Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated martial
arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount
Pictures. The film is the sequel to Kung Fu Panda (2008) and the second installment
in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. It was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (in her
feature directorial debut) and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. The
film stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu,
David Cross, James Hong, and Jackie Chan reprising their character roles from
the first film, with Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis
Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Victor Garber voicing new characters. In
the film, Po and his allies (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, and Mantis) travel
to Gongmen City to stop the evil peacock Lord Shen from conquering China, while
also rediscovering Po's forgotten past.