{"id":121455,"date":"2025-10-14T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121455\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:12:07","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-creator-on-why-a-live-action-movie-wouldnt-work-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/121455\/","title":{"rendered":"KPop Demon Hunters Creator on Why a Live-Action Movie Wouldn’t Work – Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

With\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0dominating global charts and awards predictions, co-director Maggie Kang<\/a><\/strong> has addressed growing speculation about a live-action remake. Her recent comments have reignited conversations about the film\u2019s creative future and what comes next for the animated K-pop trio, Huntr\/x. The update also sheds light on why the directors believe the story works best in animation.<\/p>\n

Maggie Kang explains why a live-action remake of KPop Demon Hunters is unlikely<\/p>\n

Maggie Kang, the creator and co-director of KPop Demon Hunters, ruled out the possibility of a live-action remake during a BBC<\/a> interview in Europe. She explained, \u201cThere\u2019s so many elements of the tone and the comedy that are so suited for animation. It\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<\/p>\n

Co-director Chris Appelhans agreed, adding that animation allows them to push creative boundaries that live action cannot. \u201cOne of the great things about animation is that you make these composites of impossibly great attributes. Rumi can be this goofy comedian and then singing and doing a spinning back-kick a second later and then freefalling through the sky,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe joy of animation is how far you can push and elevate what\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair\u2019s comments come as KPop Demon Hunters continues its record-breaking run on Netflix, surpassing Squid Game with over 325 million views. The film, about the K-pop trio Huntr\/x who battle demonic boy band Saja Boys, also topped global music charts. Its anthem \u201cGolden\u201d spent several weeks at number one, tying \u201cSugar Sugar\u201d by The Archies as the longest-charting animated act in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

The success has sparked speculation about a sequel and potential Oscar nominations. Kang said she is \u201cexcited for the potential for more stories,\u201d confirming that \u201cthere\u2019s definitely more we can do with these characters in this world.\u201d <\/p>\n

The film remains a frontrunner for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, with \u201cGolden\u201d among Netflix\u2019s official submissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters\u00a0dominating global charts and awards predictions, co-director Maggie Kang has addressed growing speculation about a live-action…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[18,117,2650,19,17,4923,51992,337],"class_list":{"0":"post-121455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-entertainment-news","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters","14":"tag-maggie-kang","15":"tag-music"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}