KATSEYE Is Getting Its Own Movie. It Opens Before the New EP Does.
KATSEYE announced its first theatrical documentary, "KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS," on July 8, with limited worldwide screenings beginning Aug. 12 - two days ahead of the group's third EP, "WILD," on Aug. 14. Tickets for the film go on sale July 15.
The film reunites the team behind Netflix's "Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE," which documented the group's formation. Interscope Films and Boardwalk Pictures produced "Wild Hearts" in partnership with HYBE x Geffen Records, and Nadia Hallgren - who received four Emmy nominations for the Michelle Obama documentary "Becoming" - directs. HYBE-Geffen describes the film as tracing the members' path from competing on "The Debut: Dream Academy" through to international festival headline slots, built around never-before-seen footage, fan-submitted videos from the EYEKONS fandom and member interviews. Trafalgar Releasing's Kymberli Frueh called it the group's "first-ever cinema event," framed as a shared theatrical experience for the fandom rather than a straightforward music documentary.
The film's release strategy stacks directly onto an already busy summer for the group. "WILD" follows 2025's "BEAUTIFUL CHAOS," which debuted in the Billboard 200's top five and has since spent 53 consecutive weeks on the chart - the first female-group album to do so in 21 years. KATSEYE's "THE WILDWORLD TOUR" launches Sept. 1 and sold out within 48 hours of tickets going on sale. Taken together, the documentary, the EP and the tour form a compressed six-week stretch that positions "WILD HEARTS" less as a standalone release and more as the opening chapter of a coordinated era rollout.
One open question hangs over the announcement: member Manon Bannerman, who has been on hiatus since February citing health and wellbeing, has not been confirmed as part of the documentary or the new EP. A promotional image released alongside the announcement shows all six original members together, including Bannerman, but HYBE-Geffen has not clarified what role, if any, she plays in the finished film. The other five members - Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza and Yoonchae Jeung - are confirmed in the film's interview segments.
Country-by-country theater listings for "Wild Hearts" have not yet been announced.
