And like Po, Harry Potter is drawn time and again to seek out the murderous villain and bring peace to himself and the country. Po, like Harry Potter, has a link to this evil warlord, who murdered his parents before the story begins. In Panda 2, Shen believes he has killed all of the pandas in China and has nothing to worry about, and like Macbeth, sets off on a path towards his own demise. In Macbeth, it was “none of woman born” that posed a threat, so Macbeth figured he was safe. Lord Shen is told that he will become king and rule the country, but soon after will be defeated by a powerful warrior. If you look closely, you will notice that this film is really a drink mixed with equal parts Harry Potter and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, substituting a bumbling animated panda as the Potter stand-in, and Lord Shen as the Macbeth character. Cue Po and co, who just like that (literally like 12 minutes into the film) are on their way to save the day. We are suddenly transported to the present, where Shen and his diabolical device take over the city and imprison any who stand in his way. A soothsayer proclaims that “a black and white warrior” will eventually destroy Shen and his army, so, in classic Shakespearean fashion, Shen murders all of the pandas in China.
Lord Shen, rather than fighting them himself, invents gunpowder and fireworks as a way to destroy Kung Fu in China and become emperor. A heartless, cruel and irreverent crane named Shen (voiced by the always entertaining Gary Oldman) returns to China to ascend the throne, and the only ones standing in his way are Po and the Furious Five. Kung Fu Panda 2 starts, like its predecessor, with a bit of exposition by way of storytelling. To an extent, they succeeded, but this film didn’t quite live up to the high standards set by the first adventure. The team at Dreamworks hit it out of the park with the first Kung Fu Panda, and hoped that audiences would again be enamored with the lovable Po and his supporting cast of martial arts experts. Just ask the Pixar guys, who fretted for months trying to make Toy Story 2 as awesome as the first. Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom will be released (moved from its original date of June 3, 2011).It’s not easy making a sequel to a critically and commercially successful animated film. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, and James Hong are all reprising their voice roles from the first movie. And though we weren’t sure exactly who Oldman was playing when reporting his casting, now it appears that his Peacock character will be the main villain. Yeoh is set to play a goat named The Soothsayer. Van Damme and Garber will be playing Master Croc and Master Thundering Rhino. Garber is known from roles in Titanic, Legally Blonde, and Alias. Yeoh is best known for her work in foreign films including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and has more recently been making a name for herself in American films like Sunshine, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and Babylon A.D. The action star has been pretty much disappeared off the Hollywood radar aside for the role as himself in JCVD and a couple of returns to his Universal Soldier role.Īlso joining the cast is Michelle Yeoh and Victor Garber. Most interesting of them all is the addition of the man, the myth, the legend, Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now DreamWorks Animation has revealed the names of some other actors who’ve joined the cast of the sequel to the 2008 hit, Kung Fu Panda. Last week we found out that Gary Oldman would be joining the cast of Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom.
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