Blended evaluations for the sequel to Netflix’s smash collection “Squid Game” tanked shares of the South Korean firms tied to the present Friday.
Advertising agency Artist United, through which “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae is the biggest shareholder, plunged 30%, the every day restrict on the Korean alternate KOSDAQ. Wysiwyg Studios, one other Artist United investor, plummeted 25.3%.
Dexter Studios, a Korean manufacturing firm and Netflix companion, noticed its shares drop 24%.
The Korean thriller was a shock hit in 2021, main Netflix’s most-watched titles record on each continent and changing into the primary foreign-language collection ever nominated for greatest drama on the Emmy Awards.
The second season was launched by the streaming large Thursday.
Rotten Tomatoes critics gave the second season an 86% approval score, however followers rated it 62%.
The primary season earned 95% approval from critics and 84% from viewers.
“Squid Game broke records and became our most popular show ever, proving that great stories can come from anywhere,” Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s chief content material officer, mentioned in the course of the US premiere of the second season this month. “The cultural impact was massive globally.”
The survival horror collection follows a secret contest through which penniless contestants compete in a collection of lethal youngsters’s video games to win a multi-million greenback prize.
“This season of Squid Game hints at larger-scale ambitions but does little to pursue them,” New York Instances chief TV critic James Poniewozik wrote in his evaluation.
It’s unclear whether or not the second season is a repeat of the primary blockbuster storyline, or trying to advance the storyline elsewhere, he mentioned.
“It continues a story but does little over its seven hours to expand it,” Poniewozik wrote.
The present’s third season is reportedly set for launch in 2025.
