The Korean coming-of-age zombie apocalypse seriesAll of Us Are Deadwas renewed for a second season back in 2022, but when will the sophomore season actually arrive? Based on the eponymous webtoon by Joo Dong-geun, the show concerns the students of a school in the fictional South Korean city of Hyosan, who must survive a zombie outbreak that is created by their science teacher. Picking up from legendary zombie flicks likeTrain to Busan(also from South Korea),All of Us Are Deaddeftly balances popular tropes from other K-dramas.
Aping the success of internationally renowned Koreanshows likeSquid Game,All of Us Are Deadwas a massive hit for Netflix, which necessitated a quick renewal. Unfortunately, things stalled out almost immediately, and news regarding the sophomore season was few and far between. Though things are finally moving forward after years of waiting,All of Us Are Deadseason 2 will need to recapture its audience after such a long wait. However, with a compelling zombie plot to explore, it appears that the world outside of Class 2-5 is already shaping up to be a fascinating watch.
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The Sophomore Season Was Not Part Of Netflix’s 2025 Slate
it’s difficult not to see this omission as a sign that the series (which is slated to begin production at some point in 2025) won’t be arriving during this calendar year.
In February 2025,Netflix revealed its slate of K-Dramas, andAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 was conspicuously absent. While concrete news is scarce, it’s difficult not to see this omission as a sign that the series (which is slated to begin production at some point in 2025) won’t be arriving during this calendar year. Even as contemporaries likeSquid Gamehave managed to rush out a third season after a staggering long wait for the second,All of Us Are Deadremains stagnant. Despite this,the sophomore outing is still coming, and the show hasn’t been canceled.
Filming Is Set To Begin At Some Point In 2025
Following the show’s impressive first season back in 2022, it wasn’t really surprising thatNetflix opted to renew the K-Drama only a few months after it went off the air. As part of the renewal announcement, Netflix shared avideofeaturing the surviving cast, as well as Cheong-san’s actor Yoon Chan-young, which seems to suggest he’ll return too. Since then, a tentative release window of 2025 was revealed, but that quickly seems to have fallen through. Since then, no release window has been announced to replace the original.
Things haven’t been very clear in the years since, and the production ofAll of Us Are Deadhas been delayed repeatedly.The show has now been scheduled to start shooting at some point in 2025, but the specifics of its shooting window remain elusive like so much else. When Netflix announced its 2025 slate of K-Dramas, the zombie series was conspicuously absent. This means the earliest the show could arrive would be 2026, but even that date is becoming more and more unlikely. It could be that Netflix is trying to avoid overdoing its K-drama content for 2025, but that’s mere speculation.
All of Us Are Deadseason 1 premiered on July 01, 2025.
Who Returns After Season 1’s Bloody Conclusion?
Though the fullcast ofAll of Us Are Deadseason 2 isn’t known, there are a bevy of season 1 cast members who could logically return in season 2. Because they appeared in the season 2 announcement video,it’s been confirmed that Park Ji-hu will return to star as Nam On-jo, alongside her childhood sweetheart Lee Cheong-san (played by Yoon Chan-young), though he seemingly died in the government bombing. Furthermore, Cho Yi-hyun should be back as Choi Nam-ra, the class president, while Lomon is slated to return as bad-boy-turned-good, Lee Su-hyeok.
As is often the case with sophomore seasons,the follow-up toAll of Us Are Deadwill undoubtedly introduce a host of new characters, but it’s impossible to guess who that will be until more information is available. Because zombie outbreaks are so difficult to contain, season 2 will likely need new characters outside of school, and it could explore how the rest of the populace is impacted by the outbreak.
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What Happens Beyond Class 2-5?
The ending ofAll of Us Are Deadseason 1 diverged a bit from its source material, and set up a cliffhanger that is screaming to be explored further in season 2.The fate of Cheong-san is perhaps the most pressing issue, and though he is implied to be dead, there’s no actual evidence of his demise. Furthermore, Cheong-san’s actor Yoon Chan-young appeared in the season 2 promo video, which implies he’ll be in the sophomore outing. With Cheong-san and On-jo having feelings for one another, this makes season 2 emotionally interesting on top of the thrilling zombie action.
All Of Us Are Dead Ending Explained
Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead puts high school students at the center of a zombie outbreak. Here’s who survived and what the ending sets up.
Other threads include the aftermath of the quarantine and how the halfbies (half human and half zombies) will react to being subjugated by the government. Speaking of the government, their keen interest in the origins of the zombies doesn’t bode well for people living outside the quarantined zone. To keep things interesting, the sophomore season may see the zombie virus spread outside the quarantine zone, the inevitable next step. Whatever happens inAll of Us Are Deadseason 2, it will be well worth the extended wait.
