

Upon arrival, they free Masters Ox and Croc, but the duo believes Kung Fu died with Master Rhino, and will not help. Shen and his wolves have also captured Thundering Rhino's lieutenants Masters Ox and Croc, taking over Gongmen City, though Shen's goat soothsayer still warns him of his probable defeat.ĭuring the voyage to Gongmen, Master Tigress notices Po is distraught, and Po admits to her Mr. Po and the Five are dispatched across the sea to Gongmen City next, after learning Shen has made cannons and used one to kill Master Thundering Rhino, who had been left as regent of the city. When no one came forward to claim the cub, Ping adopted Po as his son. Ping for answers, and the goose reveals that he found Po, as an infant, in a shipment of radishes outside his restaurant. When the Wolf Boss raids the Musicians' Village, Po and the Five intercept him however, a symbol on his armor gives Po a flashback of his mother. Meanwhile, Po is enjoying his new role as a Kung Fu Master alongside the Furious Five, though Master Shifu warns him he has not yet achieved inner peace. Some decades later, Shen and his wolf army start to raid villages for scrap metal. Horrified by the genocide, Shen's parents banish him. Overhearing a prophecy that a "warrior of black and white" will defeat him if he continues, Shen destroys the local giant panda population. The peacock rulers of Gongmen City invent fireworks, but their son, Lord Shen, puts the gunpowder to evil use. The sequel, Kung Fu Panda 3, was released in January 2016. Nelson became the first woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since Marjane Satrapi for Persepolis (2007).

it is also the sixth highest-grossing film of 2011, The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards, losing to Rango.

It grossed $665 million worldwide against its $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film directed by a female director until Frozen (2013), as well as the highest-grossing film solely directed by a female director until Wonder Woman (2017). The film was released in theaters on May 26, 2011, in 2D, RealD 3D, and Digital 3D, and received very positive reviews from critics. In the film, Po and his allies (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, Mantis) travel to Gongmen City to stop the evil peacock Lord Shen from conquering China, while also rediscovering Po's forgotten past.

Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (in her feature directorial debut), the film stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, and Jackie Chan reprising their character roles from the first film, with Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Victor Garber voicing new characters. The film is the sequel to Kung Fu Panda (2008) and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. See the rest of them below.Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. On Friday, the studio released several new images from the show. Dreamworks Animation is the studio behind the show. Peter Hastings, Shaunt Nigoghossian and Jack Black are executive producers. Together, these two mismatched warriors set out on an epic adventure to find the magical weapons first and save the world from destruction - and they may even learn a thing or two from each other along the way,” per Netflix. Here’s the logline for the series: “When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his home to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade voiced by Rita Ora. Ping in “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight” (Netflix) The show also features Chris Geere as Klaus Dumont, Della Saba as Veruca Dumont, Rahnuma Panthaky as Rukhmini, Ed Weeks as Colin and Amy Hill as Pei Pei. “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight” stars Jack Black as the voice of Po.
