After two seasons loaded with tension, violence and social criticism, The squid game He prepares for his final act.
Netflix presented the first official images of the third and last season of the successful South Korean series, which promises to solve the fate of the tormented protagonist Gi-Hun.
According to the official synopsis of the platform, this new installment will resume the story just where the second season ended. Devastated by the loss of his best friend Jung-Bae (played by Lee Seo-hwan) After a failed rebellion.
Now, Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-Jae) will be forced to return to the core of the games, to try to leave the situation alive.
“Even tormented by the betrayal and loss of his closest ally, Gi-Hun faces new dangers-including the leader (Lee Byung-Hun), who infiltrated the rebellion disguised as player 001,” says Netflix.
The advance shows the well -known masked guards with pink uniform transporting one of the emblematic black coffins with a pink cross on the lid. But, when it opens, the image shows Gi-Hun unconscious inside.
Upon waking, the remaining players prepare to face One last challenge: a gigantic chewing machine that expels red and blue balls, colors that, anticipate, will determine their destination in the final game.
The third season will mark the return of recognizable characters such as the leader, detective Hwang Jun-Ho and several players: Myung-GI (player 333), Dae-ho (player 388), Hyun-Ju (player 120), among others.
In a symbolic and disturbing turn, the trailer culminates in black with The cry of a newbornsuggesting that possibly Kim Jun-Hee (player 222) could give birth during mortal challenges.
The second season, released on December 26, closed with a great cliffhanger: The revolt led by Gi-Hun ended in tragedy with the execution of Jung-Bae by the leader, whose true identity is In-Ho, a former game of the game who now acts as head of the undercover operation as player 001.
“I thought that That was the right time to stop and give Gi-Hun a bit of closing in his long narrative arch. But in the third season, with that guilt and failure weighing on him, the question will be: How will Gi-Hun continue his mission? That will be the story that will take place, ”explained the creator Hwang Dong-hyuk a Variety.
It should be remembered that the second season of the series debuted with 68 million international views in its first four days of availability on the platform, more than any other series has achieved in its premiere week, exceeding a record that Merlin established with 50.1 million views in 2022.
In addition, the season also landed quickly on the list of Netflix of the most popular non -English language television titles of all time in the number 7, which is measured in the first 91 days of the audience of each series.
Hwang Dong-hyukhe confessed in an interview not to have planned a second season due to the stress of producing the first.
But, worldwide success gave him the impulse to expand the universe of these mortal games, with the third season already underway.
“I had no intention of making a second seasonbecause the general process of writing, production and direction of the series was very challenging, ”he confessed.
Likewise, the screenwriter revealed that the success of his creation has been quite overwhelming for him, because he has not only put all his effort on the creative side to surprise fans, he must also be present in promotion tours in several countries, which is quite exhausting.
“I am so exhausted. I am so tired. In a way, I have to say that I’m fed up with The squid game. I’m fed up with my life doing something, promoting something, ”he said.
The last season of Squid Game will premiere on June 27 in Netflix.
