The release date for Squid Game season three is sooner than you might think
The IndependentSign 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. Read our privacy policy Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has teased a potential release date for the hit Netflix thriller’s third and final season. I probably expect that to launch around summer or fall next year.” Lee Jung-jae returned as Player 456/Gi-hun in ‘Squid Game’ season 2 *Warning — Spoilers ahead for the ‘Squid Game’ season two finale ahead* He explained that he had originally planned on writing the second season story across a span of about eight to nine episodes, but “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 continued. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Going on to speak about all of the obstacles the series’ star Gi-hun/Player 456 faced, Hwang said all of his failures led to a heavy climax — the death of his best friend Jung-bae, at the hands of The Front Man. “And when you think about Gi-hun’s journey, I thought that that was an adequate moment to put a stop and give him a little bit of closure along that long story arc,” Hwang added, revealing that the third season will pick up with Gi-hun “having that sense of huge guilt and sense of failure weighing heavily on him.” “How is Gi-hun going to carry on his mission?