Discovery Channel is on Demon hunters in kpop Crazy in a very unique way – a new Shark Week special starring two of the film’s actors. private, K-Pop Heroes Sharkis set to premiere during this year’s Shark Week, scheduled for late July, and hopes to change opinions after recent shark attacks off the Korean Peninsula.
While the K-Pop idols’ actual demon-hunting gang is not involved, Special Discovery host Ken Jeong, who plays Bobby in the animated film, is “determined to reshape the perception of sharks throughout East Asia and around the world,” according to a press release. Rei Ami, the singing voice of Zoe in the Oscar-winning film, joins Jeong, as the “golden” singer appears to be a longtime lover or lover of sharks.
In the special, Jeong made it his mission to launch a public awareness campaign to “educate, empower and change the narrative” about sharks through “the power of K-pop.” It’s unclear exactly how K-Pop plays into the show, but it’s safe to say that they won’t be demons to fight on this show. It’s also, perhaps incredibly, not K-pop’s first shark collaboration. The boy band Enhypen was there Big Baby Shark movie as versions of their sharks and even released the song “Keep Swimming” for the Nickelodeon movie.
Jeong and Amy star in the surprise hit film produced by Netflix-Sony Picture Animations Demon hunters in kpop. The project — directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans — chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group made up of three members who happen to be fighting monsters from the underworld. EJAE, Ami, and Audrey Nuna served as the singing voices of the film’s main trio of characters, while Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo were the speaking voices of the characters.
When the film premiered in the summer of 2025, few seemed to know the cultural moment it would become. Unsurprisingly, K-pop fans were the first to watch the film when it debuted on Netflix. As the summer went on, the general public began to take an interest in it, and its success skyrocketed, earning it the title of Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time and sending songs to . He has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards and the K-Pop world’s first Grammy Award.
The 2026 Academy Awards mark the end of a nearly year-old chapter filled with film’s global dominance. In the aftermath, they will begin the long task of the sequel film. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news in August that a sequel film was being discussed at Netflix and Sony Animation. Earlier this year, Netflix struck deals with Kang and Appelhans for the sequel as part of a new multi-year writing and directing pact. A confirmed release date for the sequel has not yet been announced.
K-Pop Heroes Shark It will premiere on Discovery Channel during Shark Week, which runs from July 26-August. 1.
