Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American animated film. It was directed by John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb and stars Jack Black as Po. The film was produced by DreamWorks Animation's studio in Glendale, California and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars the voice of Jack Black as the panda, Po, along with the voices of Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong and Jackie Chan. Set in ancient China, the plot revolves around a bumbling panda who aspires to be a kung fu master. After a much-feared ex-disciple is prophesied to escape from prison, Po is foretold to be the Dragon Warrior by the head of the temple, much to his shock and surprise, as well as the chagrin of the resident kung fu warriors.[1] Although the concept of a "kung fu panda" has been around since at least 1993, work on the film did not begin until 2004.[2] The idea for the film was conceived by Michael Lachance,[3] a DreamWorks Animation executive. The film was originally intended to be a parody, but director Stevenson decided instead to shoot an action comedy martial arts film in the spirit of Hong Kong action cinema that incorporates the hero's journey narrative archetype for the lead character. The computer animation in the film was more complex than anything DreamWorks had done before. As with most DreamWorks animated films, Hans Zimmer (collaborating with John Powell this time) scored Kung Fu Panda. He visited China to absorb the culture and get to know the China National Symphony Orchestra as part of his preparation. Kung Fu Panda premiered in the United States on June 6, 2008, and has since received very favorable reviews from critics and most of the movie-going public. The film currently garners an 89% "Certified Fresh" approval rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Kung Fu Panda opened in 4,114 theaters, grossing $20.3 million on its opening day and $60.2 million on its opening weekend, Kung Fu Panda keys,resulting in the number one position at the box office. The film has achieved DreamWorks's biggest opening for a non-sequel film, highest grossing animated movie of the year, and the fourth-largest weekend overall for a DreamWorks animated film, behind Shrek the Third, Shrek 2, and Shrek Forever After In a fictional China populated by anthropomorphic animals, the Valley of Peace is protected by the Furious Five — Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane — a quintet of warriors trained in kung fu by the wise tortoise Master Oogway and his protégé, the red panda Master Shifu. One day, Oogway has a premonition that Shifu's former pupil and foster son, the brutal and ruthless snow leopard Tai Lung,purchase Kung Fu Panda cd key,Kung Fu Panda serial code, will escape from prison and return to the Valley. Shifu decides to hold a martial arts tournament so that Oogway may identify the legendary Dragon Warrior – the one master worthy to receive the Dragon Scroll, which is said to hold the secret to limitless power. Tai Lung had been denied the Scroll years earlier, causing him to decimate the Valley in retaliation and resulting in his imprisonment. Po is a young giant panda and kung fu fanatic who works in his goose[5] father's noodle restaurant. Upon hearing of the tournament, Po tries to attend as a spectator, but his father directs him to take a push cart and sell noodles instead. By the time Po arrives, the gates are closed and the tournament has already started. Desperate to see the tournament, Po straps himself to a set of fireworks just as his father catches him. Before Po's father can convince him to go back to work, Po rockets into the sky and crashes into the middle of the arena, just as Oogway is about to select the new Dragon Warrior. To the surprise of all, Oogway indicates that Po is the Dragon Warrior. Unwilling to believe that a big, fat, clumsy panda can be the Dragon Warrior, Shifu attempts to berate and humiliate Po into quitting. He subjects Po to a grueling series of challenges and sparring matches against the Furious Five, culminating in a battle between Po and Shifu that ends with Po being thrown from the Jade Palace. Though the Furious Five despise Po's lack of kung fu skills, buy Kung Fu Panda cd key,cd key of Kung Fu Panda,Oogway advises him not to quit, and Po takes his advice, much to Shifu's dismay. In time, he endears himself to the Five (except Tigress) with his impressive tenacity, culinary skill, and good humor, though he is still unable to grasp the basics of kung fu. Meanwhile, as Oogway had foreseen, Tai Lung escapes from his prison and heads for the Valley. Sensing that his death is imminent, Oogway extracts a promise from Shifu that he will train Po and then ascends to heaven in a swirl of flower petals. Upon hearing that Tai Lung is coming, Po panics and tries to flee. Shifu refuses to let him go, Kung Fu Panda key,Kung Fu Panda code,insisting that he can change Po into the Dragon Warrior. Hiding nearby and seeing this argument, Tigress leads the rest of the Furious Five to stop Tai Lung themselves. The next morning, Shifu discovers that Po displays impressive agility when he is motivated by food; using the promise of food as a reward, Shifu trains Po into a skilled warrior. The Five confront Tai Lung over a long rope bridge, but he easily defeats them. Feeling that Po is ready to fight, Shifu gives him the Dragon Scroll, which he opens to reveal nothing but a blank, reflective surface. Shifu, despairing, orders Po and the Five to evacuate the valley while he prepares to delay Tai Lung for as long as he can. During the evacuation, Po finds his father who, in an attempt to console him, reveals that the long-withheld secret ingredient of his famous "secret ingredient soup" is nothing, except the belief that the soup is special. Po realizes this idea is the point of the Dragon Scroll and returns to face Tai Lung. At the Temple, Tai Lung confronts Shifu and demands the Scroll; when Shifu refuses, Tai Lung attacks him. In a furious battle, Tai Lung overpowers and nearly kills Shifu before Po arrives with the Dragon Scroll. At first, Tai Lung is more concerned with gaining the Scroll than fighting Po, whom he dismisses as just a "big, fat panda", but Po uses a combination of his natural clumsiness, his body mass, and Shifu's training to prove himself an unexpected challenge, constantly keeping the Scroll out of Tai Lung's reach.Kung Fu Panda key,Kung Fu Panda code, Still, Po is far behind Tai Lung in skills and eventually the Scroll falls into Tai Lung's grasp. Tai Lung opens the Scroll, but cannot comprehend its symbolic value. Po explains that "there is no secret ingredient" other than the power that the warrior has always possessed. Enraged by the absence of the Scroll's contents, Tai Lung lashes out at Po with his nerve attacks. However, due to Po's body fat, Tai Lung's strikes do nothing more than tickle him. A strike happens to land upon one of Po's vital nerve points and unlock his true potential. With his new-found strength, Po counter-attacks with devastating effectiveness and finally defeats Tai Lung with the secret "Wuxi Finger Hold". The deeply impressed Furious Five accept Po as a kung fu master and their equal. purchase Kung Fu Panda cd key,Kung Fu Panda serial code,Po returns to Shifu and finds him exhausted but alive, and finally at peace now that Tai Lung has been defeated and peace restored to the Valley. In the post-credits scene, Po and Shifu are shown eating dumplings together under the sacred peach tree. The seed that Oogway planted nearby shortly before his ascension has sprouted in a little plant.