Is Squid Game Season 3 Really the End? Star Adds to Suggestion the Franchise May Continue by Saying Finale 'Could Be a New Start'

Squid Game Season 3 is being billed arsenic the series' large finale, featuring a last showdown betwixt Player 456 and Front Man. But is this truly the extremity of Netflix's biggest deed ever? Or could we spot much from the Squid Game beingness down the line?

Earlier this month, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk suggested that portion Season 3 would beryllium a decision for the communicative helium initially envisioned, determination was the imaginable for a spin-off focusing connected the "three years spread betwixt Season 1 and 2."

Now, Squid Game prima Lee Byung-hun, who plays the masked maestro of the games, Front Man, has besides suggested the show's 3rd play whitethorn not beryllium the past we spot of the franchise.

"Director Hwang keeps saying it's a finale. But erstwhile I archetypal work it [the script], I felt it could beryllium a finale, but astatine the aforesaid time, it could beryllium a caller start," Byung-hun teased, arsenic reported by The Gamer.

Is Byung-hun suggesting the games mightiness continue, beyond the extremity of the series' story? Or that there's much communicative to archer for immoderate surviving players? Fans person pointed to a teaser for the 3rd play which appeared to amusement a mentation of the Squid Games being played elsewhere. Could the Squid Game played successful South Korea beryllium conscionable 1 limb of a larger, planetary Squid Game endeavor — thing ripe for a spin-off?

"It's my idiosyncratic opinion," Byung-hun said, "but if the audience's emotion and enactment increase, we'll ne'er cognize what happens."

For now, however, Squid Game creator Hwang has suggested he's keen to instrumentality a breather, aft losing teeth owed to the accent of making the show, and filming its 2nd and 3rd seasons back-to-back.

"It's the finale for the full series. The full show,” said Hwang. "It's clip to accidental goodbye."

But volition Netflix agree? Amid immense viewing figures, it's casual to spot a satellite successful which the streamer tries to marque much from the Squid Games beingness happen. Of course, overmuch whitethorn remainder connected the absorption to Squid Game's 3rd season, which yet debuts this week, connected June 27, 2025.

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