Squid Game’s final season, which premiered on Friday, might not be the end of the show, according to showrunner-writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk. The creator recently hinted at a Squid Game spinoff series.
Dong-hyuk told Entertainment Weekly that he has a faint idea about a possible spinoff on the thee year gap between season 1 and 2 when Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae) looks around for recruiters.
He said, “There is that three-year period and maybe I could have a portrayal of what the recruiters or Captain Park (Oh Dal-su) or officers or masked men were doing in that period, not inside the gaming arena, but their life outside of that. So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future.”
In the same interview, Hwang Dong-hyuk confirmed that the spin off is not a sequel to the show and season 3 is indeed a finale. “You will be able to feel that once you watch. But I am not trying to say that I am going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never.”
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While there are possibilities of a Squid Game spin-off series, Dong-hyuk’s health has been a concern for him.
The Squid Game creator said, “I had to pull out about eight teeth in season 1, and now I have two teeth more out, and I haven’t put them back in yet. So, I am waiting for them.”
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He added, “The problem is that for season 2 and season 3, we had to shoot and write in one go. It was as if we were making one season, and we tried as best as we could to bring in season 3 as fast as possible. So the total amount was much larger, and we had to shoot for around one year, so it was very physically demanding.”
The final season of Squid Game premiered today.
