KPop Demon Hunters 2: What We Know

The trailer above is the first film's, not the sequel's: no footage from KPop Demon Hunters 2 exists publicly, and nothing below pretends otherwise.

Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation have confirmed a second KPop Demon Hunters film, and the year attached to it is 2029. What makes that number worth pausing on is how the studio itself has framed it. Sony Pictures Animation has called 2029 optimistic, which is a rare thing for a studio to say out loud about its own release target. So the honest summary is this: a sequel is happening, and the date is a hope rather than a promise.

What has been announced, and what has not

The confirmed part is short, but it is not empty. A sequel is in the works at Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, 2029 is the year that has been discussed, with the studio flagging it as ambitious, and in March 2026 Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans were announced as returning to write and direct. That last point is the substantial one: the two people who made the first film are making the second. Beyond it, little. No title has been announced. No plot has been described. No release month, no trailer, no teaser, no confirmed voice cast for the new film. Netflix has not said when any of that will arrive either, and there is no announced date for a first look.

A wait this long fills up with rumors. A useful test for anything circulating online is whether it traces back to Netflix or Sony Pictures Animation. If it does not, it is a guess wearing a headline. Fan casting, supposed track lists and leaked plot beats fall into that category until one of the two names above puts them in writing.

How long a film like this takes, and what the studio said about 2029

Feature animation runs on long schedules. Story work, design, voice recording, animation and finishing stack up over years rather than months, and a musical adds another layer, since songs have to be written and recorded before much of the animation can be built around them. In February 2026, Sony Pictures Animation president Kristine Belson said the sequel would likely not be finished by 2029. That is the studio's own read on its own date, and it is not a reassurance.

The practical takeaway for anyone tracking this: 2029 is the only year anyone has put forward, and the people making the film have already said out loud that they may not meet it. No later date has been announced, and this page will not invent one.

What the first film left on the table

KPop Demon Hunters arrived on Netflix in June 2025, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans. It follows HUNTR/X, the trio of Rumi, Mira and Zoey, who perform as a girl group and hunt demons, holding up the Honmoon barrier with their music. Their opposition comes from the Saja Boys, a demon boy band fronted by Jinu, working under the demon king Gwi-Ma. The soundtrack carried much of the film, with songs including "Golden," "How It's Done," "Soda Pop," "Your Idol," "Takedown" and "What It Sounds Like."

Whether the sequel picks up any of those threads is not known. Kang has said the second film is planned to be larger in scale and more eventful than the first, and has pointed at unanswered questions worth exploring, including backstories for Mira and Zoey. So the directors have talked about the film. What has not been described is a plot. Until they do, that section of this page will stay short on purpose.

Four years is a long time to hold on to a film, and most of what fills that gap is not news but objects. The dolls cover all three of HUNTR/X and, on the Saja Boys side, Jinu alone. The plush range is the softer, cheaper way in, and Derpy is well represented there: the blue tiger from the film, drawn from minhwa folk painting, and the character the merchandise took to fastest. Both are available now, which is more than can be said for the release date.