Meanwhile, Po is enjoying his new role as a Kung Fu Master alongside the Furious Five, though Master Shifu warns him he has not yet achieved inner peace. Some decades later, Shen and his wolf army start to raid villages for scrap metal. Horrified by the genocide, Shen's parents banish him. Overhearing a prophecy that a 'warrior of black and white' will defeat him if he continues, Shen destroys the local giant panda population. The peacock rulers of Gongmen City invent fireworks, but their son, Lord Shen, puts the gunpowder to evil use. The sequel, Kung Fu Panda 3, was released in January 2016. Nelson became the first woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since Marjane Satrapi for Persepolis (2007). The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards, losing to Rango.

It grossed $665 million worldwide against its $150 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film directed by a female director until Frozen (2013), as well as the highest-grossing film solely directed by a female director until Wonder Woman (2017). The film was released in theaters on in 2D, RealD 3D, and Digital 3D, and received very positive reviews from critics. In the film, Po and his allies (Tigress, Monkey, Viper, Crane, Mantis) travel to Gongmen City to stop a villainous peacock from conquering China, while also rediscovering Po's forgotten past. Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (in her feature directorial debut), 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. It is the sequel to Kung Fu Panda (2008) and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated martial arts comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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