{"id":446976,"date":"2026-05-13T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/446976\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:34:09","slug":"kpop-shark-heroes-brings-kpop-demon-hunters-to-shark-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/446976\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018KPop Shark Heroes\u2019 Brings \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 to Shark Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDiscovery Channel is getting in on the KPop Demon Hunters<\/a> craze in a very unique way \u2014\u00a0 a new Shark Week<\/a> special starring two of the film\u2019s actors. The special, KPop Shark Heroes, is set to premiere during this year\u2019s Shark Week, scheduled for late July, and is hoping to change minds after recent shark attacks off the Korean peninsula. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the actual demon hunting gang of K-pop idols are not involved, the special finds host Ken Jeong<\/a>, who plays Bobby in the animated feature, \u201cdetermined to reshape the perception of sharks across East Asia and around the globe,\u201d according to a press release. Rei Ami<\/a>, the singing voice of Zoe in the Oscar-winning film, joins Jeong, as the \u201cGolden\u201d singer is apparently a longtime lover or sharks.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the special, Jeong makes it it his mission to launch a public awareness campaign that \u201ceducates, empowers and shifts the narrative\u201d around sharks through the \u201cpower of K-pop.\u201d It\u2019s unclear exactly how K-pop plays into the show, but it\u2019s safe to say they\u2019ll be no demons to fight in this one. It\u2019s also, perhaps unbelievably, not K-pop\u2019s first collaboration in the shark world. Boy group Enhypen were in Baby Shark\u2019s Big Movie as shark-ified versions of themselves and even released a song<\/a> \u201cKeep Swimming\u201d for the Nickelodeon film.<\/p>\n

\n\tJeong and Ami both star in Netflix-Sony Picture Animations\u2019s surprise hit KPop Demon Hunters. The project \u2014 directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans \u2014 chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group made up of three members who also just happen to fight monsters from the underworld. EJAE, Ami and Audrey Nuna acted as the singing voices for the film\u2019s trio of main characters, while Arden Cho, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo were the speaking voices for the characters.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen the film premiered in the summer of 2025, it seemed like few knew what a cultural moment it would become. K-pop fans, unsurprisingly, seemed to be the first to tune into the film when it premiered on Netflix. As the summer went on, the general public started to pay attention, and its success only skyrocketed, earning it the title of Netflix\u2019s most-watched film ever and sending the songs to the . It raked in several awards including two Academy Awards and the first Grammy Award for the world of K-pop. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 Oscars marked the end of a nearly year-old chapter full of global domination for the film. In the wake, they\u2019ll begin the long task of its sequel film<\/a>. The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0first broke the news in August that a\u00a0sequel film was in talks\u00a0at Netflix and Sony Animation. Earlier this year, Netflix closed deals with Kang and Appelhans<\/a> for the sequel as part of a new, multiyear writing and directing pact. A confirmed sequel release date has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

\n\tKPop Shark Heroes will premiere on Discovery Channel during Shark Week, which runs from July 26-Aug. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Discovery Channel is getting in on the KPop Demon Hunters craze in a very unique way \u2014\u00a0 a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,118406,3622,270,49868,194331,65542,194332],"class_list":["post-446976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ken-jeong","tag-kpop-demon-hunters","tag-movies","tag-rei-ami","tag-shark-week","tag-upfronts","tag-upfronts-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}