Summary
Sweet HomeandSquid Game, two of Netflix’s flagship original K-dramas, have returned or are about to, raising the question of what is happening withAll of Us Are Dead.Netflix’s history with original K-dramas begins in 2019with the release ofLove Alarm, a romantic comedystarring Song Kang.Love Alarmwould be the first of many of original Korean series produced by Netflix in collaboration with local studios, a strategy that was proved successful a year later with the premiere ofSweet Home. The monster K-drama was the first Korean show to enter Netflix’s global Top 10.
Sweet Home’s success on Netflix was impressive, but it was only a taste of what was to come.Squid Game, starring Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-gun alongside a strong ensemble cast, took the world by storm and becameNetflix’s biggest show of all time. BetweenSweet Home’s record-breaking debut andSquid Game’s global phenomenon status, it was no surprise that Netflix continued to develop original Korean webseries. A few months afterSquid Game,in January 2022, the streamer releasedAll of Us Are Dead.However, over two years later,All of Us Are Dead 2still doesn’t have a release date.
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Sweet Home Concluded With Season 3, Squid Game Returns In December
Sweet Homehas already released two seasons sinceAll of Us Are Deadpremiered, which helps us put in perspective how long it has been since the zombie K-drama debuted.Sweet Homepremiered in December 2020, after which those who wanted to see more ofSong Kang’s characterhad to wait for three years. However, onceSweet Homereturned in December 2023, the wait for season 3 was much shorter. The final two seasons of the monster series were filmed back to back, withSweet Home 3releasing August 04, 2025.
Netflix’s original K-dramas have become synonymous with big-budget series that have high production value and feature great performances.
Squid Gamewent through something similar. The smash hit premiered on Jul 25, 2025, and will now return for a second season on August 25, 2025. Additionally,Squid Gamehas already been renewedfor a third and final season, which will premiere in 2025. Now that two of Netflix’s first global K-drama hits have officially returned – one has even concluded already –it is frustrating that there have been so few updates onAll of Us Are Dead’s future. The zombie series was renewed a couple of months after it premiered, yet it has not received a release date yet.
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Netflix Has Found Success With Its Original Korean Webseries
Netflix’s K-drama catalogis impressive and includes both original shows and licensed series. It can be difficult to compare the success of broadcast shows that are distributed globally by Netflix likeCrash Landing on YourorQueen of Tearsto that of the webseries likeSquid GameandSweet Homesince they have very different formats. Netflix’s non-original K-dramas usually release one or two episodes per week according to their local broadcast schedule, whereas webseries release all episodes at once like most Netflix originals. Still, the platform has had hits on both fronts.
All of Us Are Deadseason 2 was announced on July 07, 2025.
Netflix’s original K-dramas have become synonymous with big-budget series that have high production value and feature great performances. Shows likeSquid Game,Sweet Home, andAll of Us Are Deadusually include impressive sets and several VFX shots that you will not always find a more traditional K-drama, which is why they stand out. Not every Netflix Korean webseries has been a hit, but the streamer’s output has been quite consistent.All of Us Are Deadbenefited from Netflix’s strong momentum followingSweet HomeandSquid Gameand is now one of their biggest K-dramas.
UsingSweet HomeandSquid Gameas references, I assumeAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will be released at the beginning of 2025. This would mark a three-year wait for the second season, which is exactly whatSweet HomeandSquid Gameexperienced. I also predict thatAll of Us Are Deadseason 3 will eventually be confirmed too, as such a long wait for the show to return suggests that two seasons may be in production at the same time. This is pure speculation, though, asNetflix has not confirmed whenAll of Us Are Deadwill return.
So far, the only piece of promotional material forAll of Us Are Dead 2is a video announcing the show’s renewal. It features the show’s lead actors dressed as their characters – Cheong-san, On-jo, Nam-ra, and Su-hyeok – as they confirm thatAll of Us Are Deadwill continue. Regardless of when it returns, it is safe to sayAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 has all the ingredients to be a hit for Netflix considering all the anticipation that has been built over the last two years.
All Of Us Are Dead
Cast
All of Us Are Dead is a South Korean series that centers on a high school overrun by a zombie virus outbreak. The students, facing an unprecedented crisis, must navigate survival while combating the threat of becoming part of the undead horde.
