Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jack Black
Po
Ian McShane
Tai Lung
Angelina Jolie
Tigress
Dustin Hoffman
Shifu
Jackie Chan
Monkey
Seth Rogen
Mantis
Lucy Liu
Viper
David Cross
Crane
Randall Duk Kim
Oogway
James Hong
Mr. Ping
Dan Fogler
Zeng (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan
Commander Vachir (voice)
Mark Osborne
Director
John Stevenson
Director
Wayne Knight
Gang Boss (voice)
John Stevenson
Director
Jonathan Aibel
Writer
Kyle Gass
KG Shaw (voice)
JR Reed
JR Shaw (voice)
Glenn Berger
Writer
Ethan Reiff
Writer
Laura Kightlinger
Awed Ninja (voice)
Cyrus Voris
Writer
Tanya Haden
Smitten Bunny (voice)
Melissa Cobb
Producer
Stephen Kearin
Gong Pig / Grateful Bunny (voice)
John Powell
Composer
Hans Zimmer
Composer
Yong Duk Jhun
Cinematographer
Jeremy Shipp
Blind Gator (voice)
Clare Knight
Editor
Leslee Feldman
CastingDirector
Kent Osborne
Pig Fan (voice)
Emily Burns
Bunny Fan 1 (voice)
Raymond Zibach
ProductionDesigner
Stephanie Harvey
Bunny Fan 2 (voice)
Riley Osborne
Baby Tai Lung (voice)
C.K. Horness
Editor
James Baxter
Animation Director
Pat Sito
Art Department Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 4, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingPG
Budget$130,000,000
Box Office$631,700,000
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Wiki.
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The first installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, it was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne in their feature directorial debuts, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger from a story by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris. The film 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. The film, set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic animals, centers on a bumbling panda named Po (Black), a kung-fu enthusiast. When a notorious snow-leopard named Tai Lung (McShane) is foretold to escape at Chorh-Gom Prison, Po is unwittingly named the "Dragon Warrior", a prophesied hero worthy of reading a scroll that has been intended to grant its reader limitless power.
The film's publicized work began in October 2004, and was conceived by Michael Lachance, a DreamWorks Animation executive, originally as a parody of martial arts films. However, director Stevenson decided to instead make an action-comedy wuxia film that incorporates the hero's journey narrative archetype for the lead character. The main characters' animation was more complex than anything DreamWorks had done before. The project was officially announced in September 2005. Like most DreamWorks Animation films, the score for Kung Fu Panda was composed by Hans Zimmer, this time collaborating with John Powell; the former visited China to absorb the culture, and used the China National Symphony Orchestra as part of the scoring process.
Kung Fu Panda premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival May 15, 2008, and was theatrically released in the United States June 6. It grossed $631.7 million on a budget of $130 million, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2008 and the highest-grossing animated film of the year worldwide, in addition to having the fourth-largest opening weekend for a DreamWorks film at the American and Canadian box office, behind the Shrek franchise. It received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for an Academy Award, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film, but lost both awards to WALL-E. The film's success spawned a multimedia franchise, which comprises the sequels Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).