Acting veteran Gary Oldman has joined the sequel to Kung Fu Panda. He will be voicing the character of Lord Shen (a peacock), the film’s new villain. Michelle Yeoh brings to life the mystical character of The Soothsayer (a goat). Action legend, Van Damme, will be joined by Victor Garber, as Master Croc and Master Thundering Rhino, respectively.
The first Kung Fu Panda (2008) reached over $631 million in worldwide box office. Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom will welcome back Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and James Hong. It has a scheduled release for May 27, 2011.
DreamWorks Animation confirmed today that Gary Oldman has joined the voice cast of Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom and added that Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber are on board as well.
I totally enjoyed the first one, so I won’t mind being entertained for a second time. I was surprised at how much I liked the first one – I guess I went into it not expecting too much. Jack Black was genious, and the cast did a great job as well. It was funny, had a heart and the action was pretty cool. Adding Mr. Oldman as the new baddie is a great choice. And bringing in Van Damme into the mix is pure awesome. I bet the sequel will do tons of cash – maybe even surpassing the first one. We’ll see. I’ll definetely watch it.
What do you guys think?
Wow, this flick is racking up quite the voice cast.
Van Damme! Awesome. If anyone hasn’t seen his monologue in JCVD, go rent it now. It will change your world forever.
I, too, was surprised at how good it turned out. But yet another sequel? The word alone makes me cringe. But I can understand it since there are more than 630 million reasons to not let this cow walk around freely.
But where is Chuck Norris in this one? Come on, he managed to destroy the Death Star and gave Steven Seagal a second expression. So he has to be in this sequel, right?
I agree, or at least have a cgi cameo of him. Don’t even make him look like an animal, just a cgi chuck norris in the film and have him fight Po. That fight would be LEGENDARY!