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Netflix’s Minyoung Kim Talks Expanding Asia Budget, Future Of Live Sports And Delivering Zombie Films In Thailand & Indonesia — APAC Showcase
Netflix's Minyoung Kim talks 'Squid Game' home country Korea, her $2.5B four-year budget and new zombie films in Thailand and Indonesia.
She has seen Korean titles grow to become the second-highest-performing content on the service — just behind U.S. shows and films globally, according to Ampere Analysis — with Japanese anime and drama programs also picking up significant steam in recent years. Kim sat down with Deadline at the streamer’s APAC showcase in Tokyo to talk about Netflix’s growing budgets and wider plans for Asia, the future of live sports programming in the region, and breaking into the zombie genre for the first time in Thailand and Indonesia with Ziam and Elixir. Reflecting on the Tyson-Paul fight, Kim adds that another key takeaway was the significant interest in the women’s boxing match between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano held prior.
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