Will There Be a <i>KPop Demon Hunters</i> Sequel?

THE RUNDOWN:

KPop Demon Hunters, which premiered on June 20, is one of Netflix’s most-watched animated movies.
The story follows a K-pop girl group, HUNTR/X, who are also demon hunters.
A sequel has not yet been greenlit, but the cast and crew are eager to return.

KPop Demon Hunters has quickly become one of Netflix’s biggest hits. Released on June 20, the musical is the streamer’s most-watched original animated movie in history. Its soundtrack is also breaking records: the song “Golden” currently tops the Billboard Hot 100. With all the buzz, fans are wondering if the story will continue. Here’s everything we know about a potential sequel.

What is KPop Demon Hunters about?

Co-directed by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, the musical follows a Korean pop girl group named HUNTR/X, made up of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zooey (Ji-young Yoo). In addition to being superstars, they serve as demon hunters tasked with defending the world from evil spirits and from their rival boy band, the Saja Boys.

Is a KPop Demon Hunters sequel in the works?

A sequel to KPop Demon Hunters hasn’t been greenlit yet, but the cast and crew are eager to return for another film.

When asked what she’d like to explore in a follow-up, co-director Maggie Kang shared that she would like to dive deeper into Zoey and Mira’s early lives. “We’ve set up so much for potential backstory,” she told Variety. “Obviously, there’s a lot of questions that are left unanswered and areas that are not explored, and we had to do that because there’s only so much movie you could tell in 85 minutes. This was Rumi’s story, and we have backstories for Zoey and Mira—ones that we actually put in the movie, but it just kind of rejected it. It just wasn’t the movie for those stories.”

Cho, who plays Rumi, also has ideas for a sequel. “I would love to see if we can rescue Jinu,” she told Variety. “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.”

And according to The Wrap, Netflix is planning to treat KPop Demon Hunters like Frozen or the Disney Princesses franchise, and expand it “across various channels and mediums,” two sources told the outlet. Another source shared that the streamer is reportedly planning a stage musical, a live-action remake, a series, and two sequel films to turn KPop Demon Hunters into a trilogy. They are also discussing a short film to be released between the feature films, according to a fourth inside source.