The full trailer for the third and final season of Netflix’s global hit series Squid Game, released at Netflix’s Tudum fan event.
The trailer showcases protagonist Gi-hun (Player 456, played by Lee Jung-jae) returning to the deadly games following the failed rebellion in season two.
The trailer, highlighting heightened stakes, features Gi-hun confronting the game’s mysterious powers, shouting, “Why didn’t you kill me? Why did you let me live?” It reveals new challenges, including a disorienting maze and a lethal jump rope game, culminating in a tense face-off with the enigmatic Front Man (Lee Byung-hun).
The third season, set to premiere on June 27, 2025, with all episodes dropping on Netflix, marks the conclusion of creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s saga. While the episode count remains unconfirmed, reports suggest six episodes. Season two ended with a cliffhanger, showing Gi-hun’s failed attempt to dismantle the games from within, thwarted by the Front Man, revealed to viewers as Player 001, who executed Gi-hun’s best friend, Player 290 Park Jung-bae (Lee Seo-hwan), as a warning.
New imagery hints at two new games: a giant gumball machine dispensing red and blue balls for an X and O voting system and a reimagined Red Light, Green Light. Hope for Gi-hun may lie in an external mission to infiltrate the game’s headquarters.
Returning characters include the Front Man, detective Hwang Jun-ho, and players Myung-gi (Player 333), Dae-ho (Player 388), Hyun-ju (Player 120), Yong-sik (Player 007), Geum-ja (Player 149), Jun-hee (Player 222), Min-su (Player 125), Nam-gyu (Player 124), and pink guard No-eul. Produced by Firstman Studio, with Hwang and Kim Ji-yeon as executive producers, the season concludes the Squid Game story, though spin-offs like Squid Game: The Challenge and Squid Game: Unleashed suggest future expansions.
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