DreamWorks announces Kung Fu Panda 4 for theaters in 2024
It's been 6 years since Kung Fu Panda 3 battled its way into theaters
DreamWorks and Universl Pictures announced today that they’re moving forward with a fourth cinematic installment of its ever-more expansive Kung Fu Panda franchise. Currently aiming at a 2024 release date, Kung Fu Panda 4 will arrive in theaters a full eight years after the conclusion of the original KFP Trilogy—although the Po-hounds in the audience will know that said fallow period has been helpfully spanned by multiple TV shows, most recently Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, which arrived on Netflix earlier this year.
The fourth film will presumably focus, per usual, on Jack Black’s Po, who’s spent the last 14 years of KFP history slowly rising from a lazy neophyte into a hardened martial arts warrior and confident leader through a process of extensive training, as depicted in the films, the TV shows, and in spin-off arcade game Kung Fu Panda: Dojo Mojo, a.k.a. the most efficient way we know of to score large amounts of tickets at our local Dave And Buster’s. (Warning: Dojo Mojo only really pays out if you can beat the bonus round, which is timed so that you’ll lose if you grab even a single black spiky ball instead of one of Master Shifu’s delicious dumplings; The A.V. Club assumes no responsibility for the machine’s overall ticket payout, especially if the upper left punch pad is busted, which it often seems to be.)