Directors Mark Osborne and John Stevenson said they
intended their panda hero and his comrades — including a tiger (Angelina Jolie),
a viper (Lucy Liu) and a monkey (Jackie Chan) — to be the animal-world
equivalent of the Asian action warriors they admire.
"Kung Fu Panda," due for release June 6, is the latest computer-generated production from DreamWorks Animation, whose films include the "Shrek" series, "Madagascar" and "Over the Hedge." While the movie is loaded with slapstick and wisecracks, the spirit is true to martial-arts epics that inspired the filmmakers, among them "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers."
Kung Fu Panda