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Monday, November 5, 2007
Move over, Mei Lan, here comes ‘Kung Fu Panda’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Zoo Atlanta’s pert panda Mei Lan better watch her furry back. By summer the country will be awash in marketing that touts a different black and white bear.
Dreamworks will release the animated “Kung Fu Panda” in June, starring Jack Black as the voice of a panda named Po in China of yore. He must become a formidable fighter to save his community from a vicious snow tiger.
The film’s first marketing salvo arrived on my desk Monday — a large red box contained not only a DVD of the trailer but a big, blow-up “Kung Fu Panda” punching bag.
I’ll say this — the animation on the trailer looks really good. The fighting animals (and one insect) include a monkey, a mantis, a crane, a snake and a tiger. Po’s training takes a slide because he spends a lot of time eating. It doesn’t take a genius to guess the trailer’s very recognizable song: “Kung Fu Fighting.”
Do you think you’ll check out “Kung Fu Panda”? And what’s your favorite Dreamworks animation? The “Shrek” movies? “Madagascar”? “Bee Movie”?
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