Kung Fu Panda 4 2024

Kung Fu Panda 4 is a 2024 American animated martial arts comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Darren Lemke, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is the fourth installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). It features Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, and Dustin Hoffman reprising their roles from the previous films, while Awkwafina, Ke Huy Quan, Ronnie Chieng, Lori Tan Chinn, and Viola Davis join the cast. In the film, Po—who must find and train his successor as the new Dragon Warrior—teams up with fox bandit Zhen to defeat evil sorceress The Chameleon, who plans to steal the kung fu skills of every deceased master in China. DreamWorks announced the fourth film in August 2022, with Mitchell, Stephanie Ma Stine, and Huntley attached as director, co-director, and producer, respectively, by April 2023. In December 2023, most of the main voice cast, along with the return of Aibel and Berger as writers and co-producers, were confirmed. Lemke's involvement was confirmed in February 2024.