After one other bloody good season of Kingdom, followers shall be much more ravenous to see the Korean horror collection return for a 3rd season. We’re nonetheless ready for Netflix to substantiate {that a} third season is occurring, however that received’t cease us speculating on what we are able to count on from Kingdom season three.
Kingdom is a Netflix Authentic South Korean horror collection written by Kim Eun-hee. The collection is predicated on the e-book Land of the Gods, which was additionally written by Kim Eun-hee. First arriving in 2019, the horror collection has since turn out to be one of the well-liked non-English titles obtainable to stream on Netflix.
![Kingdom | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4l-yByZpaaM/hqdefault.jpg)
Has Kingdom been renewed for season three?
Official Netflix Renewal Standing: Pending (Final Up to date: 30/06/2020)
We’re over 5 months on because the launch of Kingdom season two on Netflix, and we’re nonetheless but to listen to any information that the collection has been renewed for season three.
Regardless of the dearth of stories, we’re nonetheless assured that the collection shall be renewed for a 3rd season. Our confidence has solely been bolstered extra since screenwriter Kim Eun-hee and director Park in-je have been interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter.
When requested concerning the quantity of story and quantity she had left, Kim Eun-hee had the next to say:
Surprisingly sufficient, Kingdom is a collection that provides me extra power the extra I write it. The solid and crew all have nice chemistry, and there’s a lot extra to inform. If viewers enable, I might like to see it develop even as much as season 10.
The last we’ve heard from Kim Eun-hee was her discussing what position Jun Ji Hyun could need to play in season 3:
I feel Jun Ji Hyun will turn out to be a central position alongside the primary characters from season one and two.
Followers, and certainly ourselves, are delighted to learn how enthusiastic Kim Eun-hee is about the way forward for Kingdom. Ten seasons is extremely formidable, however contemplating how well-liked the horror collection has turn out to be, who’s to say it couldn’t attain double figures?
What to anticipate from season three of Kingdom
Under we’ll be discussing what we are able to count on to see from the third season of Kingdom.
*Spoilers for Kingdom season two*
Outbreak within the North
After seven years and three months since Prince Chang faked his dying, we discovered from Younger-Shin, in a reunion with Cho Beom-Pal, that his royal highness had been investigating the resurrection plant, looking it throughout Korea. We discovered that the resurrection plant had been rising in areas throughout Korea, and a mysterious vendor from the Chinese language/Korean border had been promoting it to the frequent people.
Taking Prince Chang, Seobi, and his guard north, they found an deserted village. Upon investigating, they quickly found that the village had turn out to be contaminated. After dispatching one of many undead, the additional ringing of bells amongst the bushes indicated, much more, contaminated have been on the best way.
With solely three skilled fighters amongst them, from what we noticed, it’s extremely probably that Prince Chang could must retreat from the north. With out the related variety of troopers to take down zombies, there could possibly be one other outbreak within the north.
Extra undead on the best way…
Who’s the plant vendor?
Monitoring the mysterious vendor north, it was lastly revealed the particular person attempting to unfold the plague was a girl. Her motives are unclear at this level, however as one of many peasants revealed he had bought the resurrection plant from the border between China and Korea, so she could possibly be working for the Ming Dynasty.
The intention could possibly be to annihilate the inhabitants of Korea, then enable Chinese language forces to overcome with ease.
Alternatively, she may need to watch the world burn.
Who’s she!?
The brand new undead prince?
Regardless of eradicating the worms from the younger Prince as a child, of at the very least one of many parasites remained in his system, laying dormant till his mind had developed sufficient for it to take over.
For now, all we all know is that the worm carrying the an infection has unfold to the Prince’s mind. Considering it has been mendacity dormant for seven years, it could affect the younger royal otherwise to different victims.
Personally, it might be too straightforward for an infection to say the prince, turning him right into a senseless monster and spreading the plague inside the palace partitions. It’s probably we’ll see a brand new type of contamination, one which will corrupt his thoughts till ultimately turning him right into a smarter and even deadlier zombie.
Will a treatment ever be discovered?
Seobi had spent the higher a part of seven years attempting to find a treatment for the undead plague. Apart from the invention that submerging a sufferer in water destroys the worms, little or no progress had been made.
In her analysis, Seobi was capable of spherical up all that we knew concerning the virus;
- The worms are affected by climate, favoring colder temperatures over heat, however are extremely risky when uncovered to excessive warmth.
- The undead lay dormant throughout the months of Spring and Summer time
- In Autumn and Winter, the undead are solely energetic throughout the evening when temperatures drop
- After the Winter solstice till the primary day of Spring the useless stay energetic day and evening.
- Submerging the victims in water earlier than an infection takes maintain will destroy the worms inside the physique
Sadly, Seobi had been mistaken about newborns immunity, because the worms laid dormant inside the prince even after submerging his wounds.
Seobi’s analysis has been left within the palms of Cho Beom-Pal, in case of one other outbreak, which can arrive earlier than anybody would have anticipated.
Kim Eun-hee’s replace
In the identical dialogue the place screenwriter Kim Eun-hee spoke of Jun Ji Hyun’s position in Kingdom, she revealed a little bit of what we are able to count on from the third season:
Season one instructed the story of starvation and season two instructed the story of blood. If Netflix agrees, I would like season three to inform the story of resentment. Season two introduced consideration to the idea of ‘temperature’ and I feel if the story have been to journey north, the totally different ecosystem within the North would act as a touch.
Casting information for Kingdom Season three
We stated goodbye to loads of solid members within the second season, many sadly falling sufferer to the undead plague.
One solid member we’ll positively be seeing extra of for the third season shall be Jun Ji Hyun. Whereas which will title be unfamiliar for some, the South Korean actress was seen within the dying seconds of Kingdom season two, revealing her to be the offender spreading the resurrection flower round Korea.
It was revealed in late 2019 that Jun Ji Hyun had been solid, however her position had been saved a fiercely guarded secret. We are able to now perceive why, as a result of her being solid all however confirms a third season of Kingdom.
Solid members, we’re anticipating to see returning for season Three are:
| Function | Actor/Actress | The place have I seen/heard them earlier than? |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Prince Chang | Ju Ji-Hoon | Asure: The Metropolis of Insanity | Vintage | The Spy Gone North |
| Website positioning-Bi | Bae Doo-Na | Sense8 | Cloud Atlas | The Host |
| Younger-Shin | Kim Sung-Kyu | The Outlaws | Tunnel | The Unintended Detective |
| Jo Beom-Pal | Jun Suk-Ho | Sturdy Lady Do Bong-Quickly | Intruders | Lucid Dream |
| Moo Younger’s Spouse | Ahn Eun Jin | Hospital Playlist | Stranger From Hell | The Topped Clown |
We’ll guarantee to catch you up on all the most recent information and knowledge for the third season of Kingdom.
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When can we count on filming to start for the third season of Kingdom?
Whereas we might reasonably keep away from speaking concerning the topic, Covid-19 is the elephant within the room. The worldwide pandemic has shut down all method of companies, sporting occasions, theatrical releases, and even the postponement of filming for Netflix Originals.
Grace and Frankie have halted manufacturing for season seven, and Russian Doll had been scheduled to start filming for the second season on the finish of March however has since been postponed.
Russian Doll season 2 was scheduled to start out filming on the finish of the month in New York.
That’s now been postponed because of Coronavirus. https://t.co/aeYTp9wezL pic.twitter.com/IjfYa6hx4J
— What’s on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) March 12, 2020
We’re unsure when AStory would have scheduled filming for Kingdom season three, all we all know is no matter plans that they had in thoughts shall be vastly impacted as they consider the protection of all these concerned with the collection.
When can we count on to see Kingdom season three on Netflix?
As we’ve speculated above, Covid-19 might vastly affect the manufacturing of the third season, which suggests we might see the collection delayed by of least a number of months.
It’s changing into more and more much less probably we’ll see Kingdom return in any capability in 2021. The earliest we might hope to count on the collection to return to Netflix now could be 2022.
What number of episodes will season three characteristic?
We’ve all the time recognized that Kingdom had been pushed from eight episodes to 12, however plans for a 3rd season could not have been thought-about if it wasn’t for the overwhelming recognition.
Now that we’re in uncharted territory, we might see much more episodes of Kingdom. We’d actually prefer to see extra, however the price of making Kingdom is extraordinarily costly. Netflix can typically be strict with the variety of episodes in an Authentic, so don’t be stunned to see the collection return with one other six episodes.
Whereas we might like to see greater than six episodes of Kingdom in season three, simply having extra of the zombie horror is greater than adequate for us.
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