Just in time for Spring Break the Panda is back for the first time in almost a decade! DreamWorks Animation brings a brand-new action-packed adventure to the franchise with Kung Fu Panda 4.
The KC Parent team enjoyed a preview of this new film, and like the previous films in the series, the kids loved it! The graphics and music in this new film are spectacular. The talented voice cast was outstanding, once again. And, this story stayed true to the themes and heart of the franchise we’ve all come to love. Packed with action, humor and heart, Kung Fu Panda 4 is a winner.
Jack Black returns as the voice of Po, the world’s most unlikely kung fu master, continuing the story in as Po learns that he is to find and train a new Dragon Warrior as he has been selected as the new Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace.
Po is stressed at the prospect. He loves the honor of being the Dragon Warrior, he loves food, and he is not sure he’s qualified to be a spiritual leader. He tries to run from this new assignment, but it finds him.
Po learns that a powerful evil sorceress, Chameleon (voiced by Oscar® winner Viola Davis), a shapeshifting lizard who can turn into any create, including real villains Po has previously conquered. She is on a mission to steal Po’s Staff of Wisdom so she may use it to re-summon master villains from the spirit realm.
Along the way, Po solicits help from a sly fox thief Zhen (voiced by Golden Globe winner Awkwafina). Should Po trust Zhen on this adventure?
The two are on a quest to protect the Valley of Peace and discover what it really means to be a hero.
Watch a Preview of Kung Fu Panda 4 here:
Joining Jack Black as Po, the film also features the voice talent of returning stars Academy Award® winner Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master, Shifu; James Hong (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Po’s adoptive father, Mr. Ping; Academy Award® nominee Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father, Li, and Emmy Award nominee Ian McShane as Tai Lung, Shifu’s former student and arch-nemesis. Oscar® winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joins the ensemble as a new character, Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves.
Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed by Mike Mitchell (DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, Shrek Forever After) and produced by Rebecca Huntley (DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys). The film’s co-director is Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power). In 2008, the Academy Award®-nominated 2008 inaugural chapter, Kung Fu Panda, became DreamWorks Animation’s highest-grossing original animated film and launched a franchise that has earned more than $1.8 billion at the global box-office.