Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, it is the third film in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Jackie Chan, James Hong, Dustin Hoffman and Jean-Claude Van Damme reprise their roles from the previous films, with Randall Duk Kim reprising his role from the first film. They are joined by Bryan Cranston, J. K. Simmons and Kate Hudson as new characters. In the film, Po is reunited with his birth father, and discovers the existence of a secret Panda Village, but must learn to master chi and prepare the pandas to fight against General Kai, a spirit warrior intent on destroying Master Oogway's legacy.
Kung Fu Panda 3 premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on January 16, 2016. It received a limited release in China on January 23, and was released by 20th Century Fox[a] in the United States on January 29. The film received generally positive reviews, with the Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus praising the visuals and narrative,[5], and grossed $521 million against a $145M budget. It was followed by two animated television series, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, which premiered in 2018, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, which premiered in 2022. A fourth film, Kung Fu Panda 4, was theatrically released in 2024.
