“KPop Demon Hunters” creator Maggie Kang thinks there’s potential for extra Huntr/x tales sooner or later, however solely in animation.
In a current interview with the BBC, the co-director of the Netflix phenomenon stated there may be nothing formally within the works, however she thinks “there’s undoubtedly extra we will do with these characters on this world.” Kang and her co-director Chris Appelhans additionally assured followers that if one other “KPop Demon Hunters” had been to occur, “it will likely be a narrative that deserves to be a sequel, and it will likely be one thing that we need to see.”
Produced by Sony Photos Animation, the film follows a well-liked Ok-pop woman group whose members use their music and dance strikes (and magical powers) to struggle demons and defend the world. However Huntr/x’s chief Rumi is retaining a secret from her bandmates Mira and Zoey that would result in their downfall.
Since its June debut, “KPop Demon Hunters” and its catchy soundtrack have smashed quite a few data on Netflix in addition to the Billboard charts. The film’s large reputation led to a restricted theatrical run for sing-along screenings in addition to dwell performances of its songs.
With Hollywood’s present pattern of sequels and remakes, it’s straightforward to consider that “KPop Demon Hunters” might spawn its personal franchise. However Kang and Appelhans each insist {that a} live-action adaptation needs to be off the desk.
“It’s actually onerous to think about these characters in a dwell motion world,” Kang advised the BBC, pointing to the tone and comedic components in “KPop.” “It might really feel too grounded. So completely it wouldn’t work for me.”
Appelhans agreed that the characters in “KPop Demon Hunters” are finest fitted to animation and nervous a live-action model of them might really feel too “stilted.”
“One of many nice issues about animation is that you simply make these composites of impossibly nice attributes,” Appelhans advised the BBC. “Rumi will be this goofy comic after which singing and doing a spinning back-kick a second later after which free-falling by way of the sky. The enjoyment of animation is how far you possibly can push and elevate what’s potential.”
For now, evidently Huntr/x will maintain shining solely within the medium they had been born to be — in animation.
