PANDA-MONIUM SWEEPS CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008
Source: DreamWorks Animation SKG
May 14, 2008 - 12:58:40 PM
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Photo Credit: Gareth Cattermole |
Cannes, Frances, May 14, 2008 -- DreamWorks Animation kicked off the 61st
annual Cannes Film Festival today with an outbreak of "Pandamonium," as Jack
Black, star of DreamWorks Animation's upcoming June 6th release "Kung Fu Panda,"
arrived at the Carlton Hotel pier in style...emerging from a water taxi to be
greeted on the pier by nearly 40 true-to-size Po-s—his on-screen persona and
hero of the film's title. Black and the other "kung fu pandas" posed for a
barrage of photojournalists and camera crews, signaling that the celebrity- and
film-fueled glitter of the 2008 Festival had officially begun.
Black's
arrival at the Carlton will serve as merely the beginning of the "Kung Fu
Panda"-monium set to sweep Cannes, as the DreamWorks Animation release is slated
for its worldwide premiere, screening out of competition tomorrow night, May
15th, at 7:30pm at the nexus of the Festival, the Palais. The pre-screening red
carpet arrivals will spotlight Black and some of his "Kung Fu Panda"
co-stars—Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu—along with KFP
filmmakers—directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, producer Melissa Cobb, and
screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger—and DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey
Katzenberg, who will be joined by friends and some of the biggest celebrities in
attendance at this year's Fest.
In addition to the coverage supplied by
the throng of international journalists on hand at the Festival, the "Kung Fu
Panda" appearances and activities will also be broadcast in real time to fans
around the globe, thanks to satellite hookups beaming the Pandamonium
worldwide...from China to Chicago and the Czech Republic!
Enthusiastic,
big and a little clumsy, Po (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black) is the biggest fan
of kung fu around...which doesn't exactly come in handy while working every day
in his family's noodle shop. When he's unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient
prophecy, Po's dreams become reality and he joins the world of kung fu to study
alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five: Tigress (Academy Award® winner
Angelina Jolie); Crane (Emmy winner David Cross); Mantis (Emmy nominee Seth
Rogen); Viper (Emmy/SAG nominee Lucy Liu); and Monkey (international superstar
Jackie Chan) — under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu (two-time Oscar®
winner Dustin Hoffman). But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous
snow leopard Tai Lung (Emmy/Golden Globe winner Ian McShane) is headed their
way, and it's up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn
his dreams of becoming a kung fu master into reality? Po puts his heart into the
task, and the unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn
out to be his greatest strengths. The film opens nationwide in the US on June 6,
2008.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Presents "Kung Fu Panda," a Paramount
Pictures release, featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina
Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk
Kim, James Hong, Michael Clarke Duncan and Dan Fogler. The film is directed by
John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. The story is by Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris.
The screenplay is by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger. The producer is Melissa
Cobb. The executive producer is Bill Damaschke. The co-producers are Jonathan
Aibel and Glenn Berger. This film has been rated PG for sequences of martial
arts action.
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