Netflix and Sony have finalized a deal for KPop Demon Hunters 2, as first reported by Bloomberg. The sequel to the smash hit animated musical is set to arrive in 2029.
Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans are set to return. The potential four-year gap between the movies is due to animated films taking far longer to develop than their live-action counterparts.
KPop Demon Hunters was developed by Sony Pictures Animation. Centering on the fictional K-pop girl group HUNTR/X, who lead a double life fighting demons that take the form of a rival boy group, Saja Boys, the film became Netflix’s most popular movie of all time.
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Demand for KPop Demon Hunters has become so big that Netflix brought a sing-along version to movie theaters that topped the box office with $18 million over two days. More recently, the film brought in an estimated $5 million to $6 million while showing from Halloween to November 2nd.
Performed by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, the soundtrack to the film has topped the Billboard 200 albums chart twice, with the hit song “Golden” spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Revisit their recent performance of the track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon here.
