Kung Fu Panda 2
Also known as: Kung Fu Panda II (Working Title), Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom Of Doom (Working Title), Kung Fu Panda 2: Pandamonium (Working Title)
- Studio
- DreamWorks SKG
- Animation studio
- DWA Glendale
- Distributor
- Paramount Studios
Synopsis
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey.
But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it.
How can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. It is up to Po and The Furious Five to journey across China to face this threat and vanquish it.
How can Po stop a weapon that can stop kung fu? He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
Characters
Po, Tigress, Shifu, Shen, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, Crane, Mr. Ping, Soothsayer, Wolf Boss, Master Ox, Master Croc, Master Rhino, Antelope Driver, Happy Bunny, Pig Fan, Bunny, Mop Bunny, Bunny Fan, Musician Pig, Awesome Pig, Baby Po, Musician Bunny, Stain Pig, Pig Mother, Dumpling Bunny, Panda Dad, Market Sheep, Boar, Gorilla Guards, Wolf Soldiers
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Producing
- Producer
- Melissa Cobb
- Executive Producer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Co-Producers
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Writing
- Writer
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Black (Po), Angelina Jolie (Tigress), Dustin Hoffman (Shifu), Gary Oldman (Shen), Jackie Chan (Monkey), Seth Rogen (Mantis), Lucy Liu (Viper), David Cross (Crane), James Hong (Mr. Ping), Michelle Yeoh (Soothsayer), Danny McBride (Wolf Boss), Dennis Haysbert (Master Ox), Jean-Claude Van Damme (Master Croc), Victor Garber (Master Rhino), Mike Bell (as Michael Patrick Bell) (Gorilla Guard #1), Jason Bertsch (Antelope Driver), Michael DeMaio (Happy Bunny), Shane Glick (Wolf Soldier #4), Lena Golia (Pig Fan, Bunny), April Hong (Mop Bunny), Joseph Izzo (Wolf Soldier #1), Alexandra Gold Jourden (as Alexandra Jourden) (Bunny Fan), Stephen Kearin (Musician Pig, Awesome Pig), Liam Knight (Baby Po), Paul Mazursky (Musician Bunny), Dan O'Connor (Stain Pig, Wolf Soldier #2), Romy Rosemont (Pig Mother), Jeremy Shipp (Dumpling Bunny), Maury Sterling (Wolf Soldier #3), Fred Tatasciore (Panda Dad, Gorilla Guard #2), Lauren Tom (Market Sheep), Conrad Vernon (Boar)
Music
- Music
- John Powell, Hans Zimmer
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Sunny Park
- Music Production Services
- Steven Kofsky
- Score Coordinator
- Andrew Zack
- Score Production Assistant
- John Traunwieser
Animation
- Supervising Animators
- Philippe Le Brun, William Salazar
- Animator
- Drew Adams, Manuel Almela, Chris Capel, Alberto Corral, Ares Deveaux, Bill Diaz, Raffaella Filipponi, Willy Harber, David Hubert, Chris Kirshbaum, Eric Lees, Peer Lemmers, Kevin MacLean, Rebecca Perez, Marco Regina, Jeremy Shaw, Tal Shwarzman, Bill Tessier, Liron Topaz, Jim Van Der Keyl, David Weatherly, Greg Whittaker, Benjamin Willis
- Lead Animator ("Shen")
- Pierre Perifel
- Animators (Cycles)
- Andrew Harkins, Rodrigo Huerta
- Head of Character Animation
- Dan Wagner
- Senior Character Animators
- Dave Hardin, David Stodolny
- Crowd Animators
- Jack Geckler, Tanner Owen
- Lead Character Effects Animator
- John Truong
- Character Effects Animators
- Dugan Beach, Amy Taylor, Ron Williams
- Visual Effects Technical Director
- Kevin Chaohwa Chang
- Production Coordinator (Animation)
- Eric Michael Miller
- Animation Production Supervisor
- Rene Harnois Jr
- Animation Engineer
- David I. White
- Layout Artist
- Josh LaBrot
- Rough Layout Artists
- Dorian Bustamante, Hamilton Lewis, Chris Stover
- Final Layout Artists
- David Badgerow, Christopher Ell, Juan Gonzalez, Kendra Vander Vliet
- Surfacing Artist (DreamWorks Feature Animation)
- Edwin Fong
- Surfacing Technical Directors
- Patrick Angell, Pranay Patel
- Story Artists
- Joel Crawford, Louie del Carmen
- Effects Technical Director
- Paul Franz
- Senior Character Modeler
- Luis Labrador
- Texture Artist
- Deepa Agarwal
- Lighting and Compositing Technical Director
- Ken Lam
- Lighting and Compositing
- Farid Khadiri-Yazami
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Chris Armsden, Cathy E. Blanco, Justin Carcasole, Steve Petterborg, Ruhi Sinha
- Senior Lighting Artist
- Priyes Shah
- Lead Lighting Artist
- Gina Warr
- Lighting Artists
- Christian Cunningham, Avedis Ekmekjian, Shane Glading, Lei Han, Robert Holder, Rupali Parekh
- Lighting Technical Artist
- Christopher Lynn Edwards
- Production Coordinator (Lighting Department)
- Andrew Richmond
- Lighting Production Coordinator
- Jason Evaristo
- Global Character Technical Director
- Gilbert Davoud
- Supervising Character Technical Director
- Kevin Ochs
- Character Technical Directors
- Sean W. Nolan, Wade Ryer, Kendal Sager, Nico Sanghrajka, Matt Steele, Kristafer Vale, Jeff Wang
- Character Effects Technical Directors
- Kevin Chaohwa Chang, Marcus Erbar, Matthew Leishman, Ilia Standish
- Modelers
- Charles Ellison, Soongu Kwon
- Supervising Technical Director
- Serge Sretschinsky
- Technical Directors
- Shaila Haque, Amy Sun Kwa
- Additional Technical Director
- Sameer Shah
- Final Layout Supervisor
- Richard Shiba
Art Department
- Storyboard Artist
- Gary Graham
- Visual Development Artists
- Jason Brubaker, Bill Kaufmann, Ritchie Sacilioc
- Visual Development
- Sean Eckols
- Paint Fix Artist (PDI/DreamWorks)
- Jasper M. Baltzersen
- Stereo Paint Fix Artists
- Matthew Beightol, Cassandra Fanning, Anthony Meschi, Mauricio Valderrama
- Matte Painting Compositor
- Mark Orme
- Matte Painter
- William T. Silvers Jr
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Alex Parkinson
- Effects Animators
- Aaron James McComas, Lucas Janin, Jason Porath
- Visual Effects Coordinator
- Jonathan Perkins
- Visual Effects Lead
- Louis Flores
- Visual Effects Artists
- Evrim Akyilmaz, Shinsaku Arima, Steven Blakey, Wes Chilton, Michael Losure, Alessandro Pepe
- Visual Effects Production Coordinator
- Stephanie Alpert
- Visual Effects Animator
- Stephen Wood
- Lead Effects Artist
- Jason Mayer
- Effects Developer
- Motohisa Adachi
- Effects Engineer
- Mark T. Carlson
- Head of Effects
- Li-Ming "Lawrence" Lee
- Lead Character Effects Developer
- Jason P. Weber
- Senior Character Effects Developer
- Rob Nitsch
- Character Effects Artists
- Nicholas Augello, Stephen Heidelberg, Navin Pinto, Hock Wong
- Character Effects Supervisor
- Christian Hatfield
- Character Effects
- Bryan Poon
- Crowds Developer
- James Thornton
- Crowds Artist
- Erin J. Elliott, D'Lun Wong
- Digital Effects Supervisor
- Dave Walvoord
- Digital Effects Artists
- Erin Lehmkühl, Andrew Pungprakearti
Editing
- Production Coordinator (Editorial)
- Karla M. Alvarado
Sound
- Sound Effects Editor
- John Marquis
- Sound Recordist
- Tighe Sheldon
- Foley Artists
- John Cucci, Dan O'Connell
- Foley Mixers
- James Ashwill, Roberto Domínguez, John Guentner
- Original Dialogue Mixers
- Roy Latham, Michael Miller, Carlos Sotolongo
- Additional Dialogue Recording Engineer
- Dominic Boucher
Music Department
- Music Editor
- Adam Milo Smalley
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Jeff Hermann
- Production Supervisors
- Jason Bertsch, Jon Eric Schmidt
- Production Coordinators
- Danielle Bemis, Clint W. Heidorn, Rosaleen O'Byrne, Matthew J. Schiavone, Rachel Slansky
- Production Supervisor (Story)
- Corrie Coughlin
- Technology Coordinator
- Joe Bauman
- Production Assistants
- Andrew Marshel, Kristine Pascua Pajarito, Curtis W. Thompson
Crew
- Surfacing Artists
- Fernanda S. Abarca, Ricky Baba, Jessica Canter, Sandy Dong, Greg Hettinger, Sully Jacome-Wilkes, Brandi Johnson, Soo Jin King, Taylor Moll, Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
- Lead Lighters
- Marc Miller, Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios
- Lead Lighter (DreamWorks)
- Jeff Kasunic
- Lighters
- George Ho, Blaine Kennison
- Lighter (DWA)
- John J.S. Lee
- Senior Character Technical Developer
- Simon Yuen
- Recruiter (DWA)
- Kelly Barschig
- Head of Production Technology
- Darin K. Grant
- Shader Writer
- Parashar Krishnamachari
- CG Supervisors
- Igor Lodeiro, M. Scott McKee, Aaron Smith
- Engineering System Administrator
- Balaji Alahari
- Network Engineer
- Sean Ellis
- Production Engineers
- Mark Jackels, Laura Wood
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Jason Kankiewicz
- Research and Development Supervisor
- Holly Allen
- Research and Development
- Steve Baker, Will Bilton, Bryan Cline, Reid Gershbein
- Research and Development (Staff)
- Malik Coates
- Operations System Administration
- Dj Downey, Alireza Estakhrian, Julio C. Talavera
- Technical Resource Administrators
- Jorge Heredia, Cathy Sitzes, Casey Sword
- Producer and Director Assistant
- Katherine Shine Hery
- Alliance Manager
- Hans Ku
- Language Supervisor
- Adam Meir
Companies and other credits
- Production Supervisors: Cat Thelia./li>
- Digital Marketing Asset Management: Digital Media Services (DMS)
Production notes
This film was first shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in early May. FOllowing it's initial theatrical release in the United States on May 26, 2011, it released in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2011, and in Australia on June 23, 2011.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature Film, 2012
