Streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) had an absolute winner with Kpop Demon Hunters. Just days ago, we found out this little wonder managed to hit the top of the box office, even managing to beat out Weapons in its third week. And with that in mind, the news of a sequel to come is little surprise. Netflix gained fractionally as a …
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Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you a dose of news and analysis from around the world. Read on, and sign up here. ‘KPop Demon Hunters‘ Are “Golden” Netflix Ready for the “Takedown”?: Around 250 million of us around the world will by now have heard the ridiculously catchy hooks of KPop Demon Hunters, which has taken the world …
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When you watch KPop Demon Hunters, it is easy to see why it has become the most popular movie that Netflix has ever released. The animated musical’s story about a trio of pop stars tasked with protecting humanity from monsters is familiar, but refreshingly different and infinitely more stylish than other narratives like it. The soundtrack is full of undeniable …
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Netflix When a South Korean monk performed a Buddhist ritual for a wildly popular K-pop boy band, it was the most unusual ceremony he had ever held. His mission: to guide the souls of the band to peace and rebirth. The band were long gone – or rather, they had never been alive, except in the fictional world of the …
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Conan Gray, who’s worked his way up from the YouTube content mines to become a pop star in his own right, enters this week’s chart at No. 3 with his album Wishbone. Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns This week, Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart yet again. But …
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Talks are under way to make a sequel to streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters, according to reports. The animated film, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, has become Netflix’s most watched film of all time with more than 236m views, and a “singalong” version topped the North American box office last weekend after a brief cinema release, with an …
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Once a demon slayer, always a demon slayer. Or at least, that’s the hope. Sony Pictures is in talks with Netflix to make an animated sequel to KPop Demon Hunters, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The fantasy musical has turned into the sort of cultural sensation every Hollywood studio or streamer spends hundreds of millions trying to hunt down but …
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The moment has finally arrived: Kpop Demon Hunters has officially become Netflix’s most popular film of all time. The animated musical produced by Sony Pictures Animation added another 25.4M views from August 18 to 24, bringing its total since its June 20 premiere to 236M views. It has now surpassed Red Notice to take the top spot on the Most …
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Topline The Netflix smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” has broken the all-time record for the most-watched film ever on the platform, Netflix said Tuesday, after successfully jumping into theaters with a series of singalong showings over the weekend and making history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey form the band Huntr/x in “KPop Demon …
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“KPop Demon Hunters,” the animated phenomenon of the summer, is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history. The film about a K-pop girl group who track down mythical monsters when not filling stadiums and arenas has overtaken “Red Notice,” an action comedy with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, as the most-watched film on the service. “KPop Demon Hunters” …
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