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Squid Game Season 2 Creator Reveals Why It Has Only 7 Episodes
ComingSoon.netStory by Tamal Kundu
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Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk reveals why Season 2 had only 7 episodes, as he preps for the highly anticipated Season 3 coming in 2025.
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- Hwang wrote Seasons 2 and 3 simultaneously and they are currently in post-production for Season 3, which could debut as early as summer or fall 2025.
- Hwang decided to end Season 2 after Episode 7 as he felt it was the 'right adequate moment to rest' given the dramatic events and character arc for Seong Gi-hun after the failed player revolt.
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Hwang Dong-hyuk, Seong Gi-hun, Lee Jung-jae, Netflix, Squid Game, Squid Game Season 2, Squid Game Season 3