So, ‘Squid Game’ Season 4? Don’t Rule It Out

Squid Game has ended with its somewhat odd, six-episode season that essentially operates as the other half of season 2, just with a season 3 badge. It is a pretty conclusive end to the current arc, but this is the modern streaming era. This is Netflix. This is a showrunner that is getting paid millions upon millions to make this series. So no, we can’t rule out a season 4 of Squid Game.

This is not just random speculation, but it comes from creator Hwang Dong-hyuk himself in a recent interview with EW. It’s mainly about another season that’s a prequel, which wouldn’t be labeled season 4, I’m guessing, but he also speaks to that as well. Here’s his pitch for that:

"I actually had this faint ideation about possibly a spinoff — not a sequel, but maybe a spinoff about the three-year gap between season 1 and season 2 when Gi-hun [Lee Jung-jae] looks around for the recruiters," Hwang said. "There is that three-year period, and maybe I could have a portrayal of what the recruiters or Captain Park [Oh Dal-su] or officers or masked men were doing in that period, not inside the gaming arena, but their life outside of that. So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future."

So, that’s an intermission between seasons 1 and 2, and if that did end up existing, a series without an actual Squid Game being played, it would probably just be called “Squid Game: Gi-hun" or something like that. The advantage there would be that it would bring back some of its cast. You also might think it could do something like provide out-of-game backstories for some of season 2 and 3’s players.

But a sequel? Season 4? Not ruled out either:

“I'm not trying to say that I'm going to close the door to spinoffs or sequels altogether because they say never say never."

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This is not a question of whether or not Netflix would agree to this. They would in a second. Squid Game season 1 remains the most-watched show in Netflix history. Season 2 didn’t get that high, but it’s still in the top 5. Season 3 could go up or down, we’ll see. But it will be high, and Netflix, of course, is going to want any more Squid Game projects they can get their hands on, especially if the original creator is willing to return, as he’s the key to the whole idea.

Regardless, if this does manifest, it will almost certainly be years until we see something new from Squid Game. It’s taken us almost four years to get through three seasons (sort of two), and these ideas are still nebulous and not in production. But like Hwang, we shouldn’t rule it out.

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