{"id":69061,"date":"2024-03-09T01:49:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T01:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/kung-fu-panda-is-back-after-8-years\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T01:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T01:49:31","slug":"kung-fu-panda-is-back-after-8-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/kung-fu-panda-is-back-after-8-years\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Kung Fu Panda’ is back after 8 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Black\u2019s dumpling-obsessed bear is back in the latest instalment of the \u2018Kung Fu Panda\u2019<\/em> franchise after an eight-year hiatus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Getting back into the character of Po after such a length of time wasn\u2019t difficult for Black. He just had to remember a few things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I do have to prepare\u2026 remembering what it was like when I was a kid and the things that I loved. What do I love as much as Po loves Kung Fu? What did I love that much? And the answer is \u2018The Six Million Dollar Man\u2019<\/em>. It was my favourite show,\u201d Black told Reuters, referring to the 1970s series.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a bionic man and I just loved that show. I watched it once a week every week and I also loved \u2018The Hulk\u2019<\/em>\u2026 I would pretend to be bionic and I would draw pictures of bionic man and that\u2019s what Po is all about, that youthful enthusiasm. You can hear it creeping into my voice already and it\u2019s as simple as that, just remember your childhood exuberance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Kung Fu Panda 4\u2019<\/em> sees Po tasked with finding a successor to become the next dragon warrior.<\/p>\n

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That successor comes in the form of the thieving fox Zhen, voiced by Awkwafina, who agrees to help Po fight the power-hungry Chameleon, voiced by Oscar winner Viola Davis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is something that feels very relatable personally to her so I feel like that probably is one of the closest to my personality and voice that I\u2019ve ever voiced in an animated character,\u201d Awkwafina said in a joint interview with Black.<\/p>\n

Black and Awkwafina are friends in reality so director Mike Mitchell said he let them run away with their imaginations during voice recordings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew they had this contentious chemistry with each other, joking with each other all the time. So I\u2019m like, let\u2019s just make them into cartoon characters and do that so when they\u2019re behind the mic, I really just stay out of the way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Kung Fu Panda 4\u2019<\/em> hits U.S. cinemas on Friday.<\/p>\n

Japanese film makes history with Oscar nomination<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n