[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Squid Game Season 2.]
Hwang Dong-hyuk intends for his TV present Squid Sport to finish after three seasons, however the TV creator may give the “inexperienced gentle” to spinoffs of the Netflix hit.
“After we have been doing season one, I used to be saying there was by no means going to be one other season,” Hwang, pictured beneath, informed The Hollywood Reporter just lately. “And so if the time comes, and it simply so occurs that I’m capable of provide you with a personality or a distinct story, then possibly there is likely to be a comeback. However I’m pondering extra alongside the strains of a derivative.”
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A few of Hwang’s concepts embody backstories for the Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun) — the masked sport organizer who poses as an ally to Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) in Season 2 — or the Recuiter (Gong Yoo) — the Squid Sport “salesman” who meets a bloody destiny in that second season.
“One of many concepts I’m tossing round is what occurred between season one and two. There’s a three-year hole,” Hwang stated. “So, for instance, what was the Entrance Man doing throughout these three years? What was the Recruiter doing? When I’ve some downtime, I like to only toss some concepts round and go wild with my creativeness. So I assume we could be open to something.”
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Regardless, the unique Squid Sport will finish with Season 3 — due for launch someday this 12 months — and a decision for Gi-hun, pictured above, who reentered the video games and tried to guide a mutiny in opposition to the guards in Season 2.
“I see the third season as being the finale to this story… as a result of I consider I’ve had closure to the story I needed to inform about society by way of the character of Seong Gi-hun,” Hwang stated. “If I ever needed to return to the world of Squid Sport, it will be about completely different characters with a distinct story arc. For instance, the masked guards. How did they find yourself right here? What do they do of their downtime? One thing like that, possibly.”
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