‘Squid Game' creator CONFIRMS Gi-hun's fate; Teases potential spinoff
The creator of Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk, is the one who is most excited about the release of the show's final season.
The writer and director of the popular show opened up in a recent interview about his relief on the show coming to an end.
"There hasn't been a single day that went by without me thinking about Squid Game,' he said to The Hollywood Reporter and admitted, 'This is something that has completely consumed me.
"
Although Squid Game's ending is not meant to set up any future stories "at this time," sources tell THR that director
David Fincher
is reportedly working on an English-language spinoff.
The story of his main character, eager hero Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the indebted father who won the deadly Squid Games in season one and returned to defeat them in seasons two and three, is finally concluded in the final episodes, as Hwang had promised.
But despite his heroic efforts, Gi-hun leaves this story unharmed. Rather, he gives his life to ensure the survival of Jun-hee's (Jo Yu-ri) newborn child. In the end, the infant assumes his mother's role as Player 222 and wins the games.
His mother and father, Lee Myung-gi (Yim Si-wan), also known as Player 333, both meet tragic ends during the games.
With Oscar-winning actress
Cate Blanchett
making a surprise appearance in the series' final scene as the Recruiter for an American version of the Squid Games, the combination of hope and gloom in Hwang's anti-capitalist thriller leaves viewers with a lot of thoughts.
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With an ongoing point that the Games will continue, the scene either closes the book on the story or allows the wildly popular franchise to continue with a potential spinoff series.
While also sharing the thing he found most difficult to write in Gi-hun's ending, he said, "If season three is met with as much love as people loved season one, then I think I'm definitely going to feel less empty about saying goodbye.'
Although he is open to future spin-offs that dive deeper into the recruiters' world, Hwang Dong-hyuk affirms that this concludes Gi-hun's arc and the original Korean narrative.
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