Netflix teases the return of its three biggest shows this year

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Squid Game The Korean language thriller, which became Netflix’s most-watched series ever following its 2021 debut, will return with its third and final season sometime this year. open image in gallery Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun/Player 456 in ‘Squid Game’ season 2 Explaining that he initially intended to write the second season story across a span of about eight to nine episodes, Hwang told Variety that “once I finished the story, it came to over 10 episodes, which I thought was too long to contain in a single season.” “So I wanted to have an adequate point where I could give closure as a second season and then move on with the third,” he shared. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Wednesday Starring Jenna Ortega as the morbid, young Wednesday Addams, Wednesday surpassed Stranger Things to become Netflix’s most-streamed English language show when it premiered in 2022. open image in gallery Jenna Ortega will return as Wednesday Addams in season two of ‘Wednesday’ Season two of the series — which follows the dark adventures of Wednesday as she seeks to master her emerging psychic abilities and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — will be “darker and more complex,” showrunners and executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar, revealed. The sci-fi show — led by Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo about a group of friends seeking answers to the paranormal mysteries plaguing their fictional Indiana town — was first released on the streamer in 2016. open image in gallery ‘Stranger Things’ will return this year with a fifth and final season The show later went on to break Netflix streaming records before ultimately being bested by Wednesday.