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Stuffy fight: DreamWorks Animation spins soft, furry animals into martial arts masters for Kung Fu Panda.(CGI)
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Imagine Jerry Lewis starring in a Kurosawa movie and you have the essence of DreamWorks' CG feature animation Kung Fu Panda. Directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, the film puts comedian Jack Black in the title role of Po, a pudgy panda who works in his family's noodle restaurant and dreams of becoming a kung fu master.
"Everyone loved the idea of a soft, furry panda doing hung fu," Stevenson says. "It seemed like a funny concept." Even so, the idea languished at the studio for some time, stuck in story development stasis. "When Melissa [Cobb, producer], Mark [Osborne[, and I looked at it, we thought it would be interesting ...
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...from the Hollywood studio for "Kung Fu Panda's" depiction of China's national...chef called Po who aspires to be a kung fu master has done boffo B.O. in...two big issues sensitively in "Kung Fu Panda." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Zhao...
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- Magazine article from: Food & Beverage Close-Up June 8, 2008 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Video Business September 22, 2008 700+ words
...DVD and Blu-ray Disc launch of Kung Fu Panda on Nov. 9 (prebook Sept. 30...previously told retailers will allow Kung Fu Panda to benefit from being in stores...s WALL-E , due Nov. 18. Kung Fu Panda will come bundled with its own...
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- Newspaper article from: Extra Martínez, Kiko June 5, 2008 700+ words
...Flushed Away". En su filme ms reciente, "Kung Fu Panda" - con las voces de Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman...para entender cmo animar los personajes de "Kung Fu Panda". Peridico Extra: "Kung Fu Panda es su sptimo filme con DreamWorks. Qu hace...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 12, 2008 700+ words
...DreamWorks Animation's animated feature "Kung Fu Panda" at the ShoWest annual exhibitors convention...A world premiere screening of DWA's "Kung Fu Panda" for exhibitors. "Kung Fu Panda," opens June 6. -- A private event party...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire June 3, 2008 700+ words
...to gamers with the release of Kung Fu Panda[TM], the video game based...Viper, Mantis and Crane. "Kung Fu Panda gives kids the chance to experience...or with parents and friends." Kung Fu Panda offers a distinct and exciting...
