The popular South Korean drama “Squid Game” will return to Netflix on June 27 for a third and final season, the streaming platform announced during its “Next on Netflix” event on Thursday.
The event also featured a short clip from the upcoming season, which reveals yet another tension-filled scene from within the games.
The third season will be the last installment of the series, which was developed for television by Korean writer and producer Hwang Dong-hyuk. The story will once again follow Lee Jung-jae as the protagonist Seong Gi-hun, who is determined to stop the dystopian games.
“Squid Game” is one of a trio of popular series returning to Netflix this year. The supernatural drama “Stranger Things” returns for a fifth and final installment, and the Addams Family-inspired series, “Wednesday,” is back for its second season.
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The survival thriller action series turned into a global sensation in 2021, bolstering Netflix’s subscription numbers and becoming the streaming service’s most-watched original series in its first month.
Netflix reported that 142 million households had watched the dark drama about people who compete in a deadly competition to erase financial debt.
