Manny Pacquiao to participate in ‘Physical: Asia’… ‘Black and White Chef 2’ Applicants ↑ 1,000 (Netflix 2025 Korea)

‘Boxing legend’ Manny Pacquiao will appear in the sequel to ‘Physical 100’.

On the 4th at 10:30 am, the ‘Next on Netflix 2025 Korea’ event was held at the Grand Ballroom of Fairmont Ambassador Seoul in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul to reveal Netflix‘s representative lineup for Korea and the world in 2025.

On this day, Netflix will present a new dating reality show ‘Born Single But Wants to Date’, a true entertainment trend, Gian84, BTS Jin, and MZ trend, Ji Ye-eun, together with the legendary mystery entertainment show Various entertainment series such as ‘Crime Scene Zero’ are expected to entertain viewers. In addition, the brain survival game ‘Devil’s Plan’ Season 2, ‘Physical: Asia’​ where representative players from each country put their pride on the line in an intense national competition, and the K-cooking survival show ‘Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War’ Season 2 that has heated up the world were introduced.

Among them, Netflix Nonfiction Director Yoo Ki-hwan announced that ‘Boxing legend’ Manny Pacquiao will appear in ‘Physical: Asia’, the sequel to ‘Physical 100’, which has been expanded into an Asian version. He explained, “Manny Pacquiao will be participating in ‘Physical: Asia’ as a representative of the Philippines.”

‘Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War’ Season 2 also felt hot popularity from the very beginning of its cast recruitment. Director Yoo Ki-hwan said, “There are more than 1,000 applicants,” and hinted at the fierce recruitment situation. He added, “Both CEO Baek Jong-won and Chef Ahn Sung-jae said, ‘This time, we won’t bend,‘ and ’We will not back down and will push through our opinions.‘ You can look forward to the production team’s efforts to bring out the chemistry between the two.”

The sequel to ‘I Am God,’ ‘I Am a Survivor,’ was also introduced. Director Yoo Ki-hwan explained, “It will contain the final story of JMS, whose Supreme Court ruling was recently handed down. It will also vividly portray tragic events in Korean history and the voices of survivors.”

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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