It may sound silly to ask for a complex villain backstory from “Kung Fu Panda 3,” but the first two movies had just that, so Kai’s comes off as a little simple and underwhelming.

Po knows kung fu, but he doesn't know his dad. Reunited, father and son travel to a secret panda paradise, where Po discovers he doesn't really belong. There, he meets Mei Mei (Rebel Wilson), an ...

Here’s how it works. Kung Fu Panda 3 is going to be a big movie for DreamWorks Animation. The studio currently is going through something of a crisis thanks to the failure of their last few movies.

Furry warrior Po (voiced by Jack Black) meets his long-lost parent Li Shan (Bryan Cranston) in the animated Kung Fu Panda 3 (out on digital HD platforms Friday, Blu-ray/DVD June 28), and this ...

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Also returning to the movie is Dustin Hoffman as Kung Fu master Shifu along with James Hong as Po's adoptive father, Mr. Ping and Bryan Cranston as Po's birth father, Li.

He's the dream dad." There's an element of sadness in the reunion as Li's wife (Po's mother) has died, which Po learned about in 2011's Kung Fu Panda 2 — a loss which set Li on his solo mission.

Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who penned the first two films, scripted this one too. Kung Fu Panda 3, which scored official China co-production status, originally was set to open December 23.