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Squid Game
Season 3
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Showrunner Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring
Release
Original network Netflix
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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

Production

Development

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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]

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