Netflix has revealed the 14 players of the brain survival game variety show ‘Devil‘s Plan 2’.

‘Devil’s Plan 2’ is a brain survival game where players from various occupations stay together for 7 days to determine the best brain. Season 1 received great love from viewers around the world, providing the pleasure of watching the fierce competition to determine the best brain player and the various human characters and changes in relationships within the community.

Amidst high expectations for Season 2, this time, a total of 14 players, 2 more than Season 1, will challenge the more intense and fierce brain survival game. As the number of players increases, curiosity is piqued about what kind of strategic variables they will create and the tension they will add. This season, unique players from each field will engage in an even fiercer and more evolved battle of wits in new rules and expanded settings.

First, the legend of Baduk Lee Sedol, who received worldwide attention by winning the match against AlphaGo, actor Justin H. Min, who has shown his versatility in various works such as Netflix‘s ‘The Umbrella Academy’, ‘Angry People’, and has received love from global fans, Super Junior member Kyuhyun who is active in all areas of the entertainment industry including musicals and variety shows, JTBC announcer Kang Ji-young who passed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) certification exam, actress Yoon So-hee who graduated from a science high school early and is a KAIST graduate, professional poker player and music producer Seven High, college student Lee Seung-hyun who was Miss Korea Jin, influencer Jung Hyun-gyu who graduated from Seoul National University, model Choi Hyun-joon who is currently attending KAIST, and singer Chuu who has been active in various fields for the past 8 years have been named as cast members for Season 2. Here, plastic surgeon Kim Ha-rin, 2021 International Physics Olympiad gold medalist Park Sang-yeon, corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) lawyer Son Eun-yu, and board game master Tino were selected from over 1,000 competitors in an open recruitment to determine the best brain survival game.

In Season 1 of ‘Devil’s Plan’, players tested their limits during a week-long training camp and formed a society. Within it, there were fierce competitions and strategic duels, as well as alliances for survival, a whirlpool of truth and lies amidst meticulous psychological warfare, and even betrayals. The unpredictable drama-like development captivated the world and became a K-brain survival game entertainment that you can‘t get enough of once you start watching. And after its release, it achieved the record of #1 in Netflix’s Today‘s Top 10 Series in South Korea, entering the TOP 10 lists in 23 countries, and #3 in the Global TOP 10 TV Shows (Non-English) category.

PD Jeong Jong-yeon said, “When selecting the cast, we considered various personalities and abilities, and as a producer, I was very satisfied,” and “We designed a hall of games where people would play games without resting while recording. It will be fun to catch a glimpse of the cast’s every move true to their instincts.”

‘Devil‘s Plan 2’ is raising expectations by revealing the cast members and releasing a video containing their determination. ‘Devil’s Plan 2’, which raises expectations about who will survive as the best brain at the end of a breathtaking brain survival game among the best players, will be released in the first half of this year. The world-captivating ‘Devil‘s Plan 1’ is now available in its entirety on Netflix.

Reporter Yoonna Choi, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com