\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is a rare zeitgeist-capturing phenomenon. The animated musical, about a Kpop group that also battles the forces of darkness, just became the #1 Netflix original movie of all time. And a sing-along version of the movie, released in theaters for just two days, was enough to have it sit atop the domestic box office for the weekend.<\/p>\n
Of course, with this success, there are many opportunities. And Netflix is looking at all of them.<\/p>\n
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But one that seems to be a sure bet is a sequel, or pair of sequels, to complete a \u201cKpop Demon Hunters\u201d trilogy. As TheWrap previously reported, Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation, which produced the original movie, have begun discussing the further adventures of Huntr\/x and plans include two sequels. Everyone is committed to the franchise. And directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans have started thinking about where the franchise will go next.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s immense pressure,\u201d Kang admitted about the follow-up in an interview with TheWrap. \u201cEverybody tells us, \u2018Oh no, it\u2019s easier. You know how to do it.\u2019 But you can\u2019t do the same thing again. You have to make it bigger and better. And there\u2019s way more pressure because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kang said that she and Appelhans strove to make the first movie \u201ceverything that it could be.\u201d \u201cWith the sequel, the pressure that we put on ourselves is going to be bigger,\u201d Kang explained. She said that the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d movies did a great job of growing with the kids as they aged. \u201cWith this too, it feels like the movie will grow with the fans, who are going to get older, and we\u2019ll have to cater to that a little bit more,\u201d Kang said of the film\u2019s popularity with kids and pre-teens. \u201cAnd that prevents it from becoming the same thing.\u201d But before all of that, Kang joked, \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to get through our schedule. We\u2019re trying to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a personal film to make the first time,\u201d Appelhans said. \u201cMaggie said very articulately, making sure that the second one is personally satisfying, that meets our standards is really important, because that\u2019s of all the things you can control as an artist, believing in the story you\u2019re telling and the work you\u2019re making is the one you truly have total control over. That\u2019s hard to do, but that\u2019s the one thing you can count on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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