“Squid Game”, the most watched series ever produced by Netflix, returned to streaming with his third season, which will also be the last. The expectations are as high as possible, as the first episodes show, the South Korean director Hwang Dong-hyuk seems to have taken full advantage of the more generous budget he had available.
Launched in September 2021, the series in Korean had to be a standalone, with a closed end. But the success over any expectations enjoyed “Squid Game” made the American streaming company order a second season, after just a few months after its launch.
Then, in September last year, Netflix came with completely unexpected news. In addition to announcing season 2 for December 26, 2024, the company has revealed that Squid Game will also have a 3 season, which ends the thread of the story designed, written and directed by Hwang Dong-Hyuk.
“The real game begins,” said the South Korean filmmaker in a letter published by Netflix. In a discussion in December with HotNews.ro, he confirmed the speculation that appeared in the film industry, according to which Netflix made available a much more consistent amount to end his vision of the series
“The design of the production is now much greater in extent and several characters appear. Due to the success of season 1, I have been offered creative freedom, including in terms of budget, to bring to life everything I intended creatively, from the extent of the story to all the scenes we initially planned,” Hwang told HotNews.ro.
“I would say that, clearly, for season 2 everything has been extended in this regard,” he said. This could already be seen in the season launched in December, which ended with an armed battle between some of the players and guards masked in pink uniforms, one that kept in suspense until the last moment.
The Netflix series “Squid Game” breaks a major tabo in season 3
“It was easy. I killed all those beloved characters in season 1, so I had to create new characters for seasons 2 and 3. I thought it would be interesting to include people who have connections between them. So we have Gi-Hun and the best friend of Gi-Hun, a mother and her son. This is intentional, for added entertainment, “Hwang said now in an interview published this week by The New York Times.
These very intimate relationships and the way they resist in front of life and death games are the major taboo that Squid Game He explores him in his final season.
Asked, under these conditions, how realistic he wanted to show violence in season 3, HWang told NYT:
“I wanted to restore what the social failure means by the concept of death, because about social death, in fact. So it was an analogy. But there are elements that must be realistic, for the sake of the story. So I understand why it may seem very violent or brutal.”
“As for the spectators, I am glad that he is enjoying him. But I hope that, after looking at the series, to make time to reflect on the topical problems again.
Season 3 of “Squid Game” comes on Netflix with the biggest games so far
As expected, the new season resumes the thread of the story from the place where the previous one ended: with the players left alive, facing the repercussions of the fight that was close to overwhelming the guards.
Inevitably, the camp that supported the continuation of the games, now in a strong numerical majority, votes to do that. The first game in the new season is a deadly variant of “you hide yourself”, staged in an extended labrinit, in an almost surreal decor.
The games that take place during the following episodes are just as great. Netflix does not publish how much the different films and serials it produces, although the specialized press, usually finds the approximate amounts based on its sources in the film industry.
This time Netflix managed to keep the secret to Hollywood journalists, although information in the South Korea press suggests that it would be 100 billion won ($ 68.9 million) for season 2 and 3 taken in one place, more than 4 times more than the budget he had for HWang for the first season of HWang Squid Game.
Season 3 Al Squid Game It is already available to watch on netflix at the time of publishing this article by HotNews.ro.
