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Kung Fu Panda
File:Kung fu panda poster.jpg
Kung Fu Panda teaser poster
Directed byMark Osborne
John Stevenson
Written byJonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Produced byMelissa Cobb
StarringJack Black
Jackie Chan
Dustin Hoffman
Angelina Jolie
Lucy Liu
Seth Rogen
David Cross
CinematographyYong Duk Jhun
Music byHans Zimmer
John Powell
Distributed byDreamWorks Animation
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
June 6, 2008
LanguageEnglish

Kung Fu Panda is an animated film about a panda who learns martial arts and then uses this new ability to fight his enemies. Kung Fu Panda is being directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb. The idea for the film was conceived by Michael Lachance, a DreamWorks Animation executive. The film is due for release on June 6, 2008. It will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The film stars the voices of, among others, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu.

Story

Po (Jack Black) is a panda who is an apprentice noodle-maker and kung fu fanatic, but whose defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest animal in ancient China. Evil warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane) has escaped from prison, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophecy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. He has a kung fu master, Sifu (Dustin Hoffman) who "has trained five of the greatest warriors that the world has ever known", to help him.

Notably, all the original disciples of the main masters are animal stances or styles commonly used in the art of Kung Fu - Tigress (Tiger), Monkey, Viper, Crane and Mantis. Shen Lung Kung Fu uses those animals as a base for the whole system.

Cast

Crew

Crew Position/Opening titles
Music by Hans Zimmer and John Powell
Production designer Raymond Zibach
Director of photography Yong Duk Jhun
Co-produced by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger
Produced by Melissa Cobb
Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
Visual Effects Supervisor Markus Manninen

Rating

This film has been rated G by the MPAA for sequences of martial arts action.

Soundtrack

As with most DreamWorks animated films, composer Hans Zimmer was hired to score the film. Zimmer is said to be visiting China at some point in order to absorb the culture and get to know the Chinese National Symphony, all as part of his preparation to write music for Kung Fu Panda.

Though Zimmer was originally announced as the main composer of the film, during a test screening Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG, announced that composer John Powell will also be contributing to the score. This marked the first collaboration in eight years by that time between these two composers, who worked together on Dreamworks' The Road to El Dorado and the action thriller Chill Factor. This was publicly confirmed by DreamWorks Animation on March 21, 2008.

A soundtrack album will be released by DreamWorks Records on June 3, 2008.

Video game

A video game adaptation of the film was developed and published by Activision.[1]

Technical specifications

This will be the first DreamWorks Animation CGI film to be made in 2.35:1 widescreen format.

See also

References

  1. ^ Are you sitting down? Kung fu Panda revealed!, Xbox360Fanboy.com
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