You’ll Probably Have to Wait a Few Years for a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sequel

Sony and Netflix have closed a deal for a follow-up to the animated smash hit, as have directors Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang.

With “KPop Demon Hunters” becoming Netflix’s biggest film of all time, it was only a matter of time before Netflix reached a deal with Sony Pictures Animation to go to work on a sequel. And today fans are getting word that Huntr/x is back, just maybe not as soon as they’d like.

Sony and Netflix have closed a deal to make a sequel to “KPop Demon Hunters,” and co-directors Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang have also both closed a deal to return for the sequel, IndieWire has learned. However, as Bloomberg first reported, it’s likely a film wouldn’t release on Netflix until 2029, though that date is uncertain and can change. Animated films take some time after all if you want them to look good.

Sony and Netflix each declined to comment when reached by IndieWire.

Bloomberg’s article also noted that “KPop Demon Hunters” toys are finally on the way, with fans being able to place orders on toys soon. One problem: they won’t ship until 2026, so this Christmas won’t be KPop-themed.

Still, enthusiasm for “KPop Demon Hunters” hasn’t slowed a bit. The film has been in Netflix’s Top 10 list for movies for 20 straight weeks, and it has racked up a whopping 325.1 million views on Netflix, and counting. It has nearly 100 million more views than what, for years, was Netflix’s most-viewed movie ever, the Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds action movie “Red Notice.”

Not only that, but the movie was a box office hit back in August and even returned to theaters for another sing-a-long event for Halloween that did an additional $5-6 million at the box office. Dressing up as Huntr/x was one of the hot Halloween costumes of the year for people of a certain age. And several songs from the film, including “Golden,” “Your Idol,” and “Soda Pop,” have been mainstays of the Billboard Hot 100 ever since the film released and became a mega hit.

Sony Animation produced “KPop Demon Hunters” for Netflix as part of a service deal and got a $25 million profit as a fee, but we imagine that fee will climb for this mega sequel. There’s the theory that Sony left money on the table by not releasing such a sensation into theaters itself, but the film was always designed as a streaming title to work and catch fire on Netflix, and that’s exactly what it did.

We’re going up, up, up! (In awhile.)