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All of Us Are Dead Season 2: Release Date, Delays & Why the Wait is SO Long

All of Us Are Dead Season 2: The Bafflingly Long Wait!

All of Us Are Dead Season 2: A Seriously Long Wait!

All of Us Are Dead was a massive hit for Netflix! Yet, over two years after announcing season 2, there’s still barely any news!  This is baffling, especially compared to other Netflix K-dramas.

Netflix started releasing awesome K-dramas back in 2019 (Love AlarmKingdom). Sweet Home (2020) was a breakout hit— the first Korean series in Netflix's Global Top 10! But then came Squid Game (2021), a global phenomenon. It quickly became Netflix’s most-watched show EVER. Then All of Us Are Dead (January 28, 2022) came out around four months later; a seriously smart release that benefited incredibly due to how popular Squid Game already was. It might have become hugely successful even without having this happen – yet that massive launch made it that much more successful and influential. That context becomes far more valuable when analyzing its delays.

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Squid Game vs. All of Us Are Dead: A Tale of Two Delays

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Both shows involved serious survival elements! And many characters dying gruesome deaths – similar themes and shared appeal—yet those production choices played out entirely differently! We now get Squid Game season 2 on December 26th, 2024 and season 3 later in 2025.   But All of Us Are Dead Season 2 still has no release date.    This becomes insane when examining why the delay became so significant. How is it taking this long?!

The production issues affected these elements entirely. Those announcements for All of Us Are Dead season 2 in June 2022 included some really impressive promotional videos, creating excitement for an expected 2024 filming and 2025 release. Now? The filming may likely occur around 2025, potentially making that delayed release occur sometime in late 2025 or even 2026. Crazy.

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Why is the Wait So Long?

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The reasons for this extended production delay remains unclear.   However, even knowing this information adds fuel to the growing anger concerning how it would end up taking such a massive amount of time. This delay alone raises several important questions concerning production choices.

Squid Game already is undergoing a difficult task. People wonder if that much-anticipated season 2 will live up to those initial heights achieved in season 1.   All of Us Are Dead season 2 faces an even steeper climb, even just after knowing all that prior context; considering that delay! Even with a lot of advance hype, the prolonged wait means audiences might not care; having already forgotten this really exciting zombie drama. Marketing for season 2 will need a seriously amazing way to get people engaged, possibly with recap videos that emphasize what those earlier parts might involve.   Even then, that delay itself creates major questions surrounding this entire series' continuity.

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Conclusion: A Long Road Back to Hyosan High

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All of Us Are Dead was massively popular and deserved a sequel – yet the prolonged wait generates issues surrounding how this would ultimately perform! That long gap seriously affects anticipation and could leave a negative mark, no matter how good this sequel may turn out! Other successful dramas haven't seen these issues— making the lack of urgency from those working on All Of Us Are Dead all the more perplexing! We really, really hope those behind this series know how those prolonged delays severely harm future potential of this series; they should expect intense competition even within their already strong fanbase!

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