‘Squid Game’ director says he’s in talks with Netflix for season 2 and three

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk, the mind behind the globally well-liked South Korean thriller “Squid Game”, says he’s in talks with Netflix for a attainable second and third season of the present.

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 round a contest the place 456 gamers, all of them in deep monetary debt, are delivered to a secret play to play a lethal youngsters’s sport for an opportunity to win 45.6 billion received prize.

“I’m in talks with Netflix over season 2 as well as season 3,” Hwang stated in a web based interview with Korean broadcaster KBS, as per a report in Korea Times. “We will come to a conclusion any time soon.”

It is the primary time that the director-writer has hinted at the potential for a 3rd season of the largest Netflix authentic collection after he confirmed a plan to provide one other season in a media interview final month.

He stated the subsequent season will function the story of Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the ultimate winner of the lethal contest.

The collection launched on September 17 and shortly grew to become a world hit for the streamer, topping charts internationally to change into the most-watched Netflix collection of all time.