Kung Fu Panda is the next movie from DreamWorks Animation, following the release of Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie next week. A new teaser promo is online, complete with a giant Jack Black introduction (which I could have done without). I’m not quite sure what t think of this. On one hand, the Panda is probably the cutest animal next to the Penguin. But are you really interested in seeing a Panda with Jack Black’s voice running around and kicking ass kung fu style?
Also, Jackie Chan provides the voice of Master Monkey, which I find extremely odd because Chan is not a good actor. The only reason he has a movie career is his acrobatic martial art stunts. Don’t get me wrong, I love his films (mostly his earlier work), but not for the acting. So to hire someone like Chan as a voice actor could only be for one of two reasons: 1. You want a big martial arts star on the voice cast list OR 2. You need a Asian character to sound stereotypically like a complete moron (and by stereotypically, I’m talking about how Hollywood likes to treat Asian characters as stereotypes). I just know that Pixar would never cast a character based on his real life name value. They cast based on the voice talent, and whomever is best for the character. This still seems to be my biggest gripe with the DreamWorks animated films, they are more about the flash, jokes, and stars, than the story.
Check out the teaser promo below.
Trailer removed by request from Paramount Pictures
Kung Fu Panda follows a lazy, irreverent slacker panda named Po, who must somehow become a Kung Fu Master in order to save the Valley of Peace from a villainous snow leopard, Tai Lung. Po ultimately becomes a Kung Fu hero by learning that if he believes in himself, he can do anything.
Kung Fu Panda hits theaters on June 6th 2008.
source: animate.blog.nl
October 29th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
The Jack Black introduction is forced and awkward - he even seems embarrassed to be doing it.
The animation? It looks like every other 3D animated feature lately.
Maybe the movie will be entertaining, but this unpleasant preview gives no indication of that.
October 29th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
This is wrong!
October 29th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Yeah, this doesn’t make me want to see this any more than I did before, which honestly, isn’t saying much at all.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Pixar will always be two steps ahead for me. They have what Dreamworks are lacking : heart.
October 29th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
At first i thought i was seeing the teaser for Beverly Hills Ninja 2
R.I.P. Chris Farley
October 29th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
I like this gang that pretends that Cars was not a rip-off a Dreamworks Animation film in development ten years before its release.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Clarence: makes sense considering Cars was Pixar’s worst movie to date.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:07 am
I can bet you this film will be no good than Shark Tale.
Which was only good enough to be watched once NBC or HBO.
And this is one of the worst posters that i have ever seen.
It clearly SHOUTS that don’t expect PIXAR stuff from us.
SlashReader
October 30th, 2007 at 9:45 am
“Chan is not a good actor.”
The guy who wrote that is most definitely a colossal douchebag who wouldn’t know a good actor if one kicked him in the neck–severing his tiny brain from his virgin body. Probably a racist too.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Compare that to the WALL-E Teaser. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Honestly tho, the teaser sucked, but it’ll still be a visually awesome, funny, entertaining flick.
There can only be one Pixar, sure. But Dreamworks and Blue Sky are doing a pret-ty dern good job as of late…
October 30th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I thought you said panda is supposed to be cute??!?
And what’s up with everyone’s fist in the air? This movie is going to suck big time.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
To Studio 99:
Kung Fu Panda target is more likely to be children while Wall-E reaches a wider public(wall-e is indeed more sophisticated than KFP).
So I don’t think it’s really worth to compare them: the two movies don’t play in the same category ;-p