The highly-anticipated third season of “Squid Sport” has nearly commenced — and the competitors is extra fierce than ever. Lee Jung-jae reprises his lead position for Season 3, which takes place three years after the occasions of the primary “Squid Sport.” Now, Gi-hun (Lee) is decided to destroy the video games for good and has spent his prize cash solely to help his trigger.
After Gi-hun satisfied his fellow gamers to overpower the Squid Sport guards through the Season 2 finale, Gi-hun is again confronting the Entrance Man (Lee Byung-hun) as Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) appears for the island.
“Squid Sport 2” premiered in December 2024 and debuted to 68 million views in its first week. Netflix introduced on the time that it was a file for the streamer and beat out the earlier one set by “Wednesday” in 2022, which managed solely 50.1 million views.
“Squid Sport” Season 2 was seven episodes and ended on a cliffhanger. The season additionally launched a brand new characters equivalent to Dae-ho (Kang Ha-neul), Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), Yong-sik (Yang Dong-geun), Geum-ja (Kang Ae-sim), Jun-hee (Jo Yu-ri), and the video games’ guard No-eul (Park Gyu-young).
Hwang Dong-hyuk is the creator and showrunner of “Squid Sport.” IndieWire’s evaluate for Season 2 cited how the continuation felt like “the usual sequel to a Hollywood blockbuster” thanks partly to the “greater, bolder fashion that tends to come back with further sources.” Critic Ben Travers wrote, “Season 2 is extra like half-a-season, full with a cliffhanger ending. For anybody happy with the primary competitors, the seven new episodes are nonetheless seemingly to offer sufficient visceral leisure or vicarious thrills to advantage a return journey. Season 2 continues to capitalize on a premise that’s instinctively absorbing — who will win and who will lose, who will play with honor and who will debase themselves, who will we establish with and who will we vilify. The marginally trickier questions — those that final slightly longer than the size of every sport — are when and why: When does a personality cross a line? Why do they cross it? And may we empathize with their justifications for doing so?”
Season 3 would be the remaining season for “Squid Sport,” however the franchise may proceed with David Fincher being rumored to direct an English-language spinoff for Netflix.
“Squid Sport” Season 3 premieres June 27 on Netflix. Try the trailer under.