K-Pop Demon Hunters is already a phenomenon, and now Sony and Netflix are reportedly discussing a sequel after the film became Netflix’s most-watched movie, with 236 million views. Talks are early, but directors and studios have had preliminary conversations about bringing the bands back for more demon hunting.
The animated feature’s runaway success is well-documented; GamesRadar reported that it has garnered 236 million views, surpassing long-held records like those of Red Notice. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures and Netflix have opened discussions about an animated follow-up. The conversations are preliminary, and no deal has been sealed, but directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans have been mentioned in those early rounds of talks.
We’d heard about Kang and Appelhans before the pair were in negotiations for a sequel, and THR now suggests that studio-to-studio chats have also taken place.
Well, the movie’s reach hasn’t stopped at streaming: the singalong cut of the film actually topped the US box office on release weekend, a strange, kinda brilliant trick for an animated Netflix title, and several songs from the soundtrack have charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Golden” hitting number one.
An earlier report suggested that the property could expand beyond a single sequel, potentially including two animated follow-ups, a live-action remake, and even a stage musical. KPop Demon Hunters follows the girl group Huntr/x, who use music to keep demons from spilling into the human world. Trouble shows up when a rival demonic boy band arrives to poach fans and threaten the barrier between worlds. Who saw this coming?
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