Kung Fu Panda 3
Po finds his birth father and faces the spirit warrior Kai.
Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 DreamWorks Animation martial arts comedy directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2. Po is reunited with his birth father, discovers a secret panda village and must master chi and train the pandas to fight General Kai, a spirit warrior set on destroying Oogway's legacy.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson; Alessandro Carloni
- Writer
- Jonathan Aibel; Glenn Berger
- Producer
- Melissa Cobb
- Editing
- Clare Knight
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- China Film Co., Ltd.
- Oriental DreamWorks
- Zhong Ming You Ying Film
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox (Worldwide), China Film Group (China)
- Released
- 23 January 2016, China, 29 January 2016, United States
Lore & Background
It premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on January 16, 2016, opened in China on January 23 and was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on January 29. It was generally well reviewed for its visuals and story and grossed $521 million on a $145 million budget. Bryan Cranston, J. K. Simmons and Kate Hudson joined the cast. Two television series followed, The Paws of Destiny (2018) and The Dragon Knight (2022), and Kung Fu Panda 4 came out in 2024.
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