• Directors
  • Alessandro Carloni
  • Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• Writers
  • Jonathan Aibel
  • Glenn Berger
  • Ethan Reiff(based on the characters created by)
• Stars
  • Jack Black(voice)
  • Bryan Cranston(voice)
  • Dustin Hoffman(voice)

   

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 computer-animated fantasy martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

In the film, Po is reunited with his birth father and discovers the existence of a secret Panda Village, but must soon learn to master chi and prepare the pandas to fight against Kai, a spirit warrior intent on destroying Oogway’s legacy.

The film is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni ( in her feature directorial debut) and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong and Jackie Chan reprise their roles from the previous films with Randall Duk Kim reprising his role of Oogway from the first film.

They are joined by Bryan Cranston (replacing Fred Tatasciore, who went on to voice Master Bear), J. K. Simmons and Kate Hudson in the roles of Li Shan, Kai, and Mei Mei, respectively. The film was dedicated to Nancy Bernstein, who served as Head of Production at DreamWorks Animation, died from colorectal cancer at the age of 55 on September 18, 2015.

Kung Fu Panda 3 premiered on January 16, 2016 in Los Angeles. It received a limited release in China on January 23, 2016 for a special three-hour sneak preview and was released in the United States on March 25, 2016 in 3D, grossing $521 million worldwide against its $145 million budget, becoming the second highest-grossing film released in the month of January behind American Sniper.

The film received generally positive reviews, with praise for the voice acting, animation, visuals, humor, and heart. A spin-off animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, aired on Amazon Prime Video from November 16, 2018 to July 4, 2019, while a sequel animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, will air on Netflix in July 2022, the latter of which features Black reprising his role as Po.