Steve Newall: entertainment correspondent on Netflix announcing a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters

Netflix has recently confirmed it would release a sequel to Kpop Demon Hunters, its most popular film of all time and a two-time Oscar nominee.

The film's a big hit with fans all over the world, and it's nominated for two Academy Awards this Monday - Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

Entertainment correspondent Steve Newall explained further, and discussed the other nominees ahead of tomorrow's Oscars. 

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks EDB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Really good news for all the fans out there of
the K Pop Demon Hunters. Netflix has announced a sequel
to the streaming platform's most watch movie of all time.
No release date has been set yet, but you know
you can start leaving the anticipation build. And of course,
this announcement comes as it is predicted that The K
Pop Demon Hunters could potentially win at the Oscars on Monday,

(00:38):
New Zealand Time. It's got two nominations for Best Animated
Feature and Best Original Song. And here to talk more
about the Oscars is our entertainment correspondents Steve Neil.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Good morning, Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Well it gets you in a mood, doesn't It wakes
you up, gets you going have.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
I haven't k K Pop Demon Huntered yet.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
I haven't either, And look at my producer. She's a yeah,
she's right onto it for her kids. She is very
fired up through the window. But look, I think you
need to have kids certain age to probably jump on board. No,
she's shaking her head. No, that's not your case.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
It's for everybody.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Cool. Sorry, it's for everyone, we'll give it a gouy,
let's put it on the list. Christy Nome, though, has
kind of made a headline a bit of a sideways
no no, no, no no, but she's kind of she's kind
of hit the headlines because her the amount of money
that she spent on advertisements for Homeland Security on one
advertise on one one advertisement has kind of been compared to.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
Oscar for oh, this is so great. Now this is
a story that was published in People magazine of all places. Now,
you know, I guess it's like it's a bit of
an entertainment weekly, a bit of a table like almost
a tabloid. But it's one of a few interesting outlets
that have kind of done some of the best reporting
on the current Trump administration, which is just kind of
cuckoo crazy for starters that are celebrity kind of gossip.
Ragger is doing the sort of reporting, but the headline

(02:00):
is Christie Nomes two hundred and twenty million dollar Homeland
Security horseback riding ad dwarfed the budgets of this twenty
two six Best Picture nominees and if we go down
the list of all the films nominated for Best Picture,
these totals that People Magazine we can't with is the
production budget plus the marketing budget. Right, So you got okay,
on the one hand, you got Christian Nome, a sixty

(02:20):
second ad which she's on horseback trying to get illegal
immigrants to voluntarily deport themselves to the United States. Two
hundred and twenty million dollars. Okay. So we go through
these best picture numbs. If one combined budget of production
and marketing three hundred and fifty million, okay, that's more
expensive than Christie nomes one minute ad. Oh no, the
next one on the list one Battle after another two

(02:40):
hundred million, already below the line of Nomes Homeland Security
AD Frankenstone over one twenty million, Mudy Supreme one hundred
and forty to one hundred and seventy five Sinners, one
hundred and forty t one hundred and fifty Bigonia eighty
Hamnet over thirty, Train Dreams over ten, sentimental Value over
seven point eight million, and the Secret Agent over five
point two million. It's all a bit ridiculous, but it

(03:01):
has kind of cracked me out.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Look, it is very amusing, and some people might be
taking from taking away from this conversation it costs how
much to make if one, but that's the movie business
right now.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
I think the conversation might be like, how much money
got siphoned out of that Homeland Security ad budget to
go into someone's pocket.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Oh my godness. Anyway, I am really hoping that one
Battle after Another picks up the Best Picture tomorrow afternoon.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
It seems to be tracking. I think the Sinner's effect
right is kind of the big thing hanging over this oscars,
like how successful it will convert its record number of
nominations in the Academy Awards we've seen in the last
couple of days. I think this is unrelated to the
Timothy Chalomai opera ballet Bally Who that Michael B. Jordan
has overtaken Shallow by long margin and the tipping for

(03:49):
who's going to win Best Actor. The votes closed on
the fifth of March, and as of March seven, that's
the point where he seemed to take over. So maybe
some of the conventional thinking about these oscars is being
set to one side. Maybe it is a big feel
good day for sinners, But like you, one battle after
another's ready. The film of the Frame.

Speaker 2 (04:09):
The Timothy Shallamy conversation is really interesting. Not because you've
made a flippant comment about opera and the ballet, which
is now doing wonderfully well and getting lots of support
thanks to those comments, but it was the way he
marketed the film, and he kind of stayed in that character,
and I felt like saying, dude, the character is so infuriating,
we do not need more Mighty Supreme. I wonder whether

(04:30):
because it is a bit like it is a bit
like a political campaign campaigning for the Oscars, you've kind
of got to win the hearts and minds of your peers.

Speaker 3 (04:39):
And narratives form, heroes and villains emerge, and it's again,
it's all kind of nonsense, but it's really entertaining nonsense.

Speaker 2 (04:48):
Do you think there'll be any surprises tomorrow?

Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah, I don't know. I think this might be one
of those if you're in the tipping game, like me,
going to sit down and fill out a sheet tomorrow
and try and beat my mates at picking the winners. Sinners. Yeah,
big question mark over sinners. But really, if you're going
to win your office or friend tipping competition, it'll be
those down the down the ballot awards like Best Animated

(05:14):
Short or Best.

Speaker 2 (05:15):
Cinematography or whatnot's Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:17):
I think so. Yeah, but nevertheless, looking forward to the
show tomorrow. It's streaming on Disney Plus. The ceremony starts
at midday. There's some red carpet before that. It's hosted
by Conan O'Brien.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
Again, you did it last year too.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeah, I think it's I think it's a good fact.
I mean, it's like, it's not an Edgy Awards. It's
not it's not going to set the world on fire.

Speaker 2 (05:38):
It's just.

Speaker 3 (05:41):
It's a chance to see the Hollywood kind of politics
and action in a way that does determine what films
get made and what we get to watch. And you know, yes,
you are clapping for a room of very privileged multimillionaires.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
But they're also very talented people.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
Yeah, and addressed well and they dressed well.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
But I think you raise a really good point there.
I look at the list of films that have been
nominated this year for Best Picture, and most of them
are unique and original and ambitious, and I get excited
about the future of cinema.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah's And you know, it's a good time of year
if there's you can realize that maybe blind spots and
New years of you going to catch up on.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
And totally because we can see most of these films.
That's the other thing. Once upon a time we would
be watching the Oscars here in New Zealand going Okay,
these are the films I'm going to watch over the
next six to twelve months. Now we can sit and
go as you go and watch them.

Speaker 3 (06:27):
Now the movie feels different in that regard.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
Love it. Thank you so much, Steve. As Steve mentioned,
the ninety eighth Oscars are on Tomorrow afternoon, sixteenth March,
from prof thirty on Disney Plus.

Speaker 3 (06:40):
Get dressed up on a Monday afternoon or not, just
enjoy them.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
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