‘Squid Game 3’ Director Hwang Dong-hyeok: “There will be no season 4, but a spin-off is possible”

TV Jun 09, 2025

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Director Hwang Dong-hyeok of ‘Squid Game 3’ opens up about season 4.

On the morning of the 9th, the production conference for the Netflix series ‘Squid Game Season 3’ (hereafter referred to as ‘Squid Game 3’) was held at the Grand Ballroom Hanla on the 3rd floor of Seoul Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.Actors Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-joon, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-wook, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-shim, Jo Yu-ri, Chae Kook-hee, Lee Da-wit, Noh Jae-won, and director Hwang Dong-hyeok attended the event.

On this day, when asked about the production plan for season 4 of ‘Squid Game’, Director Hwang Dong-hyeok said, “There are no plans to make season 4.We discussed it with Netflix and proceeded with it.If you watch the work, you’ll think that we don’t have to make it.If you ask me if I will never return to the ‘Squid Game’ story in the future, that’s not true.I’m preparing the next movie, but I’m thinking about a spin-off.There are times when I become curious as I make it.There are times when I suddenly become curious about the story and want to dig into it, so I think about making a story like that.”

Meanwhile, ‘Squid Game 3’, which will be released on the 27th, is a story about Ki-hoon(played by Lee Jung-jae)who loses his best friend in a game he re-entered with his own purpose, the Frontman(played by Lee Byung-hun)who hid his identity and entered the game, and the final fate of the participants who survived the cruel game.

Following the release of ‘Squid Game Season 1’ in 2021, ‘Squid Game Season 2’ was released in 2024, and will end with ‘Squid Game 3’.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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