There are some motion pictures that simply arrive in the best place on the proper time to be a runaway hit, and because the greatest film on Netflix proper now, KPop Demon Hunters has been precisely that. Whereas nobody may have predicted simply how large the animated musical film would grow to be, and meaning speak of a possible sequel is rarely distant. Because it occurs, one of many administrators, Maggie Kang, already is aware of the place she wish to see that sequel take the story.
Chatting with Leisure Weekly, Kang defined how the most important puzzle with the film was figuring out methods to do “a non-origin origin story” in regards to the demon-hunting group, Huntr/x. Kang stated:
“We had been making an attempt to do a non-origin origin story with an idea that is model new to folks. What’s it about these women that introduced them into HUNTR/X and made them demon hunters? What’s every of their backstory? How did they get chosen? What’s that journey like?…[If a sequel happens,]Then we will reveal extra of that backstory.
“There was actually not an area for the film to indicate all that. So we actually needed to make these selections of what’s important to the story, and that’s the data that we are going to present. I believe that was one of many hardest issues we saved getting requested: ‘Please present us this.’ ‘I believe the viewers goes to need to know this or that. We simply made selections to be like, ‘Nope, that’s not important to this story for this film, and possibly that may be proven another time.'”
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Has Been a Viral Sensation
It doesn’t matter what gripes folks have about Netflix, the streamer nonetheless manages to provide nearly all of streaming’s greatest hit motion pictures and TV reveals. From Stranger Issues and Wednesday, to Completely satisfied Gilmore 2 and Glass Onion, it’s inconceivable to disclaim the attain of Netflix. Even Squid Sport would possible have been nothing greater than one other overseas language collection if it had not landed on Netflix.
KPop Demon Hunters was launched having already sparked a number of curiosity through social media because it promised a shiny, sing-along expertise with the story of its pop-star lady group sworn to guard the Earth from demon threats – see, the title does make sense. The movie’s enchantment was not simply within the telling of the story, which additionally includes a soul-sucking demon boy band, however its incorporation of an entire Ok-pop soundtrack that has taken the music charts by storm and ensured that the movie gained much more consideration weeks after its launch.
Whereas a sequel has not but been green-lit, there’s a likelihood that it may very well be helped alongside this weekend when a sing-along model of the film hits cinemas and is anticipated to grab the primary spot away from horror masterpiece Weapons. Whether or not that occurs or not, it’s already nearly assured that we are going to see Huntr/x again in one other motion journey within the not-too-distant future.
KPop Demon Hunters
- Launch Date
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June 20, 2025
- Runtime
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96 minutes
- Director
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Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang
