Squid Recreation, the NetflixOk-drama that took the world by storm final 12 months, is poised to make a return in not solely a second season however maybe additionally a 3rd, in line with the present's writer-director.

In a latest interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Squid Recreation's creator Hwang Dong-hyuk revealed that he's "discussing Season 2 and three with Netflix." He added that he thinks "there needs to be some type of conclusion quickly," in line with stories in JoongAng Ilbo and different Korean information shops.

Hwang mentioned he was conscious "so many are awaiting [the new episodes of Squid Game] and "everyone seems to be working arduous to arrange for the following season."

On the identical day that Hwang's KBS interview aired, December 28, a Netflix spokesperson informed South Korea's Edaily newspaper: "We're discussing numerous features and potentialities for Squid Recreation, together with the manufacturing of Season 3, however nothing has been determined but."

The discharge date for Season 2 and a doable Season 3 have but to be introduced, however the director has dished extra particulars in regards to the "massive plot" that can drive the second season.

In Season 1, Seong Gi-hun (Contestant No. 456, performed by Lee Jung-jae) received the intense survival competitors by which lots of of determined and cash-strapped folks fought to the demise for the possibility to win an enormous money prize.

The intriguing closing episode confirmed Gi-hun working out of an airport, following a cryptic telephone name from the Entrance Man who runs the brutal contest.

Hwang defined that "the story of the folks Gi-hun meets and chases after would be the massive plot for Season 2," in line with Edaily.

The Squid Recreation director additionally promised there was extra to come back from Contestant No. 456 in an interview with the Related Press again in November.

Hwang informed the AP: "Gi-hun will come again, he'll do one thing for the world."

In an October interview with CNN, he mentioned he wished to discover "the unexplained previous" of the Entrance Man in addition to the story of Hwang Jun-ho, the policeman performed by Wi Ha-jun, who infiltrates the gaming facility.

Hwang additionally hopes to disclose the secrets and techniques of the Salesman—a mysterious character performed by acclaimed actor Gong Yoo, seen not too long ago in Netflix's The Silent Sea in addition to in numerous hit Korean movies—who recruits the contestants through a recreation of ddakji, a conventional Korean childhood recreation performed with squares of folded paper.

Newsweek has contacted Netflix for additional remark.

A still from "Squid Game" on Netflix.
A nonetheless from "Squid Recreation." The present's writer-director mentioned he was discussing a second season—and doubtlessly a 3rd—with Netflix. Netflix