First Images from KUNG FU PANDA 3 Reveal New Characters and Plot Details
DreamWorks Animation has released the first three images from their upcoming Kung Fu Panda 3. They reveal a couple of new characters that will be joining franchise including Bryan Cranston, who will play Li, the father of Jack Black’s character, Po. There’s also a character named Mei Mei, an aspiring panda ribbon dancer, and she is voiced by Rebel Wilson. The two characters live in a secret panda village where Po is reunited with his panda people after a chance run-in with his dad.
Co-director Jennifer Yuh Nelson talks about the panda village:
“That is the most shockingly adorable place. There are nurseries filled with gaggles of baby pandas. A lot of how the pandas play was inspiration for the movie.”
The film’s story sees Po facing a few different kinds of different threats. One deals with a supernatural villain named Kai, who poses a threat to the village and the world. The other hits a little closer to the heart as the reunion of Po and his biological father causes concern with Po’s adopted duck father Mr. Ping. Then there's Mei Mei. She is the first female of his own species that Po has been around, and Black says that the character is “a little freaked out” about it.
Also lending their voices to the new chapter in the franchise include Gary Oldman, Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, Angelina Jolie, Michelle Yeoh, Mads Mikkelsen, Danny McBride, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, and James Hong.
The movie is set to hit theaters January 29th, 2016.
Source: USA Today