DreamWorks Animation announced today that Academy Award-winning actress and tabloid headliner Angelina Jolie will lend her voice to the upcoming CG-animaed feature Kung-Fu Panda. Slated for release in May of 2008, the action-comedy will also feature the voices of Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman and Ian McShane.
Set in ancient China, Kung Fu Panda centers on Po the Panda (Black), a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant who gets a chance to take his kung fu fanaticism to a whole new level when a prophesy names him the “Chosen One” to protect his land from powerful enemies. Jolie will play Tigress, one of the martial arts masters who undertake the seemingly impossible task of transforming the slacker into a lethal weapon. John Stevenson and Mark Osborne (Father of the Pride) are directing and Melissa Cobb is producing.
The film reunites Jolie and Black, who previously worked together on DreamWorks’ 2004 animated hit, Shark Tale. Jolie is also working on Robert Zemeckis’ performance-capture adaptation of Beowulf, which will be released in late 2007.
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