Netflix’s ‘Zombieverse’: All you need to know about new Korean zombie reality series

Netflix is all set to come up with a new reality series, Zombieverse. The streaming platform is making concerted efforts in coordination with Kakoa Entertainment.

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Netflix is looking forward to scaling up zombie content on its streaming platform. In this endeavour, it has teamed up with Kakoa Entertainment to come up with Zombieverse.

It is a new reality series, where many entertainers from South Korea will fight for survival in the heart of Seoul amidst a zombie apocalypse.

What is Zombieverse?

Zombieverse is a reality series, which is set in South Korean capital Seoul. In it, a group of survivors must work together to survive as they look for water, food transport and shelter. The contestants are given different tasks every day to complete to earn the supplies they need. If any of them are “bit”, they must be left behind.


Moon Sang-don of Hey! First Time in Korea? and Park Jin-Kyung of My Little Television are working together to make this series a success.

The art team, which was behind ‘All of Us Are Dead’, is also working on the project. All the extras, who have been hired to play the zombies, are being trained by the same choreographers from the Kingdom.

Zombieverse’s release date

Netflix has till now not shared any release date for Zombieverse. The filming for the series seems to have been completed and it is expected that the series gets aired before the end of 2023.
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Who are the survivors?

The list of the survivors include:
Sweet Home actor Lee Si Young, who starred in the first season as Seo Yi Kyung and may return for the second and third season.

Noh Hong Chul, who is a popular entertainer on Korean TV and known for The Hungry and the Hairy and March of the Ants.

South Korean DJ Park Na Rae, who is also a comedian. He had previously starred in the reality series New World.

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Kim Cheol aka DinDin, who is a South Korean rapper and TV personality.

South Korean baseball player Yoo Hee Kwan, who plays for the Doosan Bears.

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FAQs:

  1. When is Zombieverse coming to Netflix?
    There’s no release date, as of now.
  2. Who has written Zombieverse?
    Jordan Rubin, Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan.
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