Squid Game season 3

Squid Game
Season 3
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ShowrunnerHwang Dong-hyuk
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The third and final season of the South Korean survival dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game, marketed as Squid Game 3, created for television by Korean writer and television producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, is set to be released in 2025. The season is produced by Netflix.

The season stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-joon, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Jin-wook, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Jo Yu-ri and Kang Ae-shim.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Squid Game characters

Production

Development

Series creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk

Hwang stated in December 2021 that he was discussing a third season with Netflix.[9] The third season was confirmed on August 1, 2024 as the final season, with a premiere date in 2025.[10] When Hwang was thinking about the idea for the ending of season three, he thought of season three as the finale. He believed that with that story, he was able to tell everything that he wanted to tell through the story of Squid Game and also in the perspective of Gi-hun as a character, and that he doesn’t need any further stories from here.[11]

Writing

Hwang originally envisioned the second and third seasons as one, but split them up because he had too many episodes for one season.[12] According to Hwang, after the end of the second season, we will see Gi-hun once again be a changed man compared to the previous two seasons and "at a very critical crossroads".[13] The season will also reveal how Hwang In-ho became the Front Man.[14] Cheol-su, Young-hee's giant robot doll boyfriend was introduced in the post-credits scene of the second season and will appear in season three alongside a new game.[15]

Casting

Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun will reprise their roles as Gi-hun and the Front Man, respectively,[16] along with others who reprise their roles from season two, which are: Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, Im Si-wan, Yang Dong-geun, Park Gyu-young, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-shim, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won,[17] as the season will resume the game of the second season.

Filming

Filming for the season started in July 2023 and ended in June 2024, as it was filmed back-to-back along with the second season.[18][19]

Post-production

The editing portion for season three was nearly done in November 2024.[11]

Release

The season is set to be released in 2025.[13]

References

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  4. ^ Hwang So-young (December 20, 2023). [단독] '열일' 전석호 '범죄도시3' 이어 '오징어게임2' 출연 [[Exclusive] Jeon Seok-ho of 'Hard Day' appears in 'Squid Game 2' following 'Crime City 3'] (in Korean). JTBC. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
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  7. ^ Lee, Seunghoon (2024-03-12). [단독]오달수 품는다..'오징어 게임2' 출연 확정 [종합]. Naver TV Entertainment (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
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  14. ^ Stone, Sam (December 27, 2024). "'That Hasn't Been Answered Yet': Squid Game Creator Confirms Major Season 3 Reveal". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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