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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)

Kung Fu Panda 4 poster
Directed by
Mike Mitchell
Genre
comedy film, animated film, martial arts film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3,583 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Po is told he must find and train his replacement as the Dragon Warrior. He teams up with a sly fox named Zhen to stop a sorceress from stealing the kung fu skills of dead masters.

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What happens

Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 American animated martial arts comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Darren Lemke, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). It features Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, and Dustin Hoffman reprising their roles from the previous films, while Awkwafina, Ke Huy Quan, Ronnie Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, and Viola Davis join the cast. In the film, Po—who must find and train his successor as the new Dragon Warrior—teams up with fox bandit Zhen to defeat evil sorceress The Chameleon, who plans to steal the kung fu skills of every deceased master in China. DreamWorks announced the fourth film in August 2022, with Mitchell, Stephanie Ma Stine, and Huntley attached as director, co-director, and producer, respectively, by April 2023. In December 2023, most of the main voice cast, along with the return of Aibel and Berger as writers and co-producers, were confirmed. Lemke's involvement was confirmed in February 2024. Composer Hans Zimmer, who had scored for the previous three installments, returned as composer alongside frequent collaborator Steve Mazzaro. Kung Fu Panda 4 premiered at the AMC 14 Theater at The Grove in Los Angeles on March 3, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 8 by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and proved commercially successful, grossing $547.7 million worldwide on an $85 million budget and outgrossing its predecessor to rank as the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2024. It earned three nominations at the 52nd Annie Awards, as well as a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 52nd Saturn Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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