Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
2016 film by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
- Released
- 29 January 2016
- Country
- People's Republic of China, United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Alessandro Carloni
- Screenplay
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
- Producer
- Melissa Cobb
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Editing
- Clare Knight
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Production company
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributor
- 20th Century Studios, InterCom
- Box office
- $521.2 million
- Budget
- $145 million
- Set in
- People's Republic of China
Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 animated martial arts comedy film directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Jackie Chan, and Jean-Claude Van Damme reprise their roles from the previous films, with Randall Duk Kim reprising his 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.
Nominations
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
Series
- Preceded by: Kung Fu Panda 2
- Followed by: Kung Fu Panda 4
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q15055043 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.