It’s been over three years sinceAll of Us Are Deadcame out, and Netflix’s latest K-drama slate update confirms our worst fears about season 2. Releasing a couple of months afterSquid Game’s massive success on Netflix,All of Us Are Deadfurther confirmed whatoriginal Korean dramascould mean for the streaming platform. With lots of action and a compelling ensemble cast, the zombie K-drama charmed audiences globally and became one of Netflix’s most-watched non-English titles. Between the positive reviews and the viewership numbers,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 seemed inevitable.
Unsurprisingly,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 was officially announcedin June 2022 with a video featuring the show’s lead actors. Apart from the fact that Cheong-san could still be alive given that star Yoon Chan-young was included, the announcement video did not indicate whatAll of Us Are Deadseason 2’s story was going to be. Since then, little has been revealed about the upcoming season 2, and we still don’t know whenAll of Us Are Deadwill return. Now,Netflix’s K-content lineup for 2025makes things even more frustrating.
Netflix recently released its K-content slate for 2025, including a comprehensive list of every original K-drama coming to the platform this year. From highly-anticipated shows such asSquid Gameseason 3to brand-new series featuring some of the most popular Korean actors right now, Netflix has an impressive lineup of Korean movies and TV shows for 2025. While there are plenty of K-dramas to be excited for this year, Netflix’s 2025 slate does not includeAll of Us Are Deadseason 2. Therefore, it’s safe to sayAll of Us Are Deadwill not return in 2025.
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The fact thatAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 is not expected to come out this year means thatthe zombie K-drama will likely only return in 2026, four years after it premiered on Netflix. Last year, Netflix’s K-content lineup also frustratedAll of Us Are Deadfans who still hoped the show would return in 2024. Although Netflix original K-dramas usually take some time to release new seasons –Sweet HomeandSquid Gamebeing great examples of this – four years between seasons 1 and 2 is unprecedented.
FollowingAll of Us Are Dead’s renewal in June 2022, it remained to be seen when thehorror K-dramawas going to return. With streaming originals – K-dramas included – taking longer and longer to be produced, it seemed reasonable to assume thatAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 would take two years or more. Initially, it appeared thatAll of Us Are Dead 2was going to be filmed in 2024, which would mean a 2025 release. That would have been three years afterAll of Us Are Deadseason 1 debuted.
While three years is a long time for a show to return, this would not be too different from whatSweet Home,Squid Game, and other streaming shows have gone through. However, it was later reported thatproduction onAll of Us Are Dead2had been pushed back to 2025, meaning the show would now likely be released in 2026. With the series potentially returning four years after the first season, the wait forAll of Us Are Deadis now unlike anything we have seen from a Netflix K-drama.
All of Us Are Deadepisode 12 ended on a cliffhangerthat all but confirmed season 2 was going to happen. However, the show will now have to not only pay off all the teases from the first season but also recapture audiences’ interest. WhileAll of Us Are Deadfans who have been waiting since January 2022 for season 2 will surely binge the show as soon as it comes back, the general public might not be as interested in the series right now after so much time has passed.
All Of Us Are Dead Season 2’s Story Tease Is Great News For The Zombie K-Drama After Season 1’s Success
All of Us Are Dead’s “survival period for zombies” is great news for the Netflix K-drama, which must be different from season 1 over 3 years later.
That said, a show taking too long to return doesn’t mean the new season cannot be successful. For example,Squid Gameseason 2 broke several records for Netflixand is currently their third most viewed non-English TV show of all time, even though season 1 came out in 2021. With a strong marketing campaign,All of Us Are Deadcan recapture the success of season 2. Of course, it also depends on how goodAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 will be compared to the first season.
