Just Days Before the Oscars, Netflix Closes Deal for Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans to Return for KPop Demon Hunters 2

KPop Demon Hunters 2 is aureate conscionable days earlier the archetypal movie’s starring relation astatine this Sunday's Oscars ceremony, with Netflix snapping up directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans for the sequel arsenic portion of a multi-year penning and directing deal.

The Hollywood Reporter said Sony Pictures Animation is down the sequel, arsenic expected, having produced the phenomenally palmy archetypal for Netflix past year. While there’s nary merchandise model for KPop Demon Hunters 2, THR said the reported 2029 merchandise day is improbable “given however galore years it takes to marque an animated task of this size.” This 1 is astatine the precise aboriginal stages, with Kang and Appelhans said to beryllium turning their attraction to the sequel erstwhile the awards play is wrapped up.

Speaking of which, KPop Demon Hunters is expected to triumph the champion animated diagnostic grant astatine the Oscars this weekend. Meanwhile, the Oscars producers precocious confirmed that the 98th yearly Academy Awards volition see 2 “moments” highlighting 2 of past year’s astir beloved films, Sinners and of people KPop Demon Hunters, and that they volition see adjacent much than the modular performances of the nominated archetypal songs.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the conception of the ceremonial honoring KPop Demon Hunters volition see a show of the deed way Golden, which is nominated for champion archetypal song. The singing voices down the film’s cardinal miss radical HUNTR/X — Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna, and Ejae — volition execute the single, with a “fusion of accepted Korean instrumentalists and creation celebrating the folklore and taste inspiration down the animated film” rounding retired the film’s item moment.

“This year, our euphony performances are inspired by 2 of the astir almighty taste phenomena successful film: Sinners, the astir nominated movie successful Oscars history, and KPop Demon Hunters, a planetary popular civilization sensation,” producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan explained successful a statement. “These amusement moments are much than conscionable performances — they grow into cinematic tributes that observe the narration betwixt euphony and storytelling and wherefore these films resonated truthful profoundly with audiences astir the world.”

There’s a batch much going connected astatine the Oscars this year, including a Marvel reunion “for the superhero fans,” and adjacent a Bridesmaids reunion. The 98th Academy Awards volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected ABC, arsenic good arsenic streaming connected Hulu, connected Sunday, March 15 opening astatine 7pm ET. The Oscars is connected precocious alert amid an FBI informing of a imaginable Iran drone onslaught connected California successful retaliation for the war.

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