Kung Fu Panda 2 On The Way - In 3D!!! Jack Black and Angelina Jolie to return Source: The Hollywood Reporter
It’s been one hell of a 24 hour period for Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger and Jack Black.
Yesterday, it was announced that the Aibel/Berger combo would be writing an action comedy vehicle for their Kung Fu Panda star, Black, in which he would play an amnesiac who thinks he’s a top secret agent.
And today, DreamWorks Animation confirmed that they’ll also be reteaming on Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel to this year’s unexpected smash hit.
The visually stunning and surprisingly funny CG comedy grossed over $600 million at the worldwide box office this summer – and so it seemed only a matter of time before a sequel was confirmed. And lo, it’s already marked out a date: June 3, 2011.
There’s no word yet on plot details, but Black has been confirmed to return as the lovable protagonist, Po, while Angelina Jolie – who voiced Tigress – is also set to come back. Deals haven’t yet been concluded for the rest of the first film’s voice talent, including Dustin Hoffman (Shifu), Jackie Chan (Monkey) and Seth Rogen (Mantis), but we’d expect them to come on board officially very soon.
With Mark Osborne and John Stevenson moving onto other projects. Jennifer Yu Helson will move up to assume sole directorial responsibility for the film, which will be released in 3D.
We’ve got mixed feelings about this, to be honest. We really liked the first one – it was an enormous and very welcome surprise – and we hope that this sequel can deliver on the quirky characters, and astonishing action setpieces of the original, and that it’s not just a cynical cash-in that will milk the franchise dry. But – hey! – when has Hollywood ever done that?
ugh. I don't want to see this film in 3D, hell i do not want to see the vast majority of films that are coming out in 3D, in 3D. Harry Potter? NO Transformers 2? NO
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Beowulf gave me a headache (possibly because of the 3D or possibly because it was rubbish).
Kung Fu Panda was indeed one of the films of the year. Not sure about the need for a sequel or the 3D nonense.
Incidentally, can anyone remember Jackie Chan's character uttering more than one line? I can only think of "Or even see his toes". ... Read More
To portman 180 I say this:
1. Nightmare Before Christmas
2. U2 3D.
Enjoyed them both immensely.
Nightmare gives me hope that the Toy Story rejig will look very nice indeed; U2 showed what can be down with live action elements.
More 3d I say!
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I'm with Empire on this. Kung Fu Panda was my favourite cinema experience of this year; I enjoyed it more than The Dark Knight, and it was really helped me overcome my extreme disappointment with Wall-E. It was the film I didn't think DreawWorks were capable of, with laudably Pixar-esque production values (genuine affection for and commitment to its characters, story and genre) combining with all of DW's established strengths (snappy pace, bags of energy, genuine desire to please, high star wat... Read More
The first one out did Wall:E for me it was probably the most fun I had at the cinema this year apart from the Dark Knight and possible Iron Man. Hope they do it well because the first one was very good. ... Read More
