{"id":301031,"date":"2026-02-25T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/301031\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:26:07","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-getting-criterion-collection-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/301031\/","title":{"rendered":"‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Getting Criterion Collection Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters is headed to the Criterion Collection, an unexpected but telling vote of confidence for one of the most culturally visible animated features of the past eight months.<\/p>\n

Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, the Netflix release blends K-pop musical spectacle with supernatural action and culturally specific mythos, and its graphic stylization helped it break through an increasingly crowded animation landscape and build a fanbase well beyond typical animation circles. It\u2019s also Netflix\u2019s most successful<\/a> film of all time.<\/p>\n

Variety <\/a>first reported the Criterion news, noting that KPop Demon Hunters will be released alongside Guillermo del Toro\u2019s upcoming Frankenstein, another Netflix Original. While Criterion has gradually expanded its scope to include more contemporary titles, the addition of a recent, streaming-first animated film remains a rare and hugely welcome occurrence. Release dates and details about special features have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

For physical media enthusiasts, the move is particularly meaningful. Netflix has historically been reluctant to license most of its titles for physical releases. A selection by Criterion, which is traditionally very careful in curating its catalog, shows the organization\u2019s confidence in the film\u2019s place in history. A Criterion release also ensures the highest technical standards of the time and, typically, some cool extra features and supplemental materials.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also another reminder of just how far KPop Demon Hunters has traveled from a lightly promoted and largely unknown Netflix original last June to a bona fide cultural touchstone, one that is now positioned for long-term preservation rather than algorithmic obscurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters is headed to the Criterion Collection, an unexpected but telling vote of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-301031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}