The third and final season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game, marketed as Squid Game 3, created for television by South Korean writer and television producer Hwang Dong-hyuk, is set to be released on June 27, 2025. It is produced by Netflix. The season stars Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-joon, Im Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-shim, Jo Yu-ri, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won.

Cast and characters

Numbers in parentheses denote the character's assigned player number in the Squid Game universe.

Production

= Development

= Hwang stated in December 2021 that he was discussing a third season of Squid Game with Netflix. The third season was confirmed after season two aired. When Hwang was thinking about the idea for the ending of season three, he thought of season three as the finale. He believed that with that story, he was able to tell everything that he wanted to tell through the story of Squid Game and also in the perspective of Seong Gi-hun as a character, and that he doesn’t need any further stories from here.

= Writing

= Hwang originally envisioned the second and third seasons as one, but split them up because he had too many episodes for one season. According to Hwang, after the end of the third season, Gi-hun will once again be a changed man compared to the previous two seasons and "at a very critical crossroads". The season will also reveal how Hwang In-ho became the Front Man. Cheol-su, Young-hee's giant robot doll "boyfriend", was introduced in the post-credits scene of the second season's final episode and will appear in season three alongside a new Game.

= Casting

= Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun will reprise their roles as Gi-hun and the Front Man, respectively, along with others who reprise their roles from season two, which are: Wi Ha-joon, Kang Ha-neul, Park Sung-hoon, Im Si-wan, Yang Dong-geun, Park Gyu-young, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-shim, Lee David, and Roh Jae-won, as the season will resume the Game of the second season.

= Filming

= Filming for the season started in July 2023 and ended in June 2024, as it was filmed back-to-back along with the second season.

= Post-production

= The editing portion for season three was nearly done in November 2024.

Release

The season is scheduled to be released on June 27, 2025.

References

External links

Squid Game at IMDb