While the beloved martial arts mammal continues to kick box office butt — hanging on in the Top 5 domestically acter five weeks, with a NorAm total of $166 million ($410.4M worldwide) — Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is launching Kung Fu Panda 4 on digital on Tuesday, April 9. Fans can purchase the movie from participating digital retailers nationwide, including Apple, Fandango at Home (formerly Vudu), Comcast Xfinity, Cox and Verizon.
The release will include a brand-new, original animated short from DreamWorks Animation: Dueling Dumplings. in this mini adventure, Po (voiced by Emmy winner and Golden Globe nominee Jack Black) and Zhen (Awkwafina) battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.
Kung Fu Panda 4 Synopsis: After learning he must find a new hero to take over as Dragon Warrior so that he may fulfill his destiny as the next spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace, Po (Black) decides to take one last adventurous mission. He teams up with a quick-witted thief named Zhen (Awkwafina), a corsac fox, to discover the truth about recent sightings of villains he’s defeated in the past. In a journey that puts both to the test, it will take a wicked, powerful sorceress, The Chameleon, voiced by Oscar winner Viola Davis, to bring them together and remind Po that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.
The voice cast also features two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, multi-Emmy winner Bryan Cranston as Li, full franchise star James Hong as Mr. Ping, Emmy nominee Ian McShane as Tai Lung and Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan as Han.
Kung Fu Panda 4 is directed and executive produced by Mike Mitchell (The LEGO Movie 2, Trolls, Shrek Forever After), co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) from a script by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger (Kung Fu Panda films, Trolls, Trolls World Tour) and Darren Lemke (Turbo, Shrek Forever After). Rebecca Huntley, p.g.a., is the film’s producer. Co-producers are Steven Schweickart, Aibel and Berger. Music composed by Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro.
