Kung Fu Panda (2008)
2008 film by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
- Released
- 15 May 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Kung fu film
- Director
- John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
- Screenplay
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
- Producer
- Bill Damaschke, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Hans Zimmer
- Music
- Hans Zimmer, John Powell
- Cinematography
- Yong Duk Jhun
- Editing
- Clare Knight
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Production company
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributor
- Paramount Pictures, UIP-Dunafilm, Netflix
- Box office
- $631.7 million
- Budget
- $130 million
- Set in
- People's Republic of China
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American animated martial arts comedy film directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, from a story by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is the first installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and stars Jack Black as the voice of the titular character. The film also stars an ensemble voice cast including Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Jackie Chan. Set in an ancient China populated by anthropomorphic animals, the film follows Po, a bumbling giant panda and kung fu enthusiast living in the Valley of Peace who is unwittingly named the "Dragon Warrior", a prophesied hero worthy of reading a scroll intended to grant its reader limitless power, when the savage snow leopard Tai Lung is foretold to escape imprisonment and attack the Valley.
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
- Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
Series
- Followed by: Kung Fu Panda 2
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q129193 (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.