Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

Director:

Jennifer Yuh

Writers:

Jonathan Aibel (written by) &
Glenn Berger (written by)

Release Date:

26 May 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Prepare for the return of awesomeness.

Plot:

Po and his friends fight to stop an peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.

Plot Keywords:

Kung Fu | Panda | Peacock | Anthropomorphic Animal | Escape From Prison

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 26 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. May 26	8:00 PM	HBO
Sun. May 27	3:00 PM	HBO

Cast

Jack Black	...	Po (voice)
Angelina Jolie	...	Tigress (voice)
Dustin Hoffman	...	Shifu (voice)
Gary Oldman	...	Shen (voice)
Jackie Chan	...	Monkey (voice)
Seth Rogen	...	Mantis (voice)
Lucy Liu	...	Viper (voice)
David Cross	...	Crane (voice)
James Hong	...	Mr. Ping (voice)
Michelle Yeoh	...	Soothsayer (voice)
Danny McBride	...	Wolf Boss (voice)
Dennis Haysbert	...	Master Storming Ox (voice)
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Master Croc (voice)
Victor Garber	...	Master Thundering Rhino (voice)
Mike Bell	...	Gorilla Guard #1 (voice) (as Michael Patrick Bell)
Jason Bertsch	...	Antelope Driver (voice)
Michael DeMaio	...	Happy Bunny (voice)
Shane Glick	...	Wolf Soldier #4 (voice)
Lena Golia	...	Pig Fan / Bunny (voice)
April Hong	...	Mop Bunny (voice)
Joseph Izzo	...	Wolf Soldier #1 (voice)
Alexandra Gold Jourden	...	Bunny Fan (voice) (as Alexandra Jourden)
Stephen Kearin	...	Musician Pig / Awesome Pig (voice)
Liam Knight	...	Baby Po (voice)
Paul Mazursky	...	Musician Bunny (voice)
Dan O'Connor	...	Stain Pig / Wolf Soldier #2 (voice)
Romy Rosemont	...	Pig Mother (voice)
Jeremy Shipp	...	Dumpling Bunny (voice)
Maury Sterling	...	Wolf Soldier #3 (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Panda Dad / Gorilla Guard #2 (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Market Sheep (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Boar (voice)

Directed by
Jennifer Yuh		(as Jennifer Yuh Nelson)

Writing credits
Jonathan Aibel		(written by) &
Glenn Berger		(written by)

Produced by
Jonathan Aibel	....	co-producer
Glenn Berger	....	co-producer
Suzanne Buirgy	....	co-producer
Melissa Cobb	....	producer
Guillermo del Toro	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Powell
Hans Zimmer

Film Editing by
Maryann Brandon
Clare De Chenu		(as Clare Knight)

Production Design by
Raymond Zibach

Art Direction by
Tang Kheng Heng

Production Management
Jason Bertsch	....	production supervisor
Corrie Coughlin	....	production supervisor: story
Jeff Hermann	....	production manager
Tracy Larson	....	production supervisor
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	production supervisor
Cat Thelia	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Damon Bard	....	additional visual development
Christopher Brock	....	visual development (as Chris Brock)
Jason Brubaker	....	visual development artist
Sean Eckols	....	visual development
Ryan Gerrish	....	production coordinator: 2D sequence production
Ryan Gerrish	....	production coordinator: art department
Gary Graham	....	storyboard artist
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	storyboard artist
Bill Kaufmann	....	visual development
Jonathan Klassen	....	visual development
Armen Melkonian	....	workbook artist
Facundo Rabaudi	....	visual development
Ritchie Sacilioc	....	visual development
William T. Silvers Jr.	....	matte painter
Guillermo del Toro	....	creative consultant
Vy Trinh	....	additional visual development
Michael Yamada	....	visual development
Makiko Wakita	....	art production supervisor (uncredited)

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Dominic Boucher	....	dialogue recording engineer
Ryan Cole	....	recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Roberto Domínguez	....	foley mixer
Joel Dougherty	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Drenning	....	original dialouge mixer
Susan Dudeck	....	supervising adr editor
John Guentner	....	foley mixer
Allen Hartz	....	dialogue editor
P.K. Hooker	....	sound effects editor
Bob Kellough	....	assistant sound editor (as Robert Kellough)
Jonathan Klein	....	supervising foley editor
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
John Marquis	....	additional sound designer
John Marquis	....	sound effects editor
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Tighe Sheldon	....	sound recordist
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	foley artist
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	supervising sound editor
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Fernanda S. Abarca	....	surfacing artist
Motohisa Adachi	....	effects developer
Deepa Agarwal	....	texture artist
Evrim Akyilmaz	....	visual effects artist
Stephanie Alpert	....	visual effects production coordinator
Andrew Anderson	....	additional character effects
Patrick Angell	....	surfacing technical director
Shinsaku Arima	....	visual effects artist
Chris Armsden	....	lighting technical director
Nicholas Augello	....	character effects artist
Ricky Baba	....	surfacing artist
David Badgerow	....	final layout artist
Jasper M. Baltzersen	....	paint fix artist: PDI/DreamWorks
Kelly Barschig	....	recruiter: DWA
Michael Baula	....	stereo paint fix artist
Dugan Beach	....	character effects animator
Matthew Beightol	....	stereo paint fix artist
Sucheta Bhatawadekar	....	lighter
Herve Bizira	....	technical director
Steven Blakey	....	visual effects artist
Cathy E. Blanco	....	lighting technical director
Alan Blevins	....	lighting technical director
Silviu Borac	....	senior fx r&d engineer
Margarita Bratkova	....	research and development
William J. Brooks	....	lighting artist
Jason Brubaker	....	additional compositing: 2D sequence production
Wes Burian	....	surfacing supervisor
Jessica Canter	....	surfacing artist
Justin Carcasole	....	lighting technical director
Mark T. Carlson	....	effects engineer
Onny P. Carr	....	lighting artist
Onny P. Carr	....	visual effects artist
Gregg Carrier	....	software engineer
Zachary Carter	....	visual effects
Kevin Chaohwa Chang	....	character fx technical director
Kevin Chaohwa Chang	....	visual effects technical director
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Wes Chilton	....	visual effects artist
Tim Chrismer	....	additional lighting technical assistant
Jonathan Ciscon	....	lighting technical artist
Martin Costello	....	supervising character technical director
Christian Cunningham	....	lighting artist
Matthew Davies	....	production technology
Brian C. Davis	....	visual effects artist
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	global character technical director
Greg Denton	....	additional technical director
Sandy Dong	....	surfacing artist
David Drell	....	character technical director
Dale Drummond	....	lead lighter
Christopher Lynn Edwards	....	lighting technical artist
Avedis Ekmekjian	....	lighting artist
Erin J. Elliott	....	crowds artist
Charles Ellison	....	modeler
Marcus Erbar	....	character effects technical director
Cassandra Fanning	....	stereo paint fix artist
Michael Farley	....	digital artist
Rebecca Fletcher	....	layout technical director
Louis Flores	....	visual effects lead
Edwin Fong	....	surfacing artist: Dreamworks Feature Animation
Grace Fong	....	technical director
Julien Forest	....	lighting artist
Paul Franz	....	effects technical director
Akash Garg	....	fx engineer
Jack Geckler	....	crowd animator
Amber Geisler	....	stereo paint fix artist
Francesco Giroldini	....	shot lighting artist
Shane Glading	....	lighting artist
Juan Gonzalez	....	final layout artist
Darin K. Grant	....	head of production technology
Bill Gumina	....	paint fix artist
Glen Gustafson	....	lighter
Jon Gutman	....	final layout artist
Lei Han	....	lighting artist
Andy Harbeck	....	surfacing artist
Daniel Hashimoto	....	compositing lead: 2D sequence production (as Daniel 'Hashi' Hashimoto)
Christian Hatfield	....	character effects supervisor (as Christian A. Hatfield)
Matt Head	....	visual effects artist
Stephen Heidelberg	....	character effects artist
Brad Herman	....	crowds supervisor
Greg Hettinger	....	surfacing artist
George Ho	....	lighter
Robert Holder	....	lighting artist
Kevin Hoppe	....	lighter
Bobby Huebel	....	lighting technical assistant
John Hughes	....	visual effects artist: Dreamworks
Lok Ming Hwa	....	lead lighting artist
C. Jin Im	....	lighting artist
Aaron James McComas	....	effects animator
Lucas Janin	....	effects animator
Ian Jenkins	....	lighting
Gregory Jennings	....	lighting artist
Brandi Johnson	....	surfacing lead
Michael Cadwallader Jones	....	visual effects animator
Kaishin Kam	....	technical director
Kurt Kaminski	....	lighting artist
Jeff Kasunic	....	lead lighter: DreamWorks
Blaine Kennison	....	lighter
Farid Khadiri-Yazami	....	lighting & compositing
Matthew Kiefer	....	lighting technical artist
Lisa Kim	....	lead lighter
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighting artist
Soo Jin King	....	surfacing artist
Parashar Krishnamachari	....	shader writer
Amy Sun Kwa	....	technical director
Soongu Kwon	....	modeler
Stanley Kwong	....	lighting artist
Josh LaBrot	....	layout artist
Rachel Lagdao	....	layout artist
Ken Lam	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	character fx artist
John J.S. Lee	....	lighter: DWA
Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee	....	head of effects
Erin Lehmkühl	....	digital effects artist
Matthew Leishman	....	character fx technical director
Edwin R. Leonard	....	chief technology officer: Dreamworks Animation Technology (as Edwin R. Leonard)
Jim Leuper	....	effects engineer
Hamilton Lewis	....	rough layout artist
Lyndon Li	....	lighting artist
Seth Lippman	....	crowds artist
Fabio Lissi	....	production engineer
Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo	....	lighting artist
Igor Lodeiro	....	cg supervisor
Igor Lodeiro	....	lighting supervisor
Michael Losure	....	visual effects artist
Cara Malek	....	production testing
Marco Marquez	....	stereo paint fix artist
Jason Mayer	....	lead effects artist
M. Scott McKee	....	cg supervisor
M. Scott McKee	....	lighting supervisor
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	additional stereoscopic supervisor
Anthony Meschi	....	stereo paint fix artist
John R. Miller	....	technical director
Marc Miller	....	lead lighter
Tom Molet	....	global character technical director
Taylor Moll	....	surfacing artist
Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco	....	surfacing artist
Jonathan Fletcher Moore	....	lighting artist
Ken Museth	....	principle engineer
Michael Necci	....	lighting supervisor
Rob Nitsch	....	senior character effects developer
Sean W. Nolan	....	character technical director
Kevin Ochs	....	supervising character technical director
William Opdyke	....	visual effects artist
Mark Orme	....	matte painting compositor
Tanner Owen	....	crowd animator
Patrick A. Palmer	....	production engineering
Andrea Paolino	....	digital artist
Rupali Parekh	....	lighting artist
Alex Parkinson	....	visual effects supervisor
Luca Pataracchia	....	effects animator
Pranay Patel	....	surfacing technical director
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Alessandro Pepe	....	visual effects artist
Jonathan Perkins	....	visual effects coordinator
Steve Petterborg	....	lighting technical director
Navin Pinto	....	character effects artist
Bryan Poon	....	character effects
Jason Porath	....	effects animator
Gabriel Portnof	....	lead lighter
Andrew Pungprakearti	....	digital effects artist
Celambarasan Ramasamy	....	production testing
Joshua F. Richards	....	crowds artist
Paul Rivera	....	matte painting compositor
Eli Rod	....	additional lead lighter
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	lead lighter
Justin Rosen	....	technical director
Allen Ruilova	....	visual effects artist
Wade Ryer	....	character technical director
Kendal Sager	....	character technical director
Nico Sanghrajka	....	character technical director
Marc Scott	....	cg supervisor
Marc Scott	....	lighting supervisor
Priyes Shah	....	senior lighting artist
Sameer Shah	....	additional technical director
Richard Shiba	....	final layout supervisor
Lauren Simpson	....	visual effects artist
Ruhi Sinha	....	technical director/ lighting artist
Marty Sixkiller	....	r&d supervisor
Aaron Smith	....	cg supervisor
Aaron Smith	....	lighting supervisor
Brian Smith	....	stereo paint fix artist
Serge Sretschinsky	....	supervising technical director
Ilia Standish	....	character effects technical director
Matt Steele	....	character technical director
David Stodolny	....	senior character animator
Jeff Sullivan	....	crowd animator
Kenji Sweeney	....	lighting and compositing artist
Amy Taylor	....	character effects animator
James Thornton	....	crowds developer
Dave Tidgwell	....	visual effects lead
Erik Tillmans	....	compositing: 2D sequence production
John Truong	....	lead character effects animator
Lisa M. Tse	....	lighter
Mauricio Valderrama	....	stereo paint fix artist
Pablo Valle	....	lighting supervisor
Kendra Vander Vliet	....	final layout artist
Benjamin Venancie	....	lighting artist
Brent Villalobos	....	production engineer
Dave Walvoord	....	digital effects supervisor
Dave Walvoord	....	head of lighting
Jeff Wang	....	character technical director
Liang Yuan Wang	....	lighting supervisor
Victor Wang	....	r&d technology
Nathan Warner	....	layout/previs artist
Daniel Warom	....	crowds developer
Gina Warr	....	lead lighting artist
Jason P. Weber	....	lead character effects developer
Eugene Wen	....	lighter
Rhiannon Leffanta Wilhelmi	....	layout artist
Ron Williams	....	character effects animator
D'Lun Wong	....	crowds artist
Hock Wong	....	character effects artist
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Joanna Wu	....	lead lighter
Zhang Xiao	....	visual effects artist
Nate Yellig	....	character effects artist
Masahito Yoshioka	....	visual effects
Simon Yuen	....	senior character technical director
Franz Zach	....	senior modeler

Stunts
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	martial arts choreographer

Animation Department
Drew Adams	....	animator
Manuel Almela	....	animator
J.C. Alvarez	....	final layout artist
Jason Anastas	....	additional animator
Manuel Aparicio	....	animator
Danielle Bemis	....	layout production coordinator
Julien Bocabeille	....	animator: 2D sequence production
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
Sharon Bridgeman	....	story artist
Dorian Bustamante	....	rough layout artist
Chris Capel	....	animator
Alessandro Carloni	....	story artist
Chung Chan	....	animator
Chen-Yi Chang	....	additional story artist
Melanie Cordan	....	additional animator
Alberto Corral	....	animator: cycles
David Couchariere	....	animator
Nicola Courtney	....	key clean-up artist: 2D sequence production (as Nicola-Jane Courtney)
Michelle Cowart	....	additional animator
Philip Craven	....	head of story
Joel Crawford	....	story artist
Ryan Crego	....	additional story artist
Steve Cunningham	....	animator
Donnachada Daly	....	additional animator
Hans Dastrup	....	animator
Bob Davies	....	animator (as Rob Davies)
Monica De Armond	....	production supervisor: animation crew
Louie del Carmen	....	story artist
Eric Deuel	....	animator
Ares Deveaux	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	additional animator (as as Robert Espanto Domingo)
Mark Donald	....	additional animator
Jason Doss	....	character fx
Derek Drymon	....	additional story artist
Christopher Ell	....	final layout artist
Raymond Fabular	....	key assistant clean-up artist: 2D sequence production (as Raymond Flores Fabular)
Raffaella Filipponi	....	animator
Ken Fountain	....	additional animator
Alma Glick	....	additional ink and paint artist: 2D sequence production
Ed Gombert	....	additional story artist
Steven Pierre Gordon	....	animator
Dave Gottlieb	....	additional animator
Gary Graham	....	story artist (as Gary L. Graham)
Thomas Grummt	....	additional animator
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	animator: 2D sequence production
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	story artist
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	supervising animator
Shaila Haque	....	technical director
Willy Harber	....	animator
Dave Hardin	....	senior character animator
Andrew Harkins	....	animator: cycles
Rene Harnois Jr.	....	animation production supervisor
Daniel Hashimoto	....	digital 2D animation: 2D sequence production (as Daniel 'Hashi' Hashimoto)
Li Hong	....	additional story artist
Cameron Hood	....	animator
Steven Hornby	....	additional animator
Steve Horrocks	....	animator
David Hubert	....	character animator
Rodrigo Huerta	....	animator: cycles
James Hull	....	additional animator (as Jim Hull)
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	surfacing artist
Jakob Hjort Jensen	....	animator: 2D sequence production
Alison Jota	....	color model supervisor: 2D sequence production
Claudia V. Keene	....	key assistant clean-up artist: 2D sequence production (as Claudia Keene)
Michael Kiely	....	animator
Sarah-Jane King	....	additional color modeler: 2D sequence production
Chris Kirshbaum	....	animator
Marek Kochout	....	animation supervisor
Lureline Kohler	....	key assistant clean-up artist: 2D sequence production (as Lureline Weatherly)
Robert Koo	....	additional story artist (as Rob Koo)
Luis Labrador	....	Senior Character Modeler
Philippe Le Brun	....	animator: 2D sequence production
Philippe Le Brun	....	supervising animator
Gary H. Lee	....	layout additional supervision
Eric Lees	....	animator
Peer Lemmers	....	animator: cycles
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Truong Son Mai	....	story artist (as Truong Son Mai 'Tron')
Mary Ann Malcomb	....	animator (as Maryann Malcomb)
Nicolas Marlet	....	character designer (as Nico Marlet)
Johane Matte	....	story artist
Jason McDade	....	rough layout artist
Januel Mercado	....	story artist
Helen Michael	....	clean-up supervisor: 2D sequence production
Lieve Miessen	....	key clean-up artist: 2D sequence production (as Lieve Miessen Rochon)
Eric Michael Miller	....	production coordinator: animation
Gregory C. Miller	....	matte painting supervisor
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Damon O'Beirne	....	head of layout
David Pate	....	animation supervisor
Russell Pearsall	....	character setup
Gabriele Pennacchioli	....	additional animator
Rebecca Perez	....	animator
Pierre Perifel	....	animator: 2D sequence production
Pierre Perifel	....	lead animator: "Shen"
Marco Regina	....	animator
Jean-Francois Rey	....	additional animator (as Jean Francois Rey)
Ben Rush	....	animator
Jason Ryan	....	additional animator
William Salazar	....	supervising animator
Radford Sechrist	....	additional story artist
Jeremy Shaw	....	animator
Tal Shwarzman	....	animator
Tina Staples	....	digital paint artist
Tina Staples	....	ink & paint lead: 2D sequence production
David Stodolny	....	animator
Chris Stover	....	rough layout artist
Bill Tessier	....	animator
Erik Tillmans	....	digital 2D animation: 2D sequence production
Liron Topaz	....	animator: cycles
Ennio Torresan	....	story artist
Jason C. Turner	....	modeling supervisor
Theodore Ty	....	animator
Kristafer Vale	....	character technical director
Jim Van der Keyl	....	animator
Dan Wagner	....	head of character animation
Michael C. Walling	....	animator
David Weatherly	....	animator
Simon Wells	....	additional story artist
David I. White	....	animation engineer
Greg Whittaker	....	animator
Peter Wilkins	....	animation engineer
Claire Williams	....	compositor: 2D sequence production
Claire Williams	....	digital 2D animation: 2D sequence production
Benjamin Willis	....	animator
Jeannie Yip	....	surfacing artist
Catherine Yuh	....	story artist (as Catherine Yuh Rader)
Kathy Zielinski	....	animator

Casting Department
Brittany Cope	....	casting assistant
Leslee Feldman	....	casting
Mollie Gamo	....	casting assistant
Christi Soper	....	casting associate (as Christi Soper Hilt)

Editorial Department
Joyce Arrastia	....	additional editor
Alex Cardullo	....	post-production assistant
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Anthony Severin Cox	....	post production engineer
Shane Glick	....	editorial coordinator
Mark A. Hester	....	associate editor (as Mark Hester)
C.K. Horness	....	additional editor
Darrin Ly	....	first assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	digital conform editor
Baron Northrop	....	film and color technician (as Baron C. Northrop)
Jeff Olm	....	digital colorist: Dreamworks Animation
Daniel Ortiz	....	second assistant editor
Kyle Pascucci	....	digital imaging manager (as Kyle D. Pascucci)
Anna Solorio-Catalano	....	associate editor
Robert Stone	....	apprentice editor (as Rob Stone)

Music Department
Slamm Andrews	....	additional music editor
Tom Bailey	....	score assistant engineer
Lorne Balfe	....	composer: additional music
Colette Barber	....	studio manager
John Barrett	....	score assistant engineer
John Barrett	....	assistant scoring engineer
Tom Broderick	....	score technical engineer (as Thomas Broderick)
Alison Burton	....	studio manager
Julie Butchko	....	music clearances
Dan Butler	....	music business affairs
Beth Caucci	....	digital instrument design
Beth Caucci	....	percussion sampling
Victor Chaga	....	score technical engineer
David Channing	....	score editor
Chuck Choi	....	score technical engineer
Matt Dunkley	....	score reader
Sam Estes	....	sample development
Olga FitzRoy	....	score assistant engineer
Germaine Franco	....	additional music producer: overdub
Germaine Franco	....	additional orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	additional orchestrator
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Gavin Greenaway	....	additional orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor: choir
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor: score
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestral contractor
Dave Hage	....	music librarian
Karen Han	....	soloist: erhu
Pete Hutchings	....	score assistant engineer
Andrew Kawczynski	....	technical score engineer
Andrew Kinney	....	additional orchestrator
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services (as Steve Kofsky)
Daniel Kresco	....	additional recordist
Daniel Kresco	....	music engineer
Tommy Laurence	....	additional orchestrator
Dominic Lewis	....	composer: additional music
Liz McNicoll	....	music business affairs
Dave Metzger	....	additional orchestrator
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Adam Miller	....	score assistant engineer
Michael John Mollo	....	digital instrument design
Paul Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Satoshi Mark Noguchi	....	assistant music mixer
Jenny O'Grady	....	choir master
Sam Okell	....	score recordist
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Benjamin R. Robinson	....	score assistant engineer (as Ben Robinson)
Czarina Russell	....	studio manager: Remote Control Productions
Jennifer Schiller	....	music business affairs
Adam Schmidt	....	sample development
Emlyn Singleton	....	orchestra leader
Adam Milo Smalley	....	music editor (as Adam Smalley)
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Peter Oso Snell	....	additional music editor (as Peter 'Oso' Snell)
Jill Streater	....	music librarian
Roger Tang	....	music manager
Susan Thampi	....	music manager
John Ashton Thomas	....	supervising orchestrator
John Traunwieser	....	score technical engineer
Christian Wenger	....	score assistant engineer
Lucy Whalley	....	assistant orchestra contractor
Mark Wherry	....	digital instrument design
Nick Wollage	....	score engineer
Andrew Zack	....	score coordinator
Chris Clad	....	violin (uncredited)
Stephen Hilton	....	additional music arranger (uncredited)
Jasha Klebe	....	copyist (uncredited)

Other crew
Balaji Alahari	....	engineering system administrator
Holly Allen	....	research and development supervisor
Karla M. Alvarado	....	production coordinator: editorial
Rain Angeles	....	systems administrator
Carl Bahor	....	technical resource administrator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Joe Bauman	....	technology coordinator
François Bertel	....	render engineer
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Shawn Bohonos	....	operations system administrator
Zeke Burgess	....	hardware engineer
Ariandy Chandra	....	title designer: international titles
Scott Chapin	....	engineering system administrator
Bryan Cline	....	research and development
Malik Coates	....	research and development: staff
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Sarah Counnas	....	technology production manager
Michael Cutler	....	principal engineer
Mark J. Davis	....	research and development (as Mark Davis)
Mike Davis	....	production engineer
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
Dj Downey	....	operations system administrator
Brendan Duncan	....	research and development
Sean Ellis	....	network engineer
Alireza Estakhrian	....	operations system administration
Jason Evaristo	....	lighting production coordinator
Anthony Fabrizio	....	facilities manager
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
Benoit Gagnon	....	infrastructure engineer
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Zachary Gold	....	production coordinator
Darin Grimes	....	marketing
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	choreographer: kung fu
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
David Hail	....	publicist
Michael P. Hamler	....	production tester
Clint W. Heidorn	....	production coordinator
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Guthrie S. Hennessey	....	training and technical development
Jorge Heredia	....	technical resource administrator
Katherine Shine Hery	....	producer & director assistant
Michael Scott Hutchinson	....	production tester
Daniel Inkeles	....	development
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Ibrahim Sani Kache	....	tech assistance
Jason Kankiewicz	....	infrastructure engineer
Mark Kauffman	....	production engineer
Hans Ku	....	alliance manager
Terence Kuederle	....	research and development
Maxim Lazarov	....	infrastructure engineer
Jon Leibowitz	....	technical resource administrator
Rich Marco	....	engineering systems administrator
Andrew Marshel	....	production assistant
Adam Meir	....	language supervisor
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
Sunil Modi	....	engineering systems administrator
Logan Molnar	....	recruiting
Jemson Montefalcon	....	hardware engineer
Laura Monteiro	....	studio operations
Brendan Murphy	....	script coordinator
Jaimie Nakae	....	marketing
Anna Newman	....	research and development manager
Rosaleen O'Byrne	....	production coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Kris Marciano Pajarito	....	story production assistant
Kristine Pascua Pajarito	....	production assistant
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Andrea Parrish	....	marketing and promotions
Shaun Potts	....	technical resource administrator
Anshul Pundir	....	animation tools intern
Gene Ragan	....	principal engineer
Paul R. Ramsey	....	research and development
Daniel Rich	....	engineering systems administrator
Andrew Richmond	....	production coordinator: lighting department
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Gemma Ross	....	technical resource administrator
Stephen E. Ross	....	technical lead
Matthew J. Schiavone	....	production coordinator
Waioli Shannon	....	production assistant
Doug Sherman	....	infrastructure engineer
Mona Shokrai	....	business and legal affairs
Cathy Sitzes	....	technical resource administrator
Rachel Slansky	....	production coordinator
Kira Shea Smithson	....	administrative staff (as Kira Smithson)
Doug Staub	....	engineering systems administrator
Bob Swensen	....	title producer: main title
Casey Sword	....	technical resource administrator
Julio C. Talavera	....	operations system administration
Curtis W. Thompson	....	production assistant
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of digital resources
Steven Tom	....	assistant production accountant
Guillermo del Toro	....	creative consultant
Tina Tseng	....	production accountant
Brandon Weil	....	production assistant
Rogelio Yanez	....	operations system administrator
Rogelio Yañez	....	operations system administrator
Nicholas Bencriscutto	....	technical resource administrator (uncredited)
Lisa Briggs	....	intern (uncredited)
Omar Garcia	....	technical resource administrator (uncredited)
Charlie Kaufman	....	script consultant (uncredited)

Thanks
Gerald Hatherly	....	special thanks
Mike Mitchell	....	special thanks
Mark Osborne	....	special thanks
John Stevenson	....	special thanks
Eugene Yang	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Solar Entertainment (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• FX Network (2013) (USA) (TV)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities
• Abbey Road Studios  score recorded at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at (as Air Studios)
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Hewlett Packard  workstations, servers and networking
• Howard Schwartz Recording  dialogue recording studio (as HSR/NY)
• L.A. Mad Dogs  ADR
• L.A. Studios, The  dialogue recording studio
• Metro Voices  choir
• One Step Up  foley
• Remote Control Productions  score mixed at (as Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica)
• Shine  end title sequence designed and produced by
• Shine  main and end titles
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Argentina (imdb display title), Colombia (imdb display title), Peru (imdb display title), Uruguay (imdb display title), Venezuela (imdb display title)
"Кунг-фу Панда 2" - Russia
"Панда Кунг-Фу 2" - Ukraine
"ëÕÎÇ-æÕ ðÁÎÄÁ 2" - Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) (imdb display title)
"Kong Fu Panda 2" - Israel (Hebrew title) (alternative title)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Turkey (Turkish title) (imdb display title)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Greece (imdb display title)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Kung Fu Panda 2" - Brazil (imdb display title)
"Kung Fu Panda 2 (3D)" - Venezuela (3-D version)
"Kung Fu Panda 2." - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Kung fu panda 2" - Serbia (imdb display title)
"Kungpupaendeo 2" - South Korea (imdb display title)
"O Panda do Kung Fu 2" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Panda Kung-Fu 2" - Ukraine (imdb display title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sequences of martial arts action and mild violence

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital (Dolby Surround 7.1)

Certification:

Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #46754) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:All | UK:PG | Singapore:G | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/6 | South Africa:PG | Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Germany:6 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman did an uncredited polish on the script. Previously, he had noted in an interview that he saw Kung Fu Panda (2008) with his daughter, and was impressed by the film.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: During the flashback of Po as a baby, he goes into a pot headfirst to retrieve a vegetable. In the next scene, it shows he landed on his bottom, not on his head like he went in. If you look closely, however, you can see him move around after getting the vegetable, and that is how he ends up on his bottom.

Quotes:

Shen:Are you willing to die to find the truth?
Po:You bet I am!... Although, I'd prefer not to.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Breakfast: Episode dated 12 July 2011" (2011)

A Nutshell Review: Kung Fu Panda 2

Who would have expected Kung Fu Panda to become a surprising, heartwarming summer hit back in 2008, where I thought it had captured the very essence of a typical martial arts film, and distilled it into an animated piece appealing both to kids and adults alike. The big risk involved is of course coming up with the inevitable follow up film given the profits that it had raked in, that won't be an insult to its fans, and yet maintaining that same level of appeal the original had. Kung Fu Panda 2 succeeded.

Although it certainly did seem that passing the reins over to rookie director Jennifer Yuh was bewildering, but Yuh turned out to be perfect in guiding the sequel and the beloved characters in yet another adventure, with bigger set action pieces, touching dramatic moments, and retaining plenty of humour from the get go. Credit of course must go to writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger in coming up with a natural progression of the story of Po (Jack Black), and filling it with a lot more elements from classic martial arts film formulas such as a jail break involving skilled pugilists in captivity, a pagoda, getting beat down, recovery and recuperation, and the learning of a new, ultimate skill. To think that the worries came from the scribes being responsible for the snooze-fest Monsters Vs Aliens, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

Kung Fu Panda 2 brings back the A-list voices of Black as Po the Panda, now very much comfortable in his celebrity role of the prophesied Dragon Warrior, and the Furious Five consisting of Angelina Jolie as the no-nonsense, hard hitting Tigress, Seth Rogen as the wisecracking Mantis, David Cross as Crane, Lucy Liu as Viper and the underused Jackie Chan as Monkey, recognizable animals used in distinctive martial arts boxing styles. Also returning are Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu and James Hong as Mr Ping, while joining the fray are Gary Oldman as the chief villain Lord Shen the vain peacock, Michelle Yeoh as The Soothsayer, Jean-Claude Van Damme as Master Croc, Dennis Haysbert as Master Oxen and Victor garber as Master Thundering Rhino, the latter three forming some formidable masters of kung fu whose city they're protecting falls under siege.

The story continues to loosely adopt from historical developments in China, with the premise being set during the time when gunpowder was discovered and fireworks created, but with the more sinister use of the material also for the creation of weapons such as the cannon, threatening the extinction of martial arts with its formidable firepower. Lord Shen becomes fanatical in plundering metal from the land with the ambition to rule all of China, but for his Soothsayer to predict his downfall to come from something black and white, hence his dogged massacre of pandas with his wolf pack goons, before setting his sights on and signaling his diabolical intent on some legendary martial arts masters.

It's pretty amazing how this under 90 minute film also managed to squeeze in plenty of pathos in the form of Po having to unlock his repressed memory of being necessarily abandoned by his parents following a pattern ala Moses with the pandas being threatened with forced extinction, which provides tons of baby panda to milk some scheming, crafty moments to tug at your heartstrings, and you can hear that audible gasps of "oh so cute"s from female members of the audiences. Well done, if the studio decides to make money from merchandising. Narratively it's pretty predictable following the generic essence of typical kung fu film classics, what with the learning of inner peace and new skills involved that resembled very much like Taichi-quan, but what mattered of course is the delivery that hit expectations, and not buckle under that same weight brought over from a successful first film.

Then of course there's the spectacular fight sequences, especially when Po and the Fearsome Five combine to protect the innocent masses against hordes of enemies that come with the requisite comedy, from slapstick to lyrical, like poetry in motion when they showcase their respective, distinctive moves. Big action set pieces are well designed, and I give my thumbs up to how the villain is modelled after the peacock, which in itself brings about the theme of vanity that almost all villains possess, but in the context of kung fu, it's extremely smart to design Lord Shen to move and utilize his own innate weaponry, that of sneaky darts and fans - a weapon that in Chinese martial arts film, is the weapon of choice of the "wei jun zi" - the "fake gentleman" (sorry if my interpretation sucks, but you get my drift).

No qualms about this installment, I would put it in my highly recommended list as a sequel that didn't forget about the spirit of the original, and if the filmmakers can continue to capture exactly what makes martial arts movies tick and distill it like it did for the first two films, I dare say we're in for a mighty strong franchise that will appeal to kids, and every kung fu film fan out there who will probably go nuts at how well this animated series managed to get the formula right.