Kung Fu Panda 2
Po and the Five take on Lord Shen at Gongmen City.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson directed this 2011 DreamWorks Animation martial arts comedy from a script by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger; it follows on from Kung Fu Panda (2008). Po and the Five head to Gongmen City to keep the peacock Lord Shen from taking over China, and along the way Po learns about the past he had forgotten.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Writer
- Jonathan Aibel; Glenn Berger
- Producer
- Melissa Cobb
- Editing
- Clare Knight
- Music
- Hans Zimmer; John Powell
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributor
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 22 May 2011, Hollywood premiere, 26 May 2011, United States
Lore & Background
Paramount Pictures put it in cinemas on May 26, 2011. Reviews were positive, and it earned $666 million worldwide against a $150 million budget, making it the top-grossing film directed by a woman and sixth among the year's releases; it also received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. New voices included Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Haysbert and Victor Garber. Kung Fu Panda 3 followed in 2016.
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