Netflix’s New ‘Severance’ Replacement Is Officially Taking Over the World

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Hot off the success of Doctor X: Mafia in White, Netflix has a major new South Korean series making a mark on its global charts. The eight-part fantasy mystery series debuted on the platform on October 30 with huge shoes to fill. Netflix has found tremendous success in the Korean market, with several shows having crossed over worldwide. In fact, Doctor X has spent three weeks in the top-10 leaderboard, which is often dominated by Korean titles. The three seasons of Squid Game remain Netflix’s most-watched non-English series of all time, with the first season perched at the number-one spot, having amassed 265 million views in the first three months of release in 2021. The streamer’s latest hit not only has thematic overlaps with Squid Game, but also with the blockbuster Apple TV series Severance.

Created by Han Jun-hee, who earlier worked on the Netflix series The Blue Road, the new series has been directed by Kim Da-min. It stars matinée idol Lee Jae-wook as a young man who takes a mysterious part-time job with sinister consequences. The job pays 50 times the normal wage, but puts employees through unexpected tasks. The first three episodes of the series premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, and all eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix. According to FlixPatrol, the new series debuted on the Korean and international streaming charts.

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