‘KPop Demon Hunters 2’? Netflix and Sony are in talks for a sequel to the animated musical hit

KPop Demon Hunters followers, rejoice. The shock musical hit with the addictive soundtrack is perhaps getting a sequel.

In keeping with The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Photos and Netflix are discussing a follow-up to the animated movie that incorporates a Okay-pop trio known as HUNTR/X battling demons, together with the alluring boy band, the Saja Boys.

The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, which options Okay-pop bops like “Golden,” “Your Idol,” and “Soda Pop,” has additionally turn into massively standard, beating out Depraved to turn into the highest-charting soundtrack of 2025. “Golden” at present has over 430 million performs on Spotify. As of this week, KPop Demon Hunters grew to become the most-watched Netflix unique film ever, with a complete of 236 million views since its June 20 launch.

Fueled by the fandom, the streaming service supplied the theatrical launch of  KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Alongside Occasion in 1,000 theaters throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. The 2-day occasion shortly bought out, making it the unofficial field workplace winner that weekend.

Studios more and more depend on films primarily based on preexisting mental property (IP), churning out sequels, prequels, and spinoffs of acquainted franchises as protected bets for return on their investments by ticket gross sales and merchandise. The success of KPop Demon Hunters got here as a shock to many, because it’s an unique story, with none main stars or earlier IP with a built-in fanbase to depend on.

However true Okay-pop followers like Mashable tradition editor Crystal Bell anticipated this fandom has the facility to create a phenomenon when completed proper. Bell interviewed the Demon Hunters crew to deconstruct how they crafted hit Okay-pop songs whereas telling a cohesive narrative. It is value a learn to see how they pulled it off.

In the meantime, it is as much as Netflix and Sony to barter some sort of settlement for a sequel. Sony struck a take care of Netflix in 2021, early on within the pandemic when field workplace gross sales had been down, to distribute Demon Hunters and different movies on the streaming platform. Sony will get a lower of the soundtrack gross sales, however Netflix owns the merchandise, THR defined. This is hoping they’ll work one thing out.

KPop Demon Hunters is now streaming on Netflix.