The Furious Five similarly mock and disdain of Po as an upstart with no skill in kung fu. To the audience's surprise and the Furious Five's dismay, Oogway proclaims Po as the Dragon Warrior.īelieving Oogway's decision to be an accident, Shifu tries to get rid of Po by ridiculing him into quitting kung fu training coupled with a torturous training regime. Desperate to see the Dragon Warrior chosen, Po straps himself to a set of fireworks, rockets into the sky, and crashes into the middle of the arena and opens his eyes to see Oogway pointing his finger at him. Forced to take a cumbersome noodle cart to the tournament, Po arrives as the arena doors close and is unable to enter. He then holds a kung fu tournament for the Furious Five so that Oogway may identify the Dragon Warrior, the one kung fu master worthy of receiving the Dragon Scroll and capable of defeating Tai Lung. Shifu is alarmed and sends his messenger, the goose Zeng, to prevent Tai Lung's escape. Grand Master Oogway, an old tortoise and Shifu's mentor, has a vision that Shifu's adoptive son and former student, the evil snow leopard Tai Lung, will escape from prison and return to the Valley of Peace to take revenge for being denied the Dragon Scroll, which is said to hold the secret to limitless power. Ping in his noodle restaurant, Po is unable to pursue his dream of becoming a kung fu master himself. Po, a giant panda, is a kung fu fanatic who idolizes the Furious Five - Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane - a quintet of kung fu masters trained by the red panda Master Shifu.

The story is set in the Valley of Peace, a fictional land in ancient China inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. 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 June 6, 2008, and has since received favorable reviews from critics and much of the movie-going public. The third installment called Kung Fu Panda 3 will debut in January 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. 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 intended 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. 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. Set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic talking animals, the plot revolves around a bumbling panda named Po who aspires to be a kung fu master. 1 It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb, and stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler Michael Clarke Duncan, and Jackie Chan. Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy martial arts film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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