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Netflix viewers are desperate to know if there’s a sequel to smash hit Kpop Demon Hunters in the works…
KPop Demon Hunters has shot ‘up, up, up’ to become the most watched movie in Netflix viewing history.
The animated musical has been seen a total of 236 million times since its release in June, overtaking action comedy Red Notice to become the streaming site’s most popular English language film in history.
The film follows the adventures of fictional K-pop girl band Huntr/x – Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) – as they attempt to protect humans from demons to maintain an ancient magical shield, using their impressive musical and fighting skills.
They face challenges in the shape of their pop star rivals – Saja Boys – who are secret demons who want to steal Huntr/x’s powers, and the only way to defeat them is to release a new smash hit single and expose their devious plan.
Rumours of a potential KPop Demon Hunters sequel first emerged shortly after the film’s release on June 20.
There was a relatively low-key launch of the movie by Netflix at the start of the summer but it has since rocketed to popularity thanks to word of mouth, social media and a rather catchy K-pop soundtrack from some major players in the booming K-pop music industry.
The quality of the music is so good that Netflix savvily released a sing-along version in cinemas across the US and Canada as well as here in the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, just last weekend.
This has meant the streaming site can now boast its first ever number one film at the US box office, while many of its songs have reached the top 10 of Spotify’s global charts, with Golden dominating the top spot across the globe and beating the likes of Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.
Golden and Your Idol, by Huntr/x’s arch enemies Saja Boys, have also topped the US Spotify charts, making the fictional band’s more successful than real life K-Pop giants BTS and Black Pink.
Fans are now questioning whether there will be a second instalment of the film, and according to reports in The Wrap, there are two animated sequels planned as part of a franchise expansion, though there’s no release date yet.
Netflix is currently in talks with Sony Pictures to develop the projects, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Director Maggie Kang told Screen Rant “there are a lot of pockets that we can explore”. Co-director Chris Appelhans added to People: “There are so many unanswered questions, in a good way, and so many avenues that could be their own story.”
And Netflix Films chairman Dan Lin told Newsweek recently that the site is “excited to explore what could be the next adventure for Huntrix”.
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