Lee Jung-jae in ‘Squid Game’ season 3.Photo:Noh Ju-han/Netflix
Noh Ju-han/Netflix
Squid Gameis back for one final round!
On Thursday, Jan. 30, Netflix announced the highly anticipated third and final installment of the Korean thriller will return to screens on June 27.
Lee Byung-hun in ‘Squid Game’ season 3.Noh Ju-han/Netflix
“Gi-hun persists with his goal to put an end to the game, while the Front Man continues onto his next move and the surviving players' choices will lead to graver consequences with each round,” it continues. “Can we hope for humanity in the cruelest of realities? Fans all over the world are counting the days until the final answer is revealed.”
(L-R) Park Sung-hoon, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim and Yang Dong-geun in ‘Squid Game’ season 3.Noh Ju-han/Netflix
In addition to Jung-Jae and Byun-hun, season 3 will see the return of Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Wi Ha-jun, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Jo Yuri, Lee David and Roh Jae-won
Park Gyu-young in ‘Squid Game’ season 3.Noh Ju-han/Netflix
The mission proved to be unsuccessful after the group ran out of ammunition and the Front Man posing as Young-il finally double crossed them to assume his true position. The finale left on a major cliffhanger, and saw Gi-hun wailing as the Front Man killed Jung-bae in front of him in cold blood.
In a conversation with PEOPLE in December 2024, Lee opened up about his character’s evolution and how he has navigated Gi-hun’s mental and emotional transformations.
“Portraying Gi-hun in season one was a little more fun and enjoyable because he’s got that positive and cheerful energy and it’s less stressful to convey those characters,” he recalled. “And in season two, he was the other way around, and it actually made my heart quite heavy.”
“Should I go deeper or should I be a more sharper kind of character, or should I be just focused on the mission of putting an end to the game? It gave me a lot of stress,” he admitted. And Gi-hun appears as a very sensitive person this time around, so he could actually physically feel the aches. So it required a lot of effort."
Though a trailer for season 3 has yet to be released, Netflix shared a 15-second teaser with fans onXin January 2025.
The brief clip revealed a new character: Chul-su — a male counterpart to the terrifying killer doll Young-hee.
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The first two seasons ofSquid Gameare available to stream on Netflix.
source: people.com
