Netflix is trying to join the financially risky (but at times very successful) trend of turning beloved animated films into creatively bankrupt and visually insulting live-action movies. As The Wrap reported back in July, Netflix is seeing the gargantuan, unprecedented success of the animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" and planning to capitalize on what could have been Sony's biggest film of the year . According to the report, Netflix is referring to the movie, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans about a K-Pop girl group who lead double lives as demon hunters, as its "Frozen." Basically, Netflix sees as much value in this as Disney did in the highest-grossing film of 2013, which has since become a theme park ride and a movie franchise with TV spin-offs and more.
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