The Squid Game Season 3 release date has been pushed back to Summer or Fall 2025

Expect Squid Game Season 3 in the summer or fall of 2025, the show’s creator said.

in an interview The varietyWriter and director Hwang Dong-hyuk said that Netflix will announce the release date for Season 3 shortly after the recent release of Season 2: “I’m probably hoping to launch around the summer or fall of next year.”

Fans are already theorizing that the summer release for Squid Game Season 3 hints at a Halloween premiere for Stranger Things Season 5 . Currently, like Squid Game Season 3, Stranger Things Season 5 has a vague release window of 2025.

Anticipation for Squid Game Season 3 is high after Season 2 broke Netflix’s viewership record. It premiered to an incredible 68 million views, making Squid Game Season 2 Netflix’s biggest TV premiere ever on Wednesday ahead of 50.1 million views in 2022. That’s in the first four days of availability, so Season 2 will definitely hit the spot. Becoming one of Netflix’s most popular TV seasons ever in the first 91 days of viewership, perhaps even surpassing Season 1.

Squid Game Season 2 ends on a cliffhanger that sets up Season 3. Make sure our Squid Game Season 2 Review to find out what we think of the show. Fans are waiting for the official confirmation of the number of episodes of season 3, after the quick release of seven episodes of season 2 on December 26, 2024.

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