4 K-pop movies from Hollywood and Netflix are being made right now as America turns to the wildly popular genre for inspiration
- Anderson Paak’s ‘K-Pops!’ is about a washed-up hitmaker who goes to Seoul; Lynda Obst and Miky Lee’s ‘K-pop: Lost in America’ follows a K-pop group in the US
- Netflix’s ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ brings Maurene Goo’s romcom novel of the same name to the screen; Sony’s ‘K-pop: Demon Hunters’ is an animated adventure
On May 4, Anderson Paak announced that he would direct and star in a dramatic comedy movie called K-Pops! that would co-star his son, Soul Rasheed.
The movie joins at least three other feature-length productions in the works from Hollywood studios right now that are inspired by K-pop.
Made in collaboration with production company Stampede Ventures, K-Pops! will feature Paak as a washed-up hitmaker who goes to Seoul to write songs and discovers his long-lost son is pursuing a career as a K-pop star.
The project is being developed with rapper Dumbfoundead, who is co-writing the screenplay with Khaila Amazan.
While K-Pops! is a “going to Seoul” story, K-Pop: Lost In America is a movie about bringing K-pop to the US. From Interstellar producer Lynda Obst and Parasite producer Miky Lee, the movie features a K-pop boy band lost in the US who need to get from Texas to New York. It is set to arrive in 2023.