Squid game on Netflix: Before its last season, a series derivative already in sight? – News series

It is the most viewed non -speaking series of all time on Netflix: the Squid Game phenomenon ends soon! After the success of the first two seasons, the South Korean series created by Hwang Dong-Hyuk will return for a third and last season on the platform, which will put an end to the adventures of the hero Seong Gi-Hun alias the 456 player, interpreted by Lee Jung-Jae.

Denanti by the loss of his best friend and plunged into deep despair by the master of the game, who had hidden his true identity to infiltrate the game, Gi-Hun passes to the next stage. While the choices of survivors have increasingly serious consequences for each test, Gi-Hun is determined to end the game once and for all.

The “front man” which has become one of the major figures of “squid game”

The third and last season of Squid Game will finally reveal to us who of Gi-Hun or from the Front Man, the master of the game who had passed for a candidate in season 2, will win this unprecedented part.

Lee Byung-Hun, who embodies the front front, explained during his visit to Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show That season 3 was going to resume from the cliffhanger of season 2 while Gi-Hun faces the loss of its nearest Jung Bae ally and manages the impact of the infiltration of the Frontman in the rebellion as a player.

The actor could never have imagined that Squid Game could be so successful in the world. “When I read the script, it was a very interesting story, with a very original structure, but at the same time experimental”he explained, “So I said to myself that it would either be a huge success or a total failure”.

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He also admitted that he had not warned his relatives, or even his mother, that he had a role of squid game at the beginning. And the international success of the series always surprises him: “Squid Game is a Korean story written by a Korean director, with Korean actors and Korean. When I came to Los Angeles and New York for Squid Game, I was very surprised by the reaction of the fans. I am very proud”.

A future spin-off for “squid game”?

So will the Squid Game adventure really stop there? Nothing is less certain. Netflix never really leaves its chickens with golden eggs stop soon. The Casa de Papel was treated to its Berlin spin-off, which is also a huge box. So could Squid Game are entitled to a derivative series?

Maybe according to Lee Byung-Hun! When Jimmy Fallon asked him the question of a possible spin-off on the front front, the actor pressed the positive button inspired by the series of the series. And he added: “”We may never know what's going on. “

If this spin-off is not officially confirmed, the universe of Squid Game will already be extended with an American remake of the South Korean series developed by David Fincher.

Season 3 of “Squid Game” will be available on June 27 on Netflix.