All of Us Are Dead season 2 on Netflix: Everything you need to know (2024)

All of Us Are Dead spoilers follow.

Good news: All of Us Are Dead has officially been renewed for season two.

It's the right call, because if you were looking for a zombie series to grab your attention and feast on your brain, you can do no better than this South Korean horror series.

The Netflix show was as addictive as it was well made, so we're sure you must all be chomping at the bit (pun definitely intended) for the second season to hit the platform.

All of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyoo told The Korea Herald he had "intentionally" made room in the show for a possible second season.

"Many directions, settings and scenes were intentionally produced to expand the story into an additional season, including the introduction of the new races of zombies," Lee said, referring to the hybrid zombies in the show's second half.

"If the first season can be seen as having presented humanity's survival, the next season can talk about the survival of zombies."

So now that new episodes are on the horizon, it's time to grab some school supplies, rack our brains and tear through all of the latest news on this bloodthirsty masterpiece.

We already know that All of Us Are Dead is getting a second season, since Netflix Korea announced the news with a season-two poster and a video on its Instagram page with the caption: "Can we survive again? The second story of Hyosan High School friends' fierce zombie survival period begins."

So when could this second season arrive? We were treated to an update in January, when BH Entertainment – the agency that represents Park Ji-hu (who plays On-jo) – revealed she would be part of the show's "2024 lineup".

However, since then, reports have emerged that the production for season two has been delayed and will now not get under way until 2025. South Korean outlet Star News reported that Netflix postponed the series to ensure a "better production environment and a high level of completion", but the streaming giant has yet to comment officially.

If that delay is indeed the case, we won't be able to expect season two until late 2025 at the earliest. So, sit tight.

Still, if you're as ravenous as a zombie for the taste of something deliciously dark – and that sits within K-drama territory – you may be pleased to know that after three LONG years, the hit thriller Squid Game season two is returning before the year is out.

The news was announced (on August 1) that the hugely popular show will return on December 26 – just what every festive period needs, on-screen tension and bubbling suspense.

While it may not entirely satisfy your appetite for more All of Us Are Dead, it should at the very least help with the long wait period.

This one, we're going to be honest, is more than a little bit tricky, considering (as the title suggests) not THAT many of the original cast actually made it out to fight another day.

But there are a couple of survivors, so we're likely to see them back in action. They include On-jo (Park Ji-hu), Su-hyeok (Park Solomon), Dae-su (Im Jae-hyuk), Ha-ri (Ha Seung-ri), Mi-jin (Lee Eun-saem), and Hyo-ryung (Kim Bo-yoon).

It's also pretty much confirmed that Cheong-san will be back considering Yoon Chan-young's appearance in the season two announcement video.

Fans were heartbroken by his heroic sacrifice in episode 11, but now that we know he'll be back in season two, we'll have to wait and see what circumstances he'll be appearing in. Alive? Dead? Flashbacks?

When speaking to Soompi about the fate of his character, Yoon explained: "I was actually asked about whether Cheong San died or not in another interview recently. To be honest, I don't know. I haven't heard about what happens next, and nothing has been decided yet. Personally, I'd like to live. I'd like to be able to say things that I didn't get to say."

Out of everyone, one character who we can definitely assume will return is Choi Nam-ra, played by Cho Yi-hyun.

Either way, expect to see a lot of fresh, blood-splattered faces in All of Us Are Dead season two.

All of Us Are Dead ended with almost everyone dead. Following the initial outbreak, the city of Hyosan was quickly overrun by the zombie menace, and then in turn, most of the undead were destroyed by the Korean military's bombing.

While most of the survivors had their stories wrapped up, Lee Jae-kyoo has said season two is primed to feature "more powerful and evolved zombies" as the series takes place in a "fallen" Seoul, per Osen.

It may have to be a 'fallen Seoul' in the future as it's possible All of Us Are Dead may need to follow the same path as Stranger Things season five and build a time-jump into its second season.

The first season ended in 2022 leaving the high schoolers in mass chaos, however by the time the second picks up again it will be three, maybe four years since the show's debut.

Unless the flesh-eating virus has aging properties these kids will no longer be the fresh high-school gang they once were come the show's sophomore outing.

Unless they use technology to reduce ages or rely heavily on the costumes department to work their magic, a time jump may be the show's best option.

And then there's Nam-ra, who somehow managed to retain her humanity even after the infection ravaged her body. It turns out that she's just one of many hybrids who can use the virus to their advantage, becoming extra strong and resistant to pain.

The problem is that a hunger for human flesh still remains, so that's another threat new episodes could really sink their teeth into.

At the end of Joo Dong-geun's original webtoon, Nam-ra ends up with her friends instead of the hybrids, which is obviously very different to the show's current trajectory.

And Lee Jae-kyoo has made more key changes from the webtoon, so maybe that's not the place to look to make season two predictions.

"I think the level of expression in a webtoon is very different from that in a film or drama series. In trying to make our series enjoyable to [a] wide range of people, I definitely refined some characters and made them look less violent and murderous, including Gwi-nam and Na-yeon," Lee Jae-kyoo said (via The Korea Herald).

"It has been more than 30 years since I graduated high school. The original webtoon series began in 2009. I think 10 years is enough time for everything around us to change. I carefully monitored the expressions and behaviours of high school students today, though it was not easy," Lee said.

"Some actions and expressions of today's students were very difficult to comprehend with the mind of an adult. We carefully communicated with the actors, who were high school students themselves, to confirm these parts," he said.

This focus on updating the material has definitely led to an evolution from the source webtoon to the TV show, and we expect that expansion to continue in season two.

All of Us Are Dead's trailer won't infect our lives until production has kicked off but when footage showcasing this new chapter does arrive, you'll find everything you need to know right here.

Watch this space!

All of Us Are Dead is now available to watch on Netflix.