Jack Black is back as everyone’s favorite, skadooshiest panda in the latest chapter of DreamWorks Animation’s popular franchise; all-new never-before-released animated short ‘Dueling Dumplings’ included on select digital platforms.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has released the action-packed comedy adventure Kung Fu Panda 4 on digital platforms. The release also includes the never-before-seen animated short Dueling Dumplings when purchased from participating retailers including Apple, Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu), Comcast Xfinity, Cox, and Verizon.
In the film, Jack Black returns as Po, the world’s most skadooshy and unlikely kung fu master, in the hilarious, butt-kicking, snack-appreciating new chapter of DreamWorks Animation’s famed action-comedy franchise.
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After Po learns he must find a new hero to take over as Dragon Warrior so that he may fulfill his destiny as the next spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace, Po decides to take one last adventurous mission. He teams up with a quick-witted thief, a corsac fox named Zhen (voiced by Awkwafina), to discover the truth about recent sightings of villains he’s defeated in the past. In a journey that puts both to the test, it will take a wicked, powerful sorceress, The Chameleon (voiced by Viola Davis), to bring them together and remind Po that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.
Bonus Features:
- Dueling Dumplings: In this original short voiced by Jack Black and Awkwafina, Po and Zhen battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.
The film features the returning voice talent of Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu; James Hong (Everything Everywhere All at Once) as Po’s adoptive father, Mr. Ping; Academy Award nominee Bryan Cranston as Po’s birth father, Li, and Emmy Award nominee Ian McShane as Tai Lung, Shifu’s former student and arch-nemesis. Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) joins the ensemble as a new character, Han, the leader of the Den of Thieves.
Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed by Mike Mitchell (DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, Shrek Forever After) and produced by Rebecca Huntley (DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys). The film’s co-director is Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
Source: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
