Kung Fu Panda Sequel Announced
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ANGELINA Jolie and Jack Black have both signed up to reprise their roles in a Kung Fu Panda sequel.
Titled Pandamonium, the animated flick is slotted for release on June 3, 2011, DreamWorks Animation announced Wednesday.
The film will be released in Imax theaters worldwide; and, like all DreamWorks Animation feature films beginning in 2009, will be produced in stereoscopic 3-D technology.
DreamWorks Animation’s CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, said, “We are thrilled to reunite the creative team that made Kung Fu Panda such a global success. Because of their imaginative work, Po’s path to heroism proved popular with moviegoers of all ages around the world.”
Bill Damaschke, Co-President of Production and President of Live Theatrical, added, “The story of Kung Fu Panda provided a great introduction to these characters and afforded wonderful opportunities to further expand on the world we created in ancient China. Quite simply, there’s more story to tell.”
Kung Fu Panda, which has exceeded $215 million in domestic box office and over $411 million in international territories to date, will be released on two-disc DVD and Blu-ray on November 9, 2008 alongside a brand new companion story, Secrets of the Furious Five.
Par, which has a distribution pact with DWA through 2012, will release Pandamonium.
Jolie and Black will be joined by Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and other original cast members.
