Netflix Orders Ultimate Beastmaster Global Competition Series

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is planning the first-ever global on-demand competition series, Ultimate Beastmaster, featuring and produced by Sylvester Stallone (Creed, Grudge Match) and producer Dave Broome (The Biggest Loser, Strong).

Ultimate Beastmaster will have six customized local versions featuring local languages, competitors and hosts from each competing country. Those countries are the U.S., Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Germany and Japan. All ten episodes of the series will be made available at the same moment globally on Netflix.

The ten-episode event series will feature 108 competitors, 18 from each country, in total. Each hour-long episode will feature 12 competitors, two from each country, who will take their shot at an obstacle course dubbed “The Beast.”

For each localized version in the U.S., Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Germany and Japan, local celebrity hosts and popular athletes will provide commentary throughout the competition. The hosts for the U.S. are Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Ridiculous Six) and Charissa Thompson (Extra TV, Fox Sports); in Brazil Anderson Silva (UFC Middleweight champion) and Rafinha Bastos (comedian, journalist and TV personality); in South Korea Seo Kyung Suk (actor, comedian and TV host) and Park Kyeong Rim (actress, comedian and TV host); in Mexico Ines Sainz (journalist, sportscaster and TV host) and Luis Ernesto Franco (actor and producer); in Germany Hans Sarpei (former soccer player and TV personality) and Luke Mockridge (comedian); and in Japan Sayaka Akimoto (actress) and Yuji Kondo (sports anchor).

Broome commented: “I’m thrilled and honored to partner with Netflix. Their trailblazing network is the perfect home for this groundbreaking global series. I’m excited for viewers to see extraordinary men and women from around the world try and tackle this amazing physical course in the guise of a jaw-dropping modern monster—The Beast.”

“The invitation to partner with Netflix and mega-producer Dave Broome on this revolutionary concept was an opportunity I couldn’t resist,” added Stallone. “The world will watch in awe as amazing competitors from around the globe overcome grueling physical challenges—and in the process become champions and heroes. The course is unequaled in its daring creation and I am excited to be a part of it.”

“As a global internet TV network, Netflix can uniquely create a compelling event that pits great competitors from six countries against one another, with commentators that audiences from these countries love and then unleash all of the episodes, at once, in multiple languages for our members to enjoy no matter where they are,” said Erik Barmack, the VP of international originals at Netflix. “With Sylvester Stallone and Dave Broome at the helm, it’s going to be outrageously fun.”