Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 American computer-animated martial arts comedy film, It is the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. It is DreamWorks Animation's 46th feature film.
Cast[]
- Jack Black as Po, a dragon master who left the Valley of Peace for the city, where he has to face The Chameleon.
- Awkwafina as Zhen, a fox with plenty of promising abilities but who doesn't quite like the idea of Po training her.
- Viola Davis as The Chameleon, a sorceress with the ability to summon people from the past.
- Ke Huy Quan as Han, a pangolin, who is the leader of a dan of thieves.
- Bryan Cranston as Li Shan, a giant panda who is Po's biological father.
- James Hong as Mr. Ping, Po's adoptive father, a happy-go-lucky Chinese goose who runs a noodle-restaurant.
- Ian McShane as Tai Lung, an arrogant and aggressive snow-leopard who was formerly Shifu's adoptive son and student. He was sent to the Spirit Realm by Po in the first film.
- Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, an elderly and strict red panda and kung-fu master to Po.
- Lori Tan Chinn as Granny Boar, an elderly boar that can take out her tusks and use them as weapons.
- Ronny Chieng as Captain Fish, an arowana that lives in a pelican's mouth.
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Development[]
On December 3, 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that if it's possible perhaps the series could see three more sequels after Kung Fu Panda 3, bringing it to a six-film series.[1] On January 13, 2016, Collider asked the filmmakers of Kung Fu Panda 3 about the possibility of a fourth film. Co-director Jennifer Yuh Nelson said, "It's one at a time. We want to make this a perfect jewel, and then we'll see what happens after that". Co-director Alessandro Carloni said, "With the sequels, we don't want to try to have them feel open-ended. We want it to feel like a completed journey, and we feel this movie does. And then, if a fantastic story presents itself, great".[2] On August 2, 2018, when asked on the possibility of Kung Fu Panda 4, Nelson replied that she did not know as she always saw the series as a trilogy, but that she was open for a fourth installment as long the franchise focuses on Po.[3]
In August 2022, DreamWorks Animation confirmed that Kung Fu Panda 4 was in production.[4] At CinemaCon in April 2023, more details for the film were revealed, such as the premise as described by Jack Black.[5] It was also announced that Mike Mitchell is set to direct the film, with Stephanie Ma Stine co-directing and Rebecca Huntley producing.[6]
It will be one of the last films to be made entirely by DreamWorks Animation in-house at their Glendale campus as Cartoon Brew reported in October 2023 that DreamWorks was moving away from producing films in-house to rely more heavily on outside studios after 2024, as part of a layoff by chief operating officer Randy Lake in a series of meetings the previous month. According to the report, Sony Pictures Imageworks was named as the animation service for one of DreamWorks' two unannounced films scheduled for 2025.[7]
Casting[]
In May 2023, it was reported that Awkwafina had joined the voice cast of the film.[8] On December 12, 2023, it was announced that Ke Huy Quan and Viola Davis would join the cast, with the latter playing the villain of the film, The Chameleon.[9][10] It was also announced that Ian McShane, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, David Cross, Lucy Liu, and Seth Rogen would reprise their roles.[11]
Music[]
By December 2023, Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro were hired to compose the film's score.[12]
Release[]
Kung Fu Panda 4 is scheduled to be released on March 8, 2024.[4]
As part of Universal's deal with Netflix, the film will stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, then will move to Netflix for the next ten, and then will return to Peacock for the remaining four.[13][14]
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Trivia[]
- This is the second DreamWorks Animation film to became a quadrilogy, since Shrek Forever After.
- This is the eighth DreamWorks Animation film to be released in March, after The Road to El Dorado, Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Home, and The Boss Baby.
- This is the third DreamWorks Animation film to be directed by Mike Mitchell, after Shrek Forever After and Trolls.
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References[]
- ↑ O'Hara, Helen (December 3, 2010). "Katzenberg Talks DreamWorks Sequels". Empire. Bauer Media Group.
- ↑ Radish, Christina (January 13, 2016). "'Kung Fu Panda 3′: Directors, Producer on Shaping a Worthy Sequel and Po's Future". Collider.
- ↑ Wakeman, Gregory (August 2, 2018). "Will there be a 'Kung Fu Panda 4'? Here's what director Jennifer Yuh Nelson told us". Metro New York. Metro International.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapman, Wilson (2022-08-12). "'Kung Fu Panda 4' Announced, Sets 2024 Release Date". (en-US) Variety.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedKP4Plot - ↑ "Jack Black, Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake Tease 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'Trolls' Sequels". The Hollywood Reporter (26 April 2023).
- ↑ "Dreamworks Shifting Away From In-House Production In Los Angeles; Sony Imageworks Is A New Production Partner". Cartoon Brew (6 October 2023).
- ↑ "Awkwafina Joins Kung Fu Panda 4". ScreenSpy (17 May 2023).
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- ↑ Peralta, Diego (December 12, 2023). "Viola Davis and Ke Huy Quan Join 'Kung Fu Panda 4'"..
- ↑ "Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro Scoring DreamWorks Animation's 'Kung Fu Panda 4'". (December 12, 2023).
- ↑ Hayes, Dade (December 9, 2021). "NBCUniversal's New Theatrical Window Scheme To Bring Films To Peacock After As Few As 45 Days Of Release"..
- ↑ Moon, Mariella (2021-07-14). "Netflix extends exclusive rights to Universal's animated films in the US". (en) Engadget.