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Kung Fu Panda Franchise Heading to a TV Near You

By Muriel Vega on 12:18 PM on May 21, 2009

With a sequel in the works and due out in 2011, DreamWorks is hoping to extend the life of the Kung Fu Panda franchise a little bit longer. With the success of the Madagascar's Penguins TV show, The Penguins of Madagascar, Nickelodeon has jumped on the boat once again and has ordered 26 episodes of the simply-named, Kung Fu Panda: The Series....  read more

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Jack Black steps into title role of Gulliver's Travels

By Jeremy Medina on 9:23 AM on November 13, 2008

There has been perhaps no better match between a comedian and a project this decade than with Jack Black and School of Rock. Sure, Will Ferrell's been memorable in a number of things, like Old School and Elf. Vince Vaughn was funny in Wedding Crashers, but his wisecracking motormouth shtick has since grown tiresome. Bill Murray found the role of a lifetime in Lost in Translation, but the film was more of a melancholic meditation on life and loneliness than a full-blown comedy. For our money, Black's infectious and warm performance in Richard Linklater's film is simply pure, unadulterated brilliance....  read more

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Kung Fu Panda sequel possibly already in the works

By Julia Askenase on 4:11 PM on June 26, 2008

Kids martial-arts movies have been known to pack a one-two (or three) punch. 3 Ninjas and The Karate Kid each produced trilogies. And while DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda may lack such memorable lines as "Rock loves Emily!" or "Wax on, wax off," it appears that another dose of animated ass-kicking is in order. ...  read more

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The Week at Paste

By Josh Jackson on 6:00 AM on June 6, 2008

It was a busy week at Paste. Several Paste staffers returned from Sasquatch, we welcomed Ben Sollee by the office for a performance, celebrated two upcoming arrivals into the Paste family with a double shower, said hello to a brand new crop of interns, and oh yeah, I started a blog. Here's a little round-up of what was going on at PasteMagazine.com this week:Rainn Wilson video from SasquatchRainn Wilson goes toe-to-toe (at least that's how I hope it was) with our own Jason Killingsworth, complaining that his favorite band The National has gotten all uppity since their album landed #1...  read more

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Tenacious Cee: Black and Green practice Kung Fu

By Kasia Galazka on 2:38 PM on May 15, 2008

As summer nears, so do the releases of animated films featuring pretty darn cute creatures, like the wide-eyed WALL•E and chubby Kung Fu Panda. But Jack Black and Cee-Lo Green are one-uppping the robot film in the name of martial arts bears everywhere. How are they doing it? With a cover of Carl Douglas' 1974 karaoke staple "Kung Fu Fighting," of course....  read more

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