Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

PG  |  95 min  |  Animation, Action, Adventure  | 29 January 2016 (USA)  

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 being directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson andAlessandro Carloni. The film is being written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Kung Fu Panda 2 and the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J. K. Simmons. It is scheduled to be released on January 29, 2016.

Development

In 2010, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that Kung Fu Panda has 6 chapters to it. In July 2012, Kung Fu Panda 3 was officially confirmed by Bill Damaschke, DWA's chief creative officer.

The film will be made as a co-production between DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks, a Shanghai-based studio, founded in 2012 as a partnership between DreamWorks Animation and Chinese companies. One third of the film will be made in China, and the rest in the United States, at DWA. This is the first time that any major American animated feature film has been co-produced with a Chinese firm. The filmmakers are working closely with SAPPRFT to assure the film's release in China. As a film with a co-production status in China, it will allow the production companies to circumvent the country's strict import quota and take a greater share of box-office revenue than imported films. To ensure the film's success in China, in addition to the English version, the Chinese version of the film will be also fully animated, making them the only versions that will have the characters' lips synchronised with their voices.

Directors:

 Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh

Writers:

 Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger

Stars:

 Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman |See full cast and crew.

Music

On July 25, 2014, it was announced that Hans Zimmer will return to score the film.^[1] and he will include performances from renowned Asian musicians such as Chinese pianist Lang Lang, Chinese cellist Jian Wang, erhu musician Guo Gan, and Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou and Canadian-Taiwanese young singer Patrick Brasca with British pop-rock band The Vamps, the OST will set to release on January 22, 2016.  John Powell, who collaborated with Zimmer on the first two films, did not return for the third instalment.

Release

In September 2012, it was announced Kung Fu Panda 3 would be released on March 18, 2016. On April 9, 2013, it was announced that the film's release date was pulled from March 18, 2016, to December 23, 2015. In December 2014, the film was moved back to its original release date of March 18, 2016, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In April 2015, the release date was once again shifted, this time pulled to January 29, 2016.