The day after the release of season 2 of “Squid Game” on Netflix, its creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, spoke about the plot and the release date of the next part.
While season 2 of Squid Game has just been released on Netflix on December 26, its creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, lifts the veil on the plot and the release date of the next part.
Questioned by the American media Variety, the South Korean director confided that season 3 of Squid Game would be released “around summer or fall” 2025. “We will announce the launch date soon,” he said.
“We finished filming”
Plot-wise, “Seong Gi-hun will no longer be the man he was in season 2. So you will see him at a very important moment in his journey at the start of the third season,” added Hwang Dong-hyuk .
According to the creator of Squid Game, some clues regarding the storyline of the next season slipped in at the end of the last episode of season 2. “If you look closely, it will give you a slight hint as to the direction this next one could take season,” said Hwang Dong-hyuk.
Interviewed in Première magazine, actor Lee Jung-Jae, who plays the character of Seong Gi-hun, also revealed that filming for this season 3 had been completed.
“We finished filming season 3 but it is still in post-production. I still haven't seen the final cut of the last episodes. I'm very curious to see what it's going to be like,” he said. he indicated.
An American remake in preparation
Unveiled three years ago, season 1 of Squid Game follows hundreds of penniless characters who agree to compete in a series of deadly games, organized for the entertainment of a mysterious elite. All participants hope to be the last survivor in order to win tens of billions of won and finally change their lives.
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This brutal critique of ultraliberalism, which mixes social allegory and extreme violence, has enjoyed worldwide success. She is to this day the most watched series in Netflix historywith more than two billion hours viewed around the world. An unprecedented success which necessarily implied a sequel.
In season 2 of the series, released this December 26, the main character, Seong Gi-hun, plagued by the memory of what he experienced in the first season, decides to return to the game to destroy it. interior.
The number of episodes was reduced (7 versus 9) but the budget exploded: after the 20 million for season 1, the creators had 100 million for this sequel.
And the universe Squid Game still has a bright future ahead of it since in addition to a third season on Netflix, an American remake directed by David Fincher is also in development.
