Kung Fu Panda 3 » Trivia (Movie)

The first "Kung Fu Panda" film to be distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, since the end of DreamWorks Animation's deal with Paramount Pictures in 2012.

The film was originally scheduled for December 23, 2015 but the studio delayed to avoid directly competing with Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Director Jennifer Nelson made the bull Kai a supernatural entity to make him a distinct villain: "Tai Lung was a brawler, and Shen was smarter, so where can you go? You have to go bigger, go supernatural." Appropriately, the title "Kai" means "god" in Japanese.

One third of the film was made in China, and the rest was made in the United States, at DWA.

This is the first time that any major American animated feature film has been co-produced with a Chinese firm.

This has been the longest wait for a sequel to a previous Dreamworks computer-animated film to date.

Jamie Campbell Bower was cast to voice Po's real father but was replaced by actor Bryan Cranston. Ironic as neither of these Actors voiced Po's Father at the End of Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), instead being voiced by Experienced Voice Actor Fred Tatasciore (who also voiced Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda Video Games and the Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011) TV Series).

Rebel Wilson was the original choice for Mei Mei, but dropped out due to schedule conflicts and was replaced by Kate Hudson.

Kai is the first Kung Fu Panda villain to not have a British accent.

Mads Mikkelsen was originally going to voice Kai, but he had to back out due to schedule conflicts and so was replaced with J.K. Simmons.

Director 'Jennifer Yuh' made the bull Kai a supernatural entity to make him a distinct villain: "Tai Lung was a brawler, and Shen was smarter, so where can you go? You have to go bigger, go supernatural." Appropriately, the title "Kai" means "god" in Japanese.

Four of Angelina Jolie's children, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, Pax Jolie-Pitt, Knox Jolie-Pitt and Zahara Jolie Pitt, are voice extras in the scene when Po talks to the pandas about a game plan.

This will be J.K. Simmons' first of two animated movies premiering in 2016. The second movie is Zootopia (2016).

Jackie Chan is the only actor to be voicing 2 different characters in the film's English release (as Monkey) and Mandarin release (as Li/Po's birth father).

Kai's theme is actually a remix of the Imagine Dragons song "I'm So Sorry."