{"id":150416,"date":"2025-10-14T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=150416"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:36:06","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-will-stay-animated-its-creator-rejects-a-live-action-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/kpop-demon-hunters-will-stay-animated-its-creator-rejects-a-live-action-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"KPop Demon Hunters will stay animated, its creator rejects a live-action possibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong> premiered on June 20, 2025, on <strong>Netflix<\/strong>, and it has become a worldwide sensation since then. It\u2019s currently the platform\u2019s most-watched movie ever, and its soundtrack was just as massive, with the lead single \u201cGolden\u201d topping the charts across different regions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1977751588220400077\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The creators of \u2018K-Pop Demon Hunters\u2019 have dismissed the idea of making a live-action adaptation:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to imagine these characters in a live-action world. It would feel too grounded. So totally it wouldn\u2019t work for me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Godro4aFro\">pic.twitter.com\/Godro4aFro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1977751588220400077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The success of the movie came with questions about sequels and possible live-action versions. However, creator <strong>Maggie Kang<\/strong> told the BBC she never wants a live-action remake because the humor, action, and supernatural energy aren\u2019t meant for that format. Co-creator <strong>Chris Appelhans<\/strong> agreed, explaining that animation lets Rumi pull off outrageous moments like singing a high note and kicking through the air seconds later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to imagine these characters in a live-action world. It would feel too grounded. So, totally it wouldn\u2019t work for me,\u201d Maggie said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yebNIHKAC4A?si=aquFPLHy2vUkfSU-\" title=\"\u201cGolden\u201d Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yebNIHKAC4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite the creators\u2019 reluctance to a live-action version, Maggie Kang has been open about wanting to expand the KPop Demon Hunters universe, particularly the stories of the film\u2019s co-protagonists, <strong>Mira<\/strong> and <strong>Zoey<\/strong>, after focusing on Rumi in the first film. And while there\u2019s still no clear information about any sequels in this world of demons and K-pop stars, one thing\u2019s for certain: KPop Demon Hunters is staying animated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20, 2025, on Netflix, and it has become a worldwide sensation since then. It\u2019s currently the platform\u2019s most-watched movie ever, and its soundtrack was just as massive, with the lead single \u201cGolden\u201d topping the charts across different regions. The success of the movie came with questions about sequels and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":150417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,1399],"tags":[3460],"class_list":["post-150416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-movies","tag-kpop-demon-hunters"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}