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Netflix confirmed new Korean titles Physical: Asia, documentary The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies and You and Everything Else as part of the country’s originals slate for 2025.
These titles join previously-announced projects like Revelations, Lost in Starlight, Mantis, Good News and Melo Movie, among many others.
Physical: Asia builds on the streamer’s hit unscripted series Physical: 100, now featuring athletes from across Asia forming country teams to compete for national glory.
You and Everything Else will launch in Q3 and the streamer said that the work will “explore the relationship between two friends who love, hate, and envy each other.”
Among the Korean tentpole projects previously announced by Netflix, Revelations will mark a film collaboration between Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho and Roma filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The film follows a pastor and a detective, each driven by their own beliefs while dealing with a missing-person case. Ryu Jun-yeol (The Night Owl) and Shin Hyun-been (Hospital Playlist) star in the film.
The third season of the streamer’s historic, record-breaking series Squid Game will premiere on June 27, as first revealed last week during Netflix’s U.S. leg of its Next on Netflix events.
Another tentpole title is Kim Byung-woo’s sci-fi disaster film The Great Flood. Kim Da-mi (Itaewon Class) and Park Hae-soo (Squid Game) will star in the film. Set on the last day of Earth, The Great Flood tells the story of a desperate fight to save a child from a flooding apartment after a great flood has swept the planet.
Premiering March 7, When Life Gives You Tangerines will feature popular singer-actress IU alongside Park Bo-gum. In April, Resident Playbook, a spin-off from hit series Hospital Playlist, will follows the lives and friendships of OB-GYN residents
Netflix Korea’s first animated film, Lost in Starlight, will also arrive on the platform in the spring.
In Q2, unscripted series Kian’s Bizarre B&B, starring KIAN84, Jin from BTS, and Ji Ye-eun, will premiere on Netflix, revolving around a guesthouse on the island of Ulleungdo.
Returning seasons of popular shows will arrive on the platform this year, including The Devil’s Plan, Crime Scene Zero, Culinary Class Wars.
Action and thriller titles Weak Hero: Class 2, Cashero, Mercy for None, Trigger, Karma, You Killed Him and The Price of Confession will premiere on Netflix in 2025.
Other titles including Tastefully Yours (featuring Kang Ha-neul from Squid Game Season 2 and Ko Min-si from Sweet Home), Dear Hongrang, Heavenly Ever After (starring Son Suk-ku), Genie, Make a Wish (starring Kim Woo-bin and Suzy) The Potato Lab, Can This Love Be Translated? (starring Kim Seon-ho), as well as The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (starring Kingdom‘s Ju Ji-hoon) round off Netflix’s Korean slate for the year.
