Kung Fu Panda 4
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Movie Details
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
| Release date | March 3, 2024 (The Grove), March 8, 2024 (United States) |
| Running time | 1hr 34min |
| Age rating | PG |
| Starring | Jack Black, Awkwafina, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Ronny Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, Dustin Hoffman, Viola Davis |
| Directed by | Mike Mitchell |
| Written by | Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Darren Lemke |
| Produced by | Rebecca Huntley |
| Cinematography by | Joshua Gunther |
| Edited by | Christopher Knights |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazzaro |
| Casting by | Leslee Feldman, Kevin Reher, Christi Soper |
| Production Design by | Paul Duncan |
| Art Direction by | Peter Maynez |
| Production Company | DreamWorks Animation |
| Distributor | Universal Pictures |
Cast & Characters
- Jack Black as Po, a giant panda who is set to become a Spiritual Leader after renouncing his title as the Dragon Warrior.
- Awkwafina as Zhen, a corsac fox and a wanted thief from Juniper City who accompanies Po on his journey to stop The Chameleon.
- Viola Davis as The Chameleon, a nefarious shape-shifting chameleon sorceress that can copy others’ kung fu by absorbing their abilities and Zhen’s boss.
- Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu, a wise red panda and Po’s master.
- James Hong as Mr. Ping, a Chinese goose and Po’s adoptive father.
- Bryan Cranston as Li Shan, Po’s biological father.
- Ian McShane as Tai Lung, a villainous snow leopard who was Shifu’s adopted son and former disciple. Po vanquished him to the Spirit Realm in the first film and General Kai captured him off-screen during the third film, but The Chameleon brings him back from the Spirit Realm.
- Ke Huy Quan as Han, a Sunda pangolin who is the leader of a den of thieves.
- Lori Tan Chinn as Granny Boar, an elderly female boar who can take out her tusks and use them as weapons.
- Ronny Chieng as Captain Fish, a green arowana that lives in a pelican’s mouth, who is his seemingly adoptive mother.
- Harry Shum Jr. as Scott, a fire-breathing crocodile who was sent to the Spirit Realm by Po.
Storyline
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.
About Kung Fu Panda 4 Movie
Kung Fu Panda 4 is an American animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. Serving as the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and a sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), the film is directed by Mike Mitchell, co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine, and written by Darren Lemke alongside Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Rebecca Huntley serves as producer.
Jack Black, Ian McShane, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, and Bryan Cranston reprise their roles, while Awkwafina, Ke Huy Quan, Ronny Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, and Viola Davis join the cast as new characters.
Talks about a fourth installment began before Kung Fu Panda 3’s release in 2016, with director Jennifer Yuh Nelson expressing openness to a sequel in 2018. DreamWorks officially announced Kung Fu Panda 4 in August 2022, with Mitchell, Ma Stine, and Huntley attached by April 2023. Most of the returning cast and new additions were revealed in December 2023, following Awkwafina’s casting in May. Lemke’s involvement was confirmed in February 2024.
Hans Zimmer, who composed the previous three films—collaborating with John Powell on the first two—returned to score the film alongside Steve Mazzaro. Jellyfish Pictures contributed additional production assets. The fight sequences were enhanced with advanced animation techniques and drew inspiration from anime, with stunt performers from Marvel films providing motion references. The Chameleon, the film’s main antagonist, was one of DreamWorks’ most complex animated characters, featuring 8,130 individual controls.
Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Wild Robot were the last films to be fully produced in-house at DreamWorks Animation before the studio’s shift toward external collaborations.
To promote the film, Po made an appearance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 2023. The official trailer, released on December 13, 2023, featured The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army and quickly became the most-viewed trailer for a Universal animated film, surpassing The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Sing 2, and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, amassing over 142 million views within 24 hours across all platforms.
In May 2024, following the critical and commercial success of Kung Fu Panda 4, Mitchell suggested that a fifth film could happen, but it would likely not be until at least 2027 due to the lengthy production process.
Kung Fu Panda 4 Release Date
Kung Fu Panda 4 premiered at the AMC 14 Theater at The Grove in Los Angeles on March 3, 2024, and was released in the United States on March 8, with showtimes a day prior. The film was shown at the Columbia University School of the Arts on March 1, 2024.
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Budget & Box Office Collection
| Budget | $85 million |
| Domestic Opening | $57,989,905 |
| Domestic Collection | $193,590,620 |
| International Collection | $354,098,872 |
| Worldwide Collection | $547,689,492 |
