'Squid Game' creator wants to make spin off, shares idea

Squid Game creator isn’t ready to say goodbye to the hit Netflix show.

While Squid Game is officially coming to an end with its third and final season soon, showrunner-writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk says he has an idea for a spin-off.

"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 told Entertainment Weekly.

"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,” he explained.

“So that is some vague ideation that I have that could possibly be developed in the future," he added.

The creator insisted that Squid Game will indeed end with season three, meaning that Gi-hun’s mission to bring an end to the sadistic games will have its end.

"Season 3 is indeed a finale, and you'll be able to feel that once you watch," Hwang said.

"But 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," he added. 

Squid Game season three premieres on 27 June.