he went on to say at Content London. “We are seeing that our locally-oriented commissioning approach is working for our members and business. We want a healthy ecosystem and healthy competition – that is our biggest challenge.”

He was speaking after a year in which Netflix...

A panel of top Netflix executives touted 10 years of the global streamer in such key European territories as France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday.

At Content London, vp of content Emea Larry Tanz, vp of content France Pauline Dauvin and vp of content Italy Tinny Andreatta spoke during a fireside discussion celebrating big milestones for Netflix, with the 10-year anniversary this year in France and Germany and more dates to mark in 2025 in Italy and Spain.

During the session, Tanz shared that between 2020 and 2023, Netflix invested €6.5 billion ($6.8 billion) in European, non-English series and films, including some of the service’s most popular series and films, such as Society of the Snow (Spain), Troll (Norway), Borgen (Denmark), Under Paris (France), High Water (Poland), and The Hand Of God (Italy).

“That’s great for our members from films and series they get, but also for the industry,” Tanz said. “That has resulted in 60,000 jobs just in Europe.

Netflix’s slate will include many a festive film in December 2024 ahead of Christmas. Several already arrived on the streamer in November, including Meet Me Next Christmas, Hot Frosty, The Merry Gentlemen and Our Little Secret.

Angelina Jolie’s portrayal of Maria Callas will land this month as well. Carry-On, a thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman set during Christmas at an airport, will put a twist on the Christmas classic. Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano and more will also star in Liz Feldman’s next ensemble series, No Good Deed. Season 6 of Virgin River arrives ahead of Christmas as well.

Here’s what’s new on Netflix in December 2024:

Available Dec. 12/1/24

Bunk’d Season 7 Burlesque Daddy Day Care The Happytime Murders Little Midway Project X We’re the Millers Zero Dark Thirty

Avail. 12/2/24

30 for 30: Bad Boys 30 for 30: Celtics/Lakers: The Best of Enemies 30 for 30: Sole Man 30 for...

Squid Game is back with more blood and a taste for revenge.

Netflix’s biggest ever series, which launched in September 2021, returns for its second season later this month and it’s just as dystopian, violent and vicious as the first with more than 450 new characters to kill off.

The first season, which scored 14 Emmy nominations including wins for star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-Hyuk for directing, was inspired by the Korean financial collapse.

The world, according to Dong-Hyuk, otherwise known as Director Hwang, is just as screwed up as it previously was, inspiring him to go back to the island for another round of Squid Game.

The second season starts with Seong Gi-hun, otherwise known as Player 456, played by Lee, searching for the people behind the game, three years after winning it. He’s using the ₩45.6 billion prize to fund this search, helped by a large group of ne’er-do-wells and underworld figures,...

Netflix’s latest Korean romance-mystery drama, The Trunk, questions the basis of conjugal relationships in a time when increasingly fragmented lifestyles have created an existential crisis—pitting self-centered endeavors against the notion of companionship. The idea of marital relationships functioning solely on the basis of personal necessities, as a transactional affair, is an extension of issues like fear of commitment, emotional baggage, lack of self-reflection, and acceptance of personal drawbacks. Needless to say, exploring topics such as these will need the backing of strong performances by the cast, something which The Trunk doesn’t lack one bit. The complexities of the emotional intricacies of the narrative were expertly handled by the ensemble cast, allowing viewers to relate with the characters and even the supporting cast, a number of whom played the role of comic relief, proving their excellence with the roles they were given.

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It’s an understatement to say that anticipation is high for “Squid Game“ Season 2.

More than three years have passed since the South Korean dystopian survival thriller debuted Sept. 17, 2021, quickly ascending to the top of Netflix’s streaming charts and becoming its most popular and most-watched show ever — a distinction it holds to this day. The worldwide acclaim led “Squid Game” to collect dozens of accolades in the year that followed, including historic acting wins at the Emmys, the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, while also increasing Netflix’s value by almost $1 billion and cementing itself as a ubiquitous global hit, spawning the controversial real-life competition show “Squid Game: The Challenge.”

“Squid Game” mastermind Hwang Dong-hyuk, who initially intended for the Korean-language series about class disparity and economic inequity to be a one-season story, felt immense pressure in crafting a sophomore follow-up — all seven episodes of which drop Dec.

Fans and critics alike praised Netflix’s Squid Game, which went on to become another popular series for the streaming site. It has been a while since we learned that the series will receive a second season, the premiere date of which is coming up very, very soon.

The first season was the result of an almost 10-year creative process undertaken by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator. He couldn’t even imagine that the series would become such a major hit in such a short time and that he would have to write both Seasons 2 and 3 in a record time, which he ultimately did.

In a talk to IndieWire, Hwang Dong-hyuk discussed the creative process behind the second season, but also how the second season, which we are going to see soon, influenced the ending of the series, which we will see in the upcoming third season of the show. Here is the report!

Trust the creator of “Squid Game” to not fold under pressure.

Writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk spent nearly a decade on the story that would become Season 1 of his Netflix drama, but once the series became a smash hit, there were immediate and enthusiastic calls for more. Suddenly, he was set to write and produce not one, but two more seasons of “Squid Game” in record time compared to their predecessor.

“Because I created Season 1 without much thought about doing the second season, when it was decided that we would do Season 2, the pressure was indeed immense,” director Hwang told IndieWire via translator while doing press for “Squid Game 2.” “I was thinking to myself: will I really be able to pull this off? Will I be able to create or write something that would exceed Season 1? But once I got to writing, and once I got into the story of...

In Hollywood, December is typically quiet. With the year coming to a close, many executives, actors, directors, and various other industry insiders look to take advantage of a shortened month by squeezing in a little extra time off. Reporters (who are never off the clock) like to joke about various assistants and PR reps leaving the phone off the hook (so to speak) from Thanksgiving through the Sunday after New Years, since it can often be quite difficult to get a hold of anyone during that six-week span.

But the people at Netflix are going to be working this holiday season — some more than others. Sure, certain new shows premiering in December have already done their press junkets and others won’t really require any. (Who is paying that much attention to “The Great British Baking Show: Holidays”?) But with “Squid Game” Season 2 dropping the day after Christmas, Netflix better...

December is the perfect month to relax with a binge or two and Netflix is providing plenty of new options.

Leading the hype charge for the final month of 2024 is the hotly anticipated second season of “Squid Game.” The story of the runaway cultural phenomenon picks up where Season 1 left off. Also featured in December are the first two live NFL games on the streamer. Both the Chiefs/Steelers and Ravens/Texans games will stream back-to-back on Christmas Day.

Other notables are the “30 for 30” Collection, the latest season of “Virgin River,” the first “Transformers” film and Sabrina Carpenter’s Christmas special, “A Nonsense Christmas.”

See the full list of what’s coming to Netflix in December 2024 below.

Dec. 1

“A Different World” Season 1-6

“Faster”

“Run All Night”

“Transformers”

“The Dark Tower”

“Top Five”

Dec. 2

“30 for 30” Collection

Dec. 3

“Sleeping Princess”

“Fortune Feimster: Crushing It”

Dec. 4

“Churchill at War”

“That Christmas”

“The Children’s Train...

I can't believe just how fast 2024 has gone by, but here we are talking about the final month of the year. Thankfully there's plenty of show releases in the streaming world, which means there's always something to look forward to. So how is Decemeber 2024 going to close things out?

Each streaming service has a lot of shows coming this month! But for those of you who just want to know the best of the best or simply don't have time to catch up on them all, we're here with a list of recommendations to help you out. Here are the 6 best shows streaming in December 2024 that you don't want to miss. And keep scrolling for details about our Top 3 picks!

Dream Productions -- Disney+ - Dec. 11Dexter: Original Sin -- Paramount+ - Dec. 13Virgin River season 6 -- Netflix - Dec. 19Fast Friends -- Max - Dec. 19Laid -- Peacock - Dec.

Keira Knightley’s long-awaited return to a high profile project; Sabrina Carpenter and friends getting everyone ready for Christmas; Angelina Jolie bringing the legendary Maria Callas to life; Tyler Perry telling the story of a women and Poc only WWII Army unit; the NFL attempting to institute a new streaming Christmas tradition; and the return of one of biggest TV series of the 21st century are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in December.

After a quiet few years, Keira Knightley returns as a lead in Netflix’s spy drama Black Doves, which launches on Dec. 5. In the show, Knightley plays Helen Webb, a dedicated wife and mother and professional spy. Having passed her politician husband’s secrets to the Black Doves, a shadowy group, Webb’s covert identity is endangered when a lover (Andrew Koji), is murdered and she looks to avenge his death.

Inevitably, fans will have to say goodbye to a few Netflix shows in 2025. It's the unfortunate reality of the TV industry. Shows fans love get canceled every year.

I shared a list of five Netflix shows that will probably be canceled in 2025, but there's good news. The first bit of good news is that, for some of the shows on the list, there's still time for fans to save some of these shows by getting viewership numbers up. There are always behind-the-scenes things that can get in the way, but for the most part, it comes down to if enough fans are watching to justify the budget and other costs for Netflix.

Looking at the bigger picture, there are a lot of Netflix shows that are probably safe. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic and writers' and actors' strikes, there are a lot of big shows coming back in 2025. Some of...

For a certain generation of kids who grew up in the early 2000s, Orlando Brown was an essential part of their upbringing. He played one of the core characters in the series "That's So Raven," which is regarded as one of the best Disney Channel original shows ever. Brown starred as Eddie Thomas alongside Raven-Symoné's Raven and Anneliese van der Pol's Chelsea in all 100 episodes of the series. The series also spawned a spin-off in the form of "Cory in the House." 

When a show runs for that long, the actors leave an impression on viewers. While Raven-Symoné went on to star in a successful sequel series titled "Raven's House," the same can't be said for Brown. Not long after the show went off the air in 2007, Brown ostensibly disappeared from Hollywood. Or, at the very least, he kept a relatively low-profile, save for when he was making headlines for less-than-great reasons.

The Korean drama, The Trunk, is a mix of thriller and romance starring Seo Hyeon-jin and Gong Yoo. The story is about a man who thought he could never fall in love again after his wife left him, and a woman who refused to accept that the man she had been waiting for would never return. Noh In-ji and Han Jeong-won’s paths crossed in perhaps the most unromantic way, but as time passed, they started to depend on each other. In-ji worked for New Wedding, a company that provided marriage services. They believed that not every marriage was meant to last a lifetime, and not everyone could find the love of their lives, but they deserved to experience marital bliss or, in some cases, flaunt their partners to the world. In-ji lost her faith in marriage when the man she loved left her a few days before their wedding.

Netflix is unleashing a great slate of TV shows to close out 2024, so here’s what’s coming!

2024 closes out in December and with most network shows on hiatus, it’s a great time to catch up on Netflix shows! The streamer is keeping it busy with a couple of new shows alongside some others making their debut. That includes the long-awaited second season of one of the hottest TV shows of the last decade! There’s a lot to see so here’s a quick look at what’s coming to Netflix in December!

Black Doves (December 5) Keira Knightley as Helen Webb Black Doves

Keira Knightley is the latest movie star to headline her own streaming TV show, and this part seems perfect for her. She plays the wife of a British politician who’s really a deep cover agent for the Black Doves, a secret spy organization.

Now that we’ve made it through Thanksgiving, we are welcoming the colder winter months and all the exciting TV shows that come with it.

And though there’s plenty of holiday offerings to enjoy in December. Streamers, networks and streamers have plenty of other big new and returning shows to keep us busy before the arrival of spring. Genre TV will deliver in spades with the premieres of “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” on Disney+ and “Creature Commandos” on Max. “Squid Game,” the most-watched Netflix show ever, finally returns for its anticipated second season right after Christmas; and “The Rookie” Season 7 headlines a packed broadcast schedule kicking off in January, while “The White Lotus” makes its long-awaited return. Then new series like “Doc” on Fox, “On Call” on Prime Video and Max’s “The Pitt” are a few of the new shows vying for our attention.

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This December, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game to a thrilling action thriller film titled The Carry-On. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have an 89% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Netflix in December 2024 with an 89% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Zero Dark Thirty (December 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Sony Pictures

Zero Dark Thirty is a political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow from a screenplay by Mark Boal. The 2012 film follows a CIA analyst and her team as they try to track down an infamous terrorist leader responsible for a grave terror attack on the United States. Zero Dark Thirty stars Jessica Chastain,...

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Netflix is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. We already covered the new movies that are coming to Netflix in December 2024. In this article, we will see what new shows will be coming on the streaming service in the upcoming month, including the return of top-rated original shows like Squid Game and Virgin River and new original shows like Black Doves. Just like every month, Netflix is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new TV shows coming to Netflix in December 2024.

Black Doves Season 1 (December 5) Credit – Netflix

Black Doves is an upcoming British spy action thriller drama series created by Joe Barton. The Netflix series follows Helen, an undercover agent who begins a passionate affair that threatens her real identity. Still, when her lover is killed...

“Wednesday” super fans have something extra to be thankful for this morning — even if Wednesday herself is none-too-pleased.

Netflix is putting Wednesday Addams in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which actually streams live on Peacock, not on Netflix.

The new “Wednesday” float will be “accompanied by an army of lookalike Wednesdays” and “a special performance” of “Paint It Black” by indie-pop star Bishop Briggs. We guess the Rolling Stones, who wrote and recorded “Paint It Black” in 1966 were unavailable… for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Wednesday, played by Jenna Ortega in Netflix’s smash-hit series, famously hates the Thanksgiving holiday — especially since she started working at the fictitious Pilgrim World tourist attraction.

“Netflix has tapped into Wednesday’s apathy and bold nature to create a float and a moment within the historic parade to delight fans as they await Season 2,” per the press release.

Anyway, Float Wednesday is...

December is about getting into the holiday spirit. And as the days get shorter, the weather gets colder, and the holiday shopping lists get longer, there’s no better way to escape than cozying up under a blanket with a good show or movie. Whether you’re looking for a Christmas mystery or prime-time NFL matchups, we’ve got something for everyone.

Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is back with a vengeance in Squid Game Season 2, and he’s determined to take down the makers of the diabolical competition game. And it wouldn’t be Christmas without an edge-of-your-seat holiday action movie: Carry-On follows a young Tsa agent who must race against time to outsmart a mysterious traveler targeting a Christmas Eve flight. If you’re in the mood for a mystery, Black Doves is an action-packed series about a professional spy who turns to an old assassin friend for help...

Every Wednesday we get together on the Take the Black podcast to break open the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies, TV and books and bring out the sweet sweet sauce inside to pour into your waiting open mouths...

That sounded grosser than I thought it would. We're a couple of nerds who talk about nerdy things. This week, we bring you some new information about the upcoming third season of House of the Dragon, which sounds like it may feature the return of some old faces...or at least one. After that, we dig into the wealth of books, movies and TV shows coming your way in December. If you're a reader, you can't miss Wind and Truth, the next book in Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. If you love TV, you've got the second season of Squid Game to look forward. And if you can't keep away from the movies,...

Welcome back to the games, Player 456. And all of us viewers as well! It's almost time for Squid Game season 2 to arrive. And I absolutely cannot wait. This looks so good, devastating, heart-racing, and just all the feelings. The new season begins streaming Thursday, Dec. 26 on Netflix.

As we wait, of course the streamer is going to provide us with the full-length trailer and images ot tide us over and see what's going to happen. There's some things that are obvious, while others we can theorize on. That's always the fun part about waiting for our favorite shows to come back. We can guess what could be coming!

Before we get into all of that, be sure you watch the Squid Game season 2 trailer which is just all sorts of crazy in the best way possible. Honestly, I'm surprised with how much new footage Netflix shared in the trailer, as...

The website Kapwing will allow you to upload your Netflix viewing data and see what you’ve watched this year.

Netflix has gone much further than other streaming services in providing certain viewership metrics. Twice per year, the world’s largest streamer unleashes a mountain of data, showing how much viewing its series and movies have gotten in the preceding six months. But that’s still a highly impersonal view of your data, and the website Kapwing wants to help you focus in on the titles you personally have watched most.

Key Details: Kapwing offers an unofficial “Netflix Wrapped” service that breaks down your personal viewing for the year. Viewers need only upload their downloaded Netflix viewing history for the year, and Kapwing does the rest. Streamers may choose to show more in-depth breakdowns to viewers themselves in the future. Sign Up $6.99+ / month netflix.com

It’s incredibly easy to...

Netflix has unveiled the main trailer for the second season of the world’s most-watched show ‘Squid Game.’

With its premiere just around the corner on 26th December, the trailer delivers an electrifying glimpse into the deadly games and gripping character dynamics that await fans worldwide.

Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returns, locked in a tense battle with the shadowy Front Man (Lee Byung-hun). As new games unfold, the stakes grow deadlier, and Gi-hun’s mission to end the games once and for all takes centre stage. Will he succeed, or will the system claim even more victims? The trailer draws viewers back into this gripping universe, along with new cast members Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, and Jo Yu-ri who bring fresh intrigue and complexity to the world of Squid Game. The newly unveiled key art features the participants of Squid Game...

Netflix has released a brand new trailer for “Squid Game” Season 2 this week, the streaming service reminding us that we are less than one month away from the show’s return.

“Squid Game” Season 2 will premiere December 26, 2024 on Netflix.

Watch the official “Squid Game” Season 2 trailer below.

From rising stars to veteran actors, the ensemble cast of “Squid Game” Season 2 boasts a diverse range of talent and experiences. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who won an Emmy for the first season, will return to direct, write and produce the entire second season.

In the South Korean series, “Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes. A survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.”

In Season 2, “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport.

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Netflix ha publicado un nuevo tráiler y póster de la esperadísima segunda temporada de El juego del calamar.

La segunda temporada ocurre tres años después de que Gi-hun ganara el Juego del Calamar. Ahora, vuelve a sumergirse en el juego de supervivencia, donde tendrá que superar situaciones de vida o muerte con nuevos participantes que sueñan con llevarse el premio de 45 600 millones de wons.

Lee Jung-jae retoma su papel como el campeón y el único superviviente de la primera temporada. También regresan Lee Byung-hun (Front Man), Wi Ha-jun (Hwang Jun-ho) y Gong Yoo (The Salesman). Los actores que se unen al reparto de la serie son Yim Siwan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri y Won Ji-an.

Hwang, ganador de un Emmy, es el guionista, director y productor ejecutivo de la serie.

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"I'm trying to put an end to this game..."

Following a bunch of brief teasers, Netflix has finally released a full trailer for the second season of Squid Game, and we now have confirmation that Player 456, played by Lee Jung-jae, will be returning to gamble with his life in an attempt to take revenge on the Front Man and the rest of the people behind the lethal games.

When we last saw Seong Gi-hun, he had emerged as the only survivor of the event, which saw 456 contestants in various degrees of severe financial trouble put their lives on the line for the chance of winning a ₩45.6 billion (roughly €30m) prize.

In the final episode, Gi-hun decides not to travel to America to reunite with his family, and it's strongly implied that he intends to track down and punish those responsible for planning the games.

“It’s been almost three years...

Netflix startet die zweite Staffel seiner erfolgreichsten nicht-englischsprachigen Serie weltweit am 26. Dezember und hat jetzt einen neuen Trailer veröffentlicht.

Mit seiner ersten Staffel avancierte „Squid Game“ zur erfolgreichsten nicht-englischsprachigen Netflixserie aller Zeiten und wurde mit sechs Emmys ausgezeichnet.

In der zweiten Staffel nimmt der von Lee Jung-jae gespielte Spieler 456 nach drei Jahren wieder an den Squid Games teil, die er am Ende der ersten Staffel gewonnen hatte.

Jetzt, wo er weiß, worum es in dem Spiel wirklich geht, versucht er, das Leben der anderen Spieler zu retten und sie davon zu überzeugen, auszusteigen und das Spiel ein für alle Mal zu beenden.

Netflix startet die zweite „Squid Game“-Staffel weltweit am 26. Dezember.

With 111 million viewers “Squid Game", the South Korean survival drama series, focusing on a contest where players compete in children's games with deadly penalties for losing, returns for Season 2, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, Jung Ho-yeon, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung, streaming December 26, 2024 on Netflix:

"...'Seong Gi-hun', a divorced and indebted chauffeur, is invited to play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize.

“Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location and finds himself among 455 other players, all with similar large debts.

“The players are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the 'Front Man'.

"The players soon discover that losing in these games results in their death, with each death adding millions to a potential billion dollar grand prize.

Fans and critics alike praised Netflix’s Squid Game, which went on to become another popular series for the streaming site. It has been a while since we learned that the series will receive a second season, the premiere date of which is coming up very, very soon.

The first season, which aired in 2021 and included nine episodes, was followed by the release of the reality spin-off Squid Game: The Challenge in 2023. Netflix is gradually getting ready for the second season’s premiere, whose premiere is set for December 26, 2024, and what is the best way to do it than with the first full official trailer for the upcoming season?

Yes, Netflix has finally released the official trailer for the second season of Squid Game and we are, of course, going to bring it to you here in this report, alongside other information about the upcoming second season, whose premiere is exactly one month away.

"I'm trying to put an end to this game." Are you ready to play? Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for Squid Game 2, the second season of the hit Korean thriller series Squid Game from 2021. It's a direct continuation following 456 who returns to the game - with a sneaky plan in mind. Three years after winning, Player 456 gives up going to America and comes back with a new resolution to put at end to this vicious game. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of ₩45.6 billion. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk returns to write & direct. Actors Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, & Gong Yoo reprise their roles from Season 1 - joined by new cast members: Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri,...

“Squid Game” returns for its second season on Dec. 26, and with one month to go the series released a new trailer highlighting Seong Gi-hun (Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae) as he makes an unusual request. He wants to return to the game that nearly killed him and claimed the lives of more than 400 other players. But this time will be different. He wants to take down the game from the inside. Watch the trailer above.

In addition to Lee, Lee Byung-hun is back in the new season as the overseer of the game, Gong Yoo returns as the mysterious recruiter, and Wi Ha-jun reprises his role as police officer Hwang Jun-ho. New cast members include Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri, and Won Ji-an.

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The games are on! Netflix has released a new trailer for Squid Game season 2, which teases a few of the deadly new games that await this fresh crop of victims, er, I mean, players. We see that the Red Light, Green Light game makes a return, but there’s also something involving giant rainbow circles on the ground and an enormous merry-go-round.

The official synopsis for the new season reads: “Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 remains determined to find the people behind the game and put an end to their vicious sport. Using this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun starts with the most obvious of places: look for the man in a sharp suit playing ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organization proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it.

With its premiere just around the corner on December 26, Netflix has debuted the main trailer and poster for the second season of “Squid Game,” Netflix’s most popular series. The trailer delivers a captivating preview into the lethal games and riveting character dynamics that await fans worldwide. Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) returns, locked in an anxious and intense battle with the Front Man (Lee Byung-hun).

Continue reading ‘Squid Game’ Season Two Trailer: Deadly New Games Commence On December 26 at The Playlist.

Lee Jung-jae returns to Squid Game for a second round in the just released trailer for Squid Game season two!

The hit Netflix series just dropped the new look at the upcoming new episodes, which teases the change Seong Gi-hun is trying to make.

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Here’s a synopsis: Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won.

In addition to Lee Jung-jae, other returning cast members include Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo. New to the cast are Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri, and Won Ji-an.

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