The big picture
- Hello Sunshine's documentary about K-pop group ENHYPEN,
Fanmade: Enhypen
focuses on the perspectives of fans and the process of creating the concert. - The film features five female fans who collaborate with the band, showing intimate access and an original song titled “Home”.
- Executive producer Sara Rea finds the K-pop community inspiring, emphasizing inclusivity and the beauty of coming together through storytelling.
Reese Witherspoonthe production company of, Hello Sunshine, will produce a documentary about the K-pop group, ENHIP. Fanmade: Enhypen is an upcoming feature about the band and their fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the documentary will be told from the fans' point of view, and Witherspoon will be one of the film's executive producers.
The official synopsis reads: “The documentary highlights the Engene community, following five female fans as they create new material alongside the band, ignite the fan base to collaborate, and revel in the joy of putting their passion to work world. Dancing between Enhypen fans and the band themselves, the film uses unprecedented intimate access to the band members as they travel across the United States for their Fate Plus World Tour.” He also stated that he plans to put fans “at the center of the concert creation process.” The film will feature an original song, titled “Home” and will be directed by Blackpink: Light up the sky's Caroline Suh.
Suh discussed an upcoming project, hoping that Enhypen fans would enjoy it and that it would be a “unique experience” to explore the group's music from the fans' point of view.
“In the fun process of collaborating on this film, we've all become huge fans of the band, and it's been a unique experience to explore their music through the intimate, character-driven narratives of their fans. We hope the millions of Engens around the world, along with a whole host of new ones, will love watching it.”
Fanmade: Enhypen'executive producer and head of Unscripted at Hello Sunshine, Sara Reaalso commented on the project, stating that the K-Pop community is inspiring and finds it fascinating to watch fans “create unexpected and thoughtful experiences”, adding:
“The K-pop ecosphere embodies inclusion in a way that is both inspiring and rich for storytelling. This heartfelt and joyful documentary shows the beauty of coming together in a way that the world needs right now. All and we're used to artists surprising audiences during their shows, seeing how these fans create unexpected and thoughtful experiences for the band is something we've never seen before.”
Who is Enhypen?
ENHYPEN is an all-male K-pop group that formed in 2020, consisting of 7 members. The group has released two studio albums and five EPs throughout their career and won numerous music awards, including the 2022 “Best Performance Award” for the Seoul Music Awards. The group also participated in a handful of collaborations, including appearing in the Paramount+ film, Baby Shark's Big Movie! and releasing an official song with the pokemon Company called “One and Only”.
Hello Sunshine was founded in 2016 and has since produced numerous projects for streaming platforms and the big screen. Some of these include the 2014 psychological thriller, Gone Girl and in 2022 Where the Crawdads sing. He also produced the HBO series Little Big LiesApple TV The morning showand Hulu's Beautiful little things. Apart from Fanmade: EnhypenHello Sunshine is involved in future projects such as Side Hustlers, Kini Little pioneers.
Fanmade: Enhypen has yet to announce an official release date. Stay tuned for more updates.
