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==Release==
==Release==
In September 2012, it was announced that ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' would be released on March 18, 2016.<ref name=Slate2016 /> On April 9, 2013, the film's release date was moved forward to December 23, 2015.<ref name=PRNCranston>{{cite press release|title=DreamWorks Animation Packs A Powerful Punch With New Cast Additions For Kung Fu Panda 3|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dreamworks-animation-packs-a-powerful-punch-with-new-cast-additions-for-kung-fu-panda-3-202219191.html|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=January 30, 2014|author=DreamWorks Animation|date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> In December 2014, the film was moved back to its original release date of March 18, 2016, to avoid competition with ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='Kung Fu Panda 3' Moves Out of 2015 to Avoid 'Star Wars'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kung-fu-panda-3-moves-756636|accessdate=December 11, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> In April 2015, the release date was once again shifted, this time to January 29, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kung-fu-panda-3-release-788851|title='Kung Fu Panda 3' Release Date Moves Up Two Months|author=Rebecca Ford|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=April 14, 2015|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
In September 2012, it was announced that ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' would be released on March 18, 2016.<ref name=Slate2016 /> On April 9, 2013, the film's release date was moved forward to December 23, 2015.<ref name=PRNCranston>{{cite press release|title=DreamWorks Animation Packs A Powerful Punch With New Cast Additions For Kung Fu Panda 3|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dreamworks-animation-packs-a-powerful-punch-with-new-cast-additions-for-kung-fu-panda-3-202219191.html|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=January 30, 2014|author=DreamWorks Animation|date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> In December 2014, the film was moved back to its original release date of March 18, 2016, to avoid competition with ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='Kung Fu Panda 3' Moves Out of 2015 to Avoid 'Star Wars'|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kung-fu-panda-3-moves-756636|accessdate=December 11, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> In April 2015, the release date was once again shifted, this time to January 29, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kung-fu-panda-3-release-788851|title='Kung Fu Panda 3' Release Date Moves Up Two Months|author=Rebecca Ford|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=April 14, 2015|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref> [[AMC Theatres]] partnered with Fox and DWA to play the movie in Mandarin at seven theaters and in Spanish at 14 locations in the U.S and Canada meaning there will be a mix of subtitled and dubbed formats of ''Kung Fu Panda 3''. This will mark the first time that AMC is playing a major theatrical release in dubbed/subtitled Mandarin.<ref name="track"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==

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Kung Fu Panda 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written byJonathan Aibel
Glenn Berger
Produced byMelissa Cobb
Starring
Music byHans Zimmer[1]
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
Running time
95 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • China
Languages
  • English
  • Mandarin
Budget$120-140 million[3][4]
Box office$6.5 million[5]

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 3D American-Chinese[6] computer-animated action comedy martial arts film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks,[7] and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni. The film was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, produced by Melissa Cobb, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro. It is a sequel to the 2011 film Kung Fu Panda 2 and the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. The film features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Kate Hudson, and J. K. Simmons. The film received a limited release in China on January 22 for a special 3 hours peak preview and is scheduled to be released on January 29, 2016 in the United States and Canda among other markets and 3D and premium large formats.

Plot

Po reunites with his biological father and travels with him to a secret sanctuary of pandas where, to his surprise, he does not fit in.[8] There he meets Mei Mei, an overly eager panda, who had been promised to Po through an arranged marriage when they were children.[8] To make matters worse, an evil ancient spirit called Kai begins terrorizing China and stealing the powers of defeated kung fu masters. Now in the face of incredible odds, Po must train the village of clumsy, fun-loving pandas to become a band of Kung Fu Pandas.[8][9]

Cast

Main article: List of Kung Fu Panda characters

Production

Development

In 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that the Kung Fu Panda franchise was planned to have six movies, or "chapters", altogether.[16] In July 2012, Kung Fu Panda 3 was officially confirmed by Bill Damaschke, DWA's chief creative officer.[17]

The film was made as a co-production between DreamWorks Animation and Oriental DreamWorks, a Shanghai-based studio, founded in 2012 as a partnership between DreamWorks Animation and Chinese companies. One third of the film was made in China, and the rest in the United States, at DWA.[18][19] This was the first time that any major American animated feature film had been co-produced with a Chinese firm.[7] The filmmakers worked closely with SAPPRFT to ensure the film's release in China.[20] As a film with a co-production status in China, it allowed the production companies to circumvent the country's strict import quota and take a greater share of box-office revenue than imported films.[19][21] To ensure the film's success in China, in addition to the English version, the Chinese version of the film was also fully animated, making them the only versions that will have the characters' lips synchronized with their voices.[22]

Casting

Kung Fu Panda 3 saw the crew from the second film reunite, including director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, producer Melissa Cobb, screenplay writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and Guillermo del Toro as executive producer.[23] Initially, Nelson was directing the film alone, but by February 2015, Alessandro Carloni had joined her as a co-director. According to the report, Carloni, who was an animation supervisor on the first film and a story artist on the second, joined Nelson following her request to strengthen "the director's bench" to ensure that the film is completed in a timely manner.[24]

On April 9, 2013, DreamWorks Animation announced that Rebel Wilson, Bryan Cranston, and Mads Mikkelsen had joined the cast of the film.[10] By April 2015, J.K. Simmons had replaced Mikkelsen, whose character had been rewritten.[25] Five months later, Wilson was replaced by Kate Hudson due to an extended production schedule.[12] The studio had to reanimate previously completed scenes to reflect Hudson's interpretation of the character.[12]

The film's antagonist, Kai, is the first supernatural villain of the Kung Fu Panda series.[26] Described by del Toro as "the most formidable villain yet,"[27] the creators wanted him to stand apart from his predecessors.[26] Nelson reasoned: "You can't go brawler because Tai Lung was brawler. You can't go smarter because Shen was smarter. Where can you go? You have to go supernatural, bigger, and even more intimidating."[26]

Music

On July 25, 2014, it was announced that Hans Zimmer would return to score the film.[1] The score includes performances from renowned Asian musicians such as Chinese pianist Lang Lang, Chinese cellist Jian Wang, erhu musician Guo Gan, and Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou and Canadian-Taiwanese young singer Patrick Brasca with British pop-rock band The Vamps. The soundtrack album was released on January 22, 2016. [28] John Powell, who collaborated with Zimmer on the first two films, did not return for the third instalment.

Release

In September 2012, it was announced that Kung Fu Panda 3 would be released on March 18, 2016.[23] On April 9, 2013, the film's release date was moved forward to December 23, 2015.[10] In December 2014, the film was moved back to its original release date of March 18, 2016, to avoid competition with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[29] In April 2015, the release date was once again shifted, this time to January 29, 2016.[30] AMC Theatres partnered with Fox and DWA to play the movie in Mandarin at seven theaters and in Spanish at 14 locations in the U.S and Canada meaning there will be a mix of subtitled and dubbed formats of Kung Fu Panda 3. This will mark the first time that AMC is playing a major theatrical release in dubbed/subtitled Mandarin.[31]

Reception

Box office

In the United States and Canada, early tracking suggests the film will open to about $40–45 million from 3,995 theaters which is on par with Kung Fu Panda 2' $47.7 million opening in 2011 but much lower than the orginal film's $60.2 million opening in 2008.[31] On January 27, Fandango reported that Kung Fu Panda 3 was the top advance ticket seller for the weekend, outstripping previous DWA films Home as well as Kung Fu Panda 2 the same point in their sale cycles.[31] Box office pundits noted that the film didn't face any serious competition with its counterparts of newly released film such as The Finest Hour and Fifty Shades of Black which were all projected to gross around $10–11 million along with the holdovers The Revenant and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[31]

The film was released in China on January 22, 2016 in a limted release, a week before its United States release. The film had a 3-hour special sneak preview where it earned $6.4 million from two different versions of the film topping the daily box office charts.[32]

Critical response

Kung Fu Panda 3 has received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 84%, based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[33] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34]

Video game

Main article: Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends

Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends is a single and multiplayer RPG martial arts video game that features characters from all three Kung Fu Panda films.[35] Developed by Vicious Cycle Software and published by Little Orbit, the game was released on December 1, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.[36] The Wii U version was released on December 15, 2015.[36]

Possible sequels

On December 3, 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that perhaps the series could see three more sequels after Kung Fu Panda 3, bringing it to a six-film series.[16]

In January 13, 2016, Collider asked the filmmakers of Kung Fu Panda 3 about the possibility of a fourth film.[37] Co-director Jennifer Yuh Nelson said, "It’s one at a time. We want to make this a perfect jewel, and then we’ll see what happens after that."[37] Co-director Alessandro Carloni said, "With the sequels, we don’t want to try to have them feel open-ended. We want it to feel like a completed journey, and we feel this movie does. And then, if a fantastic story presents itself, great."[37]

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