Squid Sport Creator Formally Units New Netflix Present After Divisive Ending

Squid Sport creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has a brand new present within the works at Netflix. He was additionally the showrunner, director, author, and an government producer of the hit Netflix sequence that grew to become a well-liked cultural phenomenon and concluded with season 3 in 2025.

Now, Hwang’s subsequent undertaking is producing The Supplier, a Korean on line casino crime drama sequence that has been formally greenlit by Netflix. He’s producing by means of his Firstman Studio Banner, which was additionally behind Squid Sport.

The present’s plot focuses on the proficient on line casino supplier Geonwha (Jung So-min), whose plans to get married change into extra sophisticated after a housing fraud scheme. This leaves her with no selection however to return to playing and the prison underworld with a purpose to regain management of her future.

The Supplier‘s solid of characters additionally consists of Ryoo Seung-bum because the struggling gambler Hwang Chisu, Lee Soo-hyuk because the formidable on line casino participant Jo Jun, and Ryu Kyung-soo as Geonwha’s fiancé Choi Wooseung, who’s a detective.

Cinematographer Choi Younger-hwan makes his directorial debut with the sequence. Choi has beforehand acquired approval for his work on the flicks Smugglers, Veteran, Tazza: The Excessive Rollers, and The Thieves.

With all three seasons of Squid Sport being the three most-watched seasons of all time for Netflix’s non-English reveals, the streamer is seeking to additional capitalize on that success in its subsequent collaboration with Hwang. Season 1’s 265.2 million all-time views even outperformed Wednesday season 1, which holds the file for the platform’s English reveals at 252.1 million views.

Regardless of this success, Squid Sport season 3’s ending was divisive, as many viewers took concern with the destiny of Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), the winner of the ultimate recreation, and different artistic choices. Season 3 has a 51% viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a pointy decline from season 1’s 85% and decrease than season 2’s 64%.

There have been rumors of a Squid Sport spinoff, together with stories that David Fincher can be helming an American model of the present, however nothing has been formally set but.

Hwang has been candid in regards to the anxious course of of creating the unique present, particularly throughout Squid Sport season 1, which triggered him to lose “eight or 9 tooth.” The Supplier won’t be as all-encompassing for him, as he’s a producer however shouldn’t be taking up as many roles for this undertaking.

With Hwang connected to The Supplier, it’s nonetheless prone to acquire a big quantity of consideration and anticipation. That is vital for Netflix, particularly after Squid Sport and one other one in all its hottest sequence, Stranger Issues, each launched their closing seasons in 2025.