'Kung Fu Panda' News: Trailer Revealed
The upcoming installment of the successful franchise "Kung Fu Panda" has finally revealed its newest trailer.
It was reported that "Kung Fu Panda 3" will see Po heading to a hidden panda village. He will be joined by his father, who he had just met recently. The previous "Kung Fu Panda" films have shown that Po has an orphan panda. However, the upcoming movie will have him reunited with his father.
Previous reports revealed that he and his father will be working together to take down a new villain, who is destroying the peace in a hidden panda village. The new villain is named Kai, who is described as a supernatural entity. He boasts large horns while wearing a leather armor. He was said to have defeated several kung fu masters all around China. This will force Po and his father to try and train the pandas living in the villain in order to defeat Kai and protect the community.
Po will be voiced by Jack Black, while his father will be voiced by Bryan Cranston. Meanwhile, the villainous Kai will be voiced by J.K. Simmons from "Whiplash." They will be joined by several other well-known stars such as Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, and Randall Duk Kim under the direction of Jennifer Yun Nelson and Alessandro Carloni. The script was written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger.
The upcoming film was visually inspired by an actual Panda Village in Sichuan, China. It was reported that the production designer of the movie, Raymon Zibach, had visited China in order to figure out how to design the set for the animated film.
"Kung Fu Panda 3" is expected to play in the big screens this Jan. 29, 2016.