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Two Updates On ‘KPop Demon Hunters 2' Heading To Netflix
It has set more records than I can list here across both Netflix itself and music charts, and KPop Demon Hunters remains the #1 movie on the service after nearly two months.
The obvious question is what happened next with KPop Demon Hunters, a film that will reportedly spawn a franchise that Netflix wants to be its own Frozen. Now, we have at least a pair of updates about the most obvious development, KPop Demon Hunters 2, a sequel to the first film.
The first comes from Puck News, that Sony Pictures Animation is in talks with directors Maggie King and Chris Appelhans about making a KPop Demon Hunters 2. You will note that says Sony, not Netflix, as Sony Animation was the one who made the film, and has the ability to negotiate sequel, even if the rights go to Netflix. And no doubt Sony is thinking about this carefully, as the same report says that given the original Sony deal, the company will net only around $20 million from the deal, despite how big the movie has exploded in the pop culture space and what it means for Netflix's future.
This is obviously going to happen, it's just a matter of when, and more importantly, who gets paid what, whether that's Sony, the directors, the voice cast or the singers, all of which are essential to making a sequel film happen in this somewhat complicated scenario. All this considered, it's likely going to be much more expensive based on that alone, and the first movie cost $100 million to develop.
The second update here is more of a bit of theorizing from the cast. Rumi voice actress Arden Cho was asked by Variety what she wanted to see from KPop Demon Hunters 2:
'I would love to see if we can rescue Jinu! It is a magical world, right? I feel like the options are endless, and our incredible writers and directors left it a bit open. Anything is possible.'
The events of the first film did in fact seemingly kill off Rumi love interest Jinu as he sacrifices himself for her and the world, but she's right, it's a fantasy, magic world, so maybe he was just banished…somewhere, and Rumi can now go save him. Save him through the power of song, no doubt.
So no, the question is not if KPop Demon Hunters 2 will exist, it's more of a matter of when it will get here. And if no sequel was originally planned, the time it will take to write, voice and especially animate may be lengthy. Just look at the gaps between Sony's Spider-Verse movies. But no doubt this is a top priority.
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