Kung fu panda characters movie#

Desperate to see it, Po tries several ways to get inside. When he arrives, the gates are closed, and the tournament already starts. Ping ( James Hong), is anxious to see the tournament, but is instead forced to take a noodle cart up the hill to the Jade Palace. Meanwhile, in the village down in the Valley, Po Ping ( Jack Black), a giant panda and kung fu fanatic who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his adoptive father Mr. However, due to Oogway foreseeing that the news of the choosing would attract the return of their first student and Shifu's foster son Tai Lung ( Ian McShane), who will would only react by attacking the Valley in revenge on those he felt wronged him, the palace's messenger Zeng ( Dan Fogler) is dispatched Chorh-Gom Prison to have the high-security around so that Tai Lung would be unable to break out. When the day came for Oogway to choose the legendary Dragon Warrior, he instructs Shifu to hold a tournament where the winner among the Five would receive the power of the Dragon Scroll, which is said to give nigh-supreme power to whomever the chosen Dragon Warrior is once he or she reads it. In an alternate China (populated entirely by anthropomorphic animals), the Valley of Peace is protected by Furious Five, a quintet of kung fu warriors residing in the overlooking Jade Palace and trained under the founder of kung fu tradition, the ancient tortoise Grand Master Oogway ( Randall Duk Kim), and his red panda protege, Master Shifu ( Dustin Hoffman). It is also the second Dreamworks Animation film to star Jack Black and Angelina Jolie, the first one was Shark Tale in 2004. The film became DreamWorks' biggest opening for a non-sequel film, the highest grossing animated film of the year worldwide, and also had the fourth-largest opening weekend for a DreamWorks animated film at the American and Canadian box office, behind Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After. Kung Fu Panda opened in 4,114 theaters, grossing $20.3 million on its opening day and $60.2 million on its opening weekend, resulting in the number one position at the box office. The film garners an 87% 'Certified Fresh' approval rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Kung Fu Panda premiered in the United States on Jand has since received positive reviews from critics and much of the movie-going public. The third installment called Kung Fu Panda 3 will debut on January 29, 2016. A sequel, Kung Fu Panda 2, was released on May 26, 2011, along with a television series, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness later that same year as a part of a franchise. This was the third film to be a part of the Madagascar Comedy Animated Films team. He visited China to absorb the culture and get to know the China National Symphony Orchestra as part of his preparation. As with most DreamWorks animated films, Hans Zimmer (collaborating with John Powell this time) scored Kung Fu Panda. The computer animation in the film was more complex than anything DreamWorks had done before.

The film was originally going to be a parody, but director Stevenson decided instead to shoot an action-comedy wuxia film that incorporates the hero's journey narrative archetype for the lead character. The idea for the film was conceived by Michael Lachance, a DreamWorks Animation executive.

Kung fu panda characters movie#

It is the ninety-seventh movie overall to be created by DreamWorks. When an evil kung fu warrior is foretold to escape from prison, Po is unwittingly named the chosen one destined to bring peace to the land, much to the chagrin of the resident kung fu warriors. It was set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic talking animals the plot revolves around a bumbling panda named Po who aspires to become a kung fu master. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb, and stars the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy-drama martial arts film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures (later Universal Pictures).