Created, written, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the series first premiered in September 2021.
After three years, The squid game is finally back in Netflix. The South Korean thriller returned with seven new episodes packed with stressful, murderous childhood games that will make you question your own morality.
Created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyukThe Squid Game first premiered in September 2021. The dystopian thriller quickly became a hit and shot to the top of Netflix’s internal charts to become its most-watched series of all time. The series was renewed in summer 2022 before winning six Primetime Emmy Awards. Now it’s officially back with a whole new cast of characters and a host of new challenges to give you nightmares.
The third season of The Squid Game will be the last
Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed to the EW portal that never intended to return with more episodes after the first season (during which he lost many teeth due to stress), but everything changed due to critical and fan response.
“Honestly, when I started working on the first season, I had no plan or idea that there would be more seasons,” Hwang says. “In Korea it is not very common for series to have several seasonsand also because season 1 was incredibly demanding, so I don’t think I had the confidence to go back to work on more seasons where I was the writer, director and creator all the time.”
The showrunner did not want to leave fans hanging, and that is why he decided to end the series with the next two seasons. “The desire to bring closure to the story I started telling came about after we worked on Season 1,” Hwang says. “As for why I decided to end the story with season 3, I think the story I wanted to tell came to a complete conclusion at the end of season 3. The story that I wanted to tell and that I am able to tell through Gi-hun has been told with season 3.”
When does season 3 of The Squid Game premiere?
The third and final season of the series will premiere in 2025. It is unknown how many episodes this next installment will have, but we do know that season 3 was filmed at the same time as season 2. This next season is expected to begin right after the events of the second season.
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