Ping stows away, hoping to drive a wedge between Po and Li, but is soon discovered. Li offers to take Po to the village to learn to use chi to defeat Kai, while Shifu and the Five prepare to protect the valley. The pandas taught Oogway to give healing chi to others, but Kai learned to take chi from others for himself, forcing Oogway to banish him to the Spirit Realm. Through research, the group learns that Kai and Oogway were once brothers in arms, and that Kai saved a wounded Oogway's life by taking him to a secret panda village to be healed. Ping.ДЄfter introducing Li to Shifu and the Five, Po joins the Five to defend the Valley of Peace from Kai's jade zombies, the now-possessed remains of the past kung fu masters.

The two immediately bond, much to the dismay and jealousy of Po's adoptive father Mr. Disheartened, Po returns home, where he meets Li Shan, a panda that both quickly realize is Po's biological father. Po's first attempts to teach inadvertently injure the Furious Five, and Shifu advises Po should try to be more like himself and less like Shifu. Meanwhile, Master Shifu announces his retirement from teaching, and names Po the Dragon Warrior as his successor. Kai takes this as a challenge, and returns to the Mortal Realm. Oogway has his own chi stolen, but not before he warns Kai that someone (Po) is destined to stop him. In the Spirit Realm, Grand Master Oogway fights against General Kai, a spirit warrior yak who has defeated all the other dead kung fu masters and stolen their chi. A spin-off animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny, aired on Amazon Prime Video from Novemto July 4, 2019, while a sequel animated series, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, will air on Netflix in July 2022, the latter of which features Black reprising his role as Po. The film received generally positive reviews, with praise for the voice acting, animation, visuals, humor, and heart. It received a limited release in China on Janufor a special three-hour sneak preview and was released in the United States on Januin 3D, grossing $521 million worldwide against its $145 million budget, becoming the second highest-grossing film released in the month of January behind American Sniper. Kung Fu Panda 3 premiered on Januin Los Angeles.

The film was dedicated to Nancy Bernstein, who served as Head of Production at DreamWorks Animation, died from colorectal cancer at the age of 55 on September 18, 2015. Simmons and Kate Hudson in the roles of Li Shan, Kai, and Mei Mei, respectively. They are joined by Bryan Cranston (replacing Fred Tatasciore, who went on to voice Master Bear), J. Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, James Hong and Jackie Chan reprise their roles from the previous films with Randall Duk Kim reprising his role of Oogway from the first film. The film is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. In the film, Po is reunited with his birth father and discovers the existence of a secret Panda Village, but must soon learn to master chi and prepare the pandas to fight against Kai, a spirit warrior intent on destroying Oogway's legacy. It is the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 computer-animated fantasy martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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