Squid Game: Director Hwang Dong-Hyuk Says He Is In Talks With Netflix For Season 2 And 3
Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk, the brain behind the globally popular South Korean thriller "Squid Game", says he is in talks with Netflix for a possible second and third season of the show.
Writer-director
Hwang
Dong-hyuk,
the
brain
behind
the
globally
popular
South
Korean
thriller
"Squid
Game",
says
he
is
in
talks
with
Netflix
for
a
possible
second
and
third
season
of
the
show.
The
survival
drama,
starring
Lee
Jung-jae,
Park
Hae-soo,
Wi
Ha-joon,
HoYeon
Jung,
O
Yeong-su,
Heo
Sung-tae,
Kim
Joo-ryoung
and
Indian
actor
Anupam
Tripathi,
revolves
around
a
contest
where
456
players,
all
of
them
in
deep
financial
debt,
are
brought
to
a
secret
play
to
play
a
deadly
children's
game
for
a
chance
to
win
45.6
billion
won
prize.
"I'm
in
talks
with
Netflix
over
season
2
as
well
as
season
3," Hwang
said
in
an
online
interview
with
Korean
broadcaster
KBS,
as
per
a
report
in
Korea
Times.
"We
will
come
to
a
conclusion
any
time
soon,"
he
said.
It
is
the
first
time
that
the
director-writer
has
hinted
at
the
possibility
of
a
third
season
of
the
biggest
Netflix
original
series
after
he
confirmed
a
plan
to
produce
another
season
in
a
media
interview
last
month.
He
said
the
next
season
will
feature
the
story
of
Gi-hun
(Lee
Jung-jae),
the
final
winner
of
the
deadly
contest.
The
series
released
on
September
17
and
soon
became
a
global
hit
for
the
streamer,
topping
charts
across
the
world
to
become
the
most-watched
Netflix
series
of
all
time.