To have a good time the Chinese language New 12 months, Netflix is now streaming an all-new particular episode, “Epic Lunar New 12 months,” of the hit DreamWorks Animation collection, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. Within the episode, to maintain the gang’s spirits up on their tough voyage, Jack Black’s Po tells them the story of a hunter who helped shield a village from a dragon on the primary Lunar New 12 months.
The 12-episode second season of the present, now accessible on Netflix, stars Black alongside Rita Ora as “Wandering Blade;” visitor stars for the brand new season embody Harvey Gullien as a frog named “Pelpel;” Richard Ayoade as a mole rat named “Kyle;” Shohreh Aghdashloo as pirate queen “Forouzan;” and Melissa Villasignor as an excitable scientist “Akna.”
Make a brand new yr’s want, then watch a trailer from the “Epic Lunar New 12 months” episode:
Within the collection, as he pursues the villainous weasels, Klaus and Veruca, and the highly effective Tianshiang weapons, Po ventures outdoors of China for the primary time along with his motley crew of warriors, together with the fierce Wandering Blade, the slippery Rukhmini, and dependable Mr. Ping. From a museum heist in India to a volcanic eruption in Central America, the heroes face hazard at each activate their journey to unravel the secrets and techniques surrounding Blade’s brother and his connection to some magical weapons.
Peter Hastings and Shaunt Nigoghossian function government producers, and Chris Amick and Ben Mekler function co-executive producers.
Hastings shares insights on the brand new season’s manufacturing in an AWN interview, “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’: Averting ‘Baditude,’ Attaining ‘Awesomeness.’”
Impressed by conventional martial arts and set in historic China, the 2008 Academy Award-nominated film and inaugural chapter of the Kung Fu Panda franchise turned DreamWorks’ highest-grossing authentic animated movie and launched a trilogy that has earned greater than $1.8 billion on the world field workplace.
Dan Sarto is Writer and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Community.
