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|preceded = [[Kung Fu Panda 2]] (2011)<br>[[Home]] (2015) |
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'''''Kung Fu Panda 3''''' is a 2016 3D American-Chinese computer-animated action comedy martial arts film, produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]] and [[Oriental DreamWorks]], and distributed by [[20th Century Fox]]. It is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, with Alessandro Carloni serving as co-director. The film is written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is the second sequel to the 2008 film ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' and third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film will feature the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J. K. Simmons. |
'''''Kung Fu Panda 3''''' is a 2016 3D American-Chinese computer-animated action comedy martial arts film, produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]] and [[Oriental DreamWorks]], and distributed by [[20th Century Fox]]. It is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, with Alessandro Carloni serving as co-director. The film is written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is the second sequel to the 2008 film ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' and third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film will feature the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J. K. Simmons. |
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In January 2015, it was announced the release date was updated to March 18, 2016.<ref name=bcdb>"[http://blog.bcdb.com/massive-layoffs-dreamworks-animation-8243/ Massive Layoffs at DreamWorks Animation]". ''Big Cartoon News'', January 24, 2015</ref> On April 14, 2015, DreamWorks moved the release date up to January 29, 2016.<ref name=bcdb_News>"[http://blog.bcdb.com/kung-fu-panda-3-pulled-forward-8727/ Kung Fu Panda 3 Pulled Forward]". ''Big Cartoon News'', April 14, 2015</ref> |
In January 2015, it was announced the release date was updated to March 18, 2016.<ref name=bcdb>"[http://blog.bcdb.com/massive-layoffs-dreamworks-animation-8243/ Massive Layoffs at DreamWorks Animation]". ''Big Cartoon News'', January 24, 2015</ref> On April 14, 2015, DreamWorks moved the release date up to January 29, 2016.<ref name=bcdb_News>"[http://blog.bcdb.com/kung-fu-panda-3-pulled-forward-8727/ Kung Fu Panda 3 Pulled Forward]". ''Big Cartoon News'', April 14, 2015</ref> |
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+ | The film received generally positive reviews from critics and the general public, and was a box office success, grossing $521 million worldwide against it's $145 million budget. |
==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| + | Po reunites with his biological father and returns to his birthplace — a secret panda paradise, where he does not fit in. There he meets Mei Mei, an overly eager panda, who has been promised in an arranged marriage to Po. When an evil spirit called Kai terrorizes across China stealing powers of defeated kung fu masters, Po must learn to train a village of clumsy, fun-loving pandas to become the band of Kung Fu Pandas. |
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| − | * '''Strawberry Lovers''' - A pair of amorous strawberries meet across a gap in the counter and the male lover tries to get across, but ends up being squashed. |
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| − | * '''The Cherry-aiders''' - Four [[cherries]] make up an air ambulance team and go to help another OOglie who is hurt by wrapping them up in bandages, normally causing more problems for the injured OOglie. |
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| − | * '''Lonely Sprout''' - A [[Brussels sprout]] tries to join in with or save other OOglies but ends up failing as no one seems to like him. |
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| − | * '''Slippery Nana''' - A Banana skin tries to do something but keeps slipping over, usually breaking objects around it. In the last episode, he comes across a female banana skin and they go out the cat flap together. |
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| − | * '''[[Racey]] Bacon and Mr. Bun''' - A slice of [[bacon]] is running away from a [[bun]] and hides somewhere disguising itself as something else (e.g. the centre of a flower or a [[fish stick]]). It escapes from the bun, but it ends up exploded (such as being sprayed with water or [[ketchup]]). |
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| − | * '''Zombie Vegetables''' - An OOglie food is tossed into a bin where a rotting Parsnip and Potato live. Although seemingly menacing at first, the "zombies" quickly show their friendship to newcomers through flatulence, which often backfires on them when their "visitors" try and copy them. |
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| − | * '''The Stapler Dogs''' - A stapler torments her three dogs (staple removers) by getting them to jump off their shelf, such as giving them a bowl of staples then throwing some off the shelf. |
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| − | * '''The Fruit Bunch and Devious Blender''' - An [[Orange (fruit)|orange]] sees something interesting and tells a [[banana]], an [[apple]] and a [[pear]] about it. They go over to investigate, but find out that it is in fact the [[blender]] in disguise and turns them into [[smoothie]]. |
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| − | * '''Laser Mouse''' - A [[computer mouse]] moves around by shooting a laser beam in front and following him. He comes across an object he cannot get through so uses the laser to make a doorway, though ends up being squished or otherwise. |
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| − | * '''Zip Face and Pencil''' - a cheeky [[pencil]] escapes from a [[pencil case]], who constantly tries to recapture him. The pencil, however, uses a sketchbook to draw pictures that come to life and bring comical harm to the case. Series 1 only. |
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| − | * '''The Scramblers''' - a trio of motor biking eggs who attempt daredevil stunts (with a slab of Red Rind Cheese as a ramp). However, one of the eggs has [[training wheels]] on his bike, and it is usually him who attempts the stunts last and, somehow, ends up smashing himself and his bike. In the penultimate episode, he finally manages to complete a stunt without smashing himself. |
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| − | * '''The Cheeky Carrots and Torch''' - a torch tries to get some sleep in a basement; but whenever his light is off, a band of nocturnal carrots get up to mischief in the darkness, until the torch puts them straight. |
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| − | * '''Sugar Cube''' - a small sugar cube goes sledging with husky dog tea bags, until she becomes knocked off her "sledge" (a spoon) and winds up coming into contact with water where she melts, much to her dogs' displeasure. |
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| − | * '''Strictly Come Grating''' - similar to "Strictly Come Dancing", a male [[grater]] dances with various female continents (a [[carrot]], an orange, a [[potato]]) until the female dancers are accidentally grated by their partner. |
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| − | * '''Alarming Clock''' - a cheeky [[alarm clock]] disturbs a sleeping OOglie (such as a balloon) by his noisy ring, which usually backfires on the clock himself. |
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| − | * '''The Party Box Gang''' - a group of Christmas Decorations play a needless game of musical chairs in their box. When one decoration is left out, it finds a way to gain itself a chair. <!--In the final episode, the chairs come out from under them and do the conga around them.--> |
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| − | * '''Grumpy Ball and Bouncy Ball''' - a hard red, grumpy ball is constantly annoyed by his brother, a cheerful, green bouncy ball. Usually, Grumpy finds a way to stop Bouncy's bounciness. |
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| − | * '''Bonkers Conkers''' - a pair of [[conkers]] make countless attempts to knock the others off its end of rope - resorting to armour and ray guns. |
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| − | * '''The Inquisitive Mushrooms''' - a tray of [[mushrooms]] (who only communicate by a neanderthal-like "oogah") come across strange and interesting items for them to explore and demonstrate to one another, such a computer scanner or keyboard. |
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| − | * '''Frantic Fan''' - A large revolving fan, who is normally reading a book gets annoyed by various OOglies (whom he tries to blow away) or is used as a "wind machine" for various stunts. |
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| − | * '''Dopey Doughnut Builders''' - two [[doughnuts]] (one sugar-covered, the other pink) are builders given orders by their Foreman (a giant chocolate doughnut) for various jobs. Unfortunately, they wind up literally making a mess of things, much to their Foreman's annoyance. |
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| − | * '''[[Meatball]] and the [[Pasta]] Olympics''' - a small meatball tries to overcome her fears when participating in the OOglies' answer to the Olympics, often smashing herself or some other hapless food product. In the final episode, while trying to throw a hammer she flings herself into the audience and decides to watch the games instead. |
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| − | * Two [[pineapple ring]]s try to wake up their "dad" - a whole [[pineapple]] - with various loud devices, which usually backfire on the two rings, leaving the pineapple to sleep. |
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| − | * A quiet Spanish Cactus tries to avoid fragile OOglies (such as a balloon or [[dartboard]]) but always looses her spines when given a nasty shock. |
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| − | * A high-speed strip marker races around the household, leaving behind his long yellow trail of sticky tape. At one point, he runs out of tape and gets another roll. |
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| − | * A [[pepper shaker]] goes about spraying its contents on various OOglies, but suffers the aftermath from their explosive sneezes. |
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| − | * '''Rubber's Got Talent''' - in similar fashion to the " __ Got Talent" shows, a group of rubber contestants try to dazzle the judges with incredible and wild stunts. It is only when they botch up their stunts do they actually impress the judges. The only exception was when a juggling rubber failed to impress them, it juggled their scorecards and changed the scores on them, to their chagrin. |
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| − | * '''Strong Man Monkey Nut''' - a crazed [[monkeynut]] attempts at lifting various heavy objects, but only results in crashing his shell and allowing the smaller nuts inside to escape. <!--In the penultimate episode, he finally manages to lift a sledgehammer without breaking himself, but it still falls onto him.--> |
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| − | * '''Mr Magnetic''' - a [[magnet]] donning sunglasses tries to escape anything metal around him, with little success. |
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| − | * '''Whistle and Marshmallows''' - A busy blue whistle herds its flock of marshmallow (in the same style as a sheepdog with sheep), but one pink marshmallow constantly lets the rest of the flock escape its basket. |
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| − | * Throughout Series 1, starting off in a frying pan, a string of sausages rockets along and around the house, using everything as a "tunnel" (a hosepipe, a drain) where it usually picks up an OOglie breakfast product (such as an egg, mushroom or bacon slice) whereupon they finish up as a breakfast meal on a plate. |
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| − | * A '''lightbulb''' tries to avoid being broken or to get rid of minor nuisances. |
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| − | * A '''French Maid Scrubbing Brush''' often deals with some of the messier OOglies when clearing up after their messes. In the penultimate episode, she comes across a sponge which she falls in love with. |
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| − | * A piece of '''cheese''' "cries wolf" to be released from his [[mousetrap]]. Every time an OOglie helps him, they become trapped in the mousetrap as already planned. Although sometimes, the OOglies get their own back on the mousetrap and cheese. |
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| − | * A '''hungry hoover''' suffers strange indigestion when consuming various objects or other OOglies. |
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| − | * '''Pinky Glove''' - a stray woolen glove lends a "hand" to various OOglies needling help. |
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| − | * A '''French shoe''' "hunts" after a band of socks in order to make a meal out of them. |
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| − | * Throughout Series 2, a line of clothes pegs fall, one by one, off their washing line by forces of nature. At the end of the series, it turns out they finish up in a washing basket. |
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| − | * 3 '''peas''' climb up a mountain of mashed potato and slide back down, often getting into trouble along the way. |
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| − | * '''Petrified Pud''' - A nervous wreck of a jelly is constantly scared witless by a mischievous pair of chocolate fingers. At the end of the series, the jelly gets her own back on the fingers. |
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| − | * '''Extreme Soap Bars''' - two bars of soap (one yellow, the other black) start from the bathroom and skid around in sporty fashion, finishing up from a long jump off the stair banisters. Usually, however, the yellow bar winds up landing in the most awkward of places - a coal bag, a litter tray, a big of nails, etc. |
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| − | * A '''flourish camera''' takes photos of various OOglies characters, but is left exasperated when they mess up their shoots. |
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| − | * '''Sal the Slice''' - a menacing pizza slicer, who creeps up on his unsuspecting victim in similar fashion to "Jaws" before slicing them up - whereupon the new slices come to life and attack him! In the final episode, he meets his match in the form of a larger [[pizza cutter]]. |
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| − | * A '''measuring tape''' tries to see how far he can run around the house, but whenever he recoils his tape due to some obstacle, he usually winds in an uncomfortable landing at the end; however, at the end of the series, 'Sal the Slice' cut the tape which recoiled straight afterwards instead of the tape measure. |
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| − | * A trio of pound coins cause grief for a credit card whenever she tries to join in their games. |
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| − | * '''The Battery Brothers''' - a pair of [[AAA batteries]] use various objects run on batteries to escape a larger, menacing battery known as [[9Volt]]er. |
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| − | * '''The Duelling Toothbrushes''' - a normal toothbrush and an electric toothbrush constantly do battle to win the attention of a set of wind-up teeth, but eventually get too deep within their duels that they don't notice someone else taking the teeth's love. |
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| − | * '''Clippy the Barber''' - a barber's razor gives haircuts to various OOglies, which aren't very satisfactory... |
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| − | * '''Choccy Castle''' - a bag of jellybeans make constant attempts to raid the box of vulgar chocolates. In the last episode, they finally form a truce to have a dance. |
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| − | * A pair of "rapper" mobile phones cause countless sleepless nights with their night-time malarkey on the desk. |
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| − | * '''The Rock Band''' - a trio of rocks make constant noise and music in the garden, but are always silenced by an annoyed [[pine cone]]. |
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| − | * '''The Intrepid Loo Roll''' - a strip of tissue makes endless attempts to escape the bathroom, but is usually caught by a human and used for cleaning before being flushed down the toilet. |
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| − | * A tiny ice cube, tired of the freezer, escapes to find warmer places to stay - a radiator, a kettle, etc.- but always melts every time. |
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| − | * '''The Farty Pants''' - a group of smelly pants play silly games around the household, with a pair of boxers often falling victim to their games. |
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| − | * '''Action Hero Sock''' - an Indiana Jones-like sock tries many attempts to cross the Snake-Belt Pit, but always fails. |
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| − | * A hungry [[kitchen bin]] uses lures and objects to trick hapless OOglies into his waiting mouth. He got hit by a saucepan and iron when attempting to lure some paper clips and later on suffered indigestion when he ate the Chilli Peppers. |
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| − | * '''The Chilli Peppers''' - a band of wild [[chilli peppers]] runs rings around an unwitting OOglie food product and causes them to cook, with a lone chilli following and adding a "last touch". <!--In the last episode, they meet their match in the form of some [[green chilli]] peppers.--> |
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| − | * '''The Makeup Makeover Crew''' - a group of female makeup assortments give surprise makeovers to various OOglies passing by their dressing up desk. |
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| − | * A sly [[remote control]] often appears in front of the various sketches and messes them up - be it by changing the screen colour, the volume, the scenery or fast-forwarding, rewinding, pausing the number of characters present. |
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| − | * At the end of each show, a [[walnut]] strums a guitar (its base made up of various items) and whistles the OOglies theme as the credits are shown - only to be squashed, smashed, interrupted, etc. <!--This doesn't happen in the final episode, where he is joined progressively by the Devious Blender, Sal the Slice, Melonhead, Bouncy Ball and the Playful Grapes in one final performance.--> |
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| − | * '''OOt-takes''' - exclusive to the CBBC website, this mini-series showcases a number of "bloopers" and "behind the scenes" footage when "filming" the OOglies and their various sketches. |
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==Voice cast== |
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*[[Angelina Jolie]] as [[Tigress]] |
*[[Angelina Jolie]] as [[Tigress]] |
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*[[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Master Shifu]] |
*[[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Master Shifu]] |
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*John Jolie-Pitt as [[Shuai Shuai]] |
*John Jolie-Pitt as [[Shuai Shuai]] |
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*Liam Knight as [[Lei Lei]] |
*Liam Knight as [[Lei Lei]] |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*This is the second [[DreamWorks Animation]] film to star [[Bryan Cranston]], the first being [[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]. |
*This is the second [[DreamWorks Animation]] film to star [[Bryan Cranston]], the first being [[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]. |
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*Along with ''[[Trolls]]'', this is the first time since [[2013]] that [[DreamWorks Animation]] releases two animated features in the same year. |
*Along with ''[[Trolls]]'', this is the first time since [[2013]] that [[DreamWorks Animation]] releases two animated features in the same year. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 22:15, 29 May 2017
Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 3D American-Chinese computer-animated action comedy martial arts film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, with Alessandro Carloni serving as co-director. The film is written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is the second sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda and third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film will feature the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J. K. Simmons.
In January 2015, it was announced the release date was updated to March 18, 2016.[1] On April 14, 2015, DreamWorks moved the release date up to January 29, 2016.[2]
The film received generally positive reviews from critics and the general public, and was a box office success, grossing $521 million worldwide against it's $145 million budget.
Plot
Po reunites with his biological father and returns to his birthplace — a secret panda paradise, where he does not fit in. There he meets Mei Mei, an overly eager panda, who has been promised in an arranged marriage to Po. When an evil spirit called Kai terrorizes across China stealing powers of defeated kung fu masters, Po must learn to train a village of clumsy, fun-loving pandas to become the band of Kung Fu Pandas.
Voice cast
- Jack Black as Po
- Angelina Jolie as Tigress
- Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu
- J. K. Simmons as Kai, an evil spirit, who steals powers of defeated Kung Fu Masters.
- Jackie Chan as Monkey
- Lucy Liu as Viper
- Seth Rogen as Mantis
- David Cross as Crane
- James Hong as Mr. Ping
- Randall Duk Kim asOogway
- Kate Hudson as Mei Mei , an aspired ribbon dancing panda.
- Steele Gagnon as Bao
- Bryan Cranston as Li, Po's biological father.
- Fred Tatasciore as Bear
- Stephen Kearin as Chicken
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Croc
- Barbara Dirikson as Grandma, an elderly giant panda.
- Al Roker as Dim, the twin brother of Sum who is the nephew of Li Shan and the cousin of Po.
- Willie Geist as Sum, the twin brother of Dim who is the nephew of Li Shan and the cousin of Po.
- Pax Jolie-Pitt as Yoo
- Knox Jolie-Pitt as Ku Ku
- Zahara Jolie-Pitt as Meng Meng
- John Jolie-Pitt as Shuai Shuai
- Liam Knight as Lei Lei
Trivia
- This is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be released in January.
- It was the first DWA film to shown "DreamWorks Animation Presents" credit since Monsters vs. Aliens.
- This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to star Bryan Cranston, the first being Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
- Along with Trolls, this is the first time since 2013 that DreamWorks Animation releases two animated features in the same year.
References
- ↑ "Massive Layoffs at DreamWorks Animation". Big Cartoon News, January 24, 2015
- ↑ "Kung Fu Panda 3 Pulled Forward". Big Cartoon News, April 14, 2015
External links
Gallery
Screenshots
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Promote art
Poster featured in a 2015 calendar by Cinemex; picture taken by T.F. Pilyale on Tumblr
From DreamWorks Animation announcing the upcoming film teaser trailer
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Hong Kong Poster
Concepts
Videos
Kung Fu Panda 3 Official Trailer 1-0
English teaser trailer
Kung Fu Panda 3
Chinese teaser trailer
A Father Rises KUNG FU PANDA 3
Trailer featuring a Star Wars reference
Kung Fu Panda 3 Official Trailer 2
English official trailer
External links
- Kung Fu Panda 3 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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