Panko the Dragon

Panko the Dragon
Directed by	William Renschen Tenzing Norgay Trainor Jon M. Chu
Produced by	Tenzing Norgay Trainor William Renschen Alejandro Munoz Chris J. Columbus Scooter Braun Phil Lord Christopher Miller Amy Pascal Jackie Chan Christina Steinberg
Screenplay by	Rodney Rothman William Renschen Chris Applehans Nicholas Stoller
Story by	Phil Lord
Starring	John Cho Tenzing Norgay Trainor Maya Erskine Christina Hendricks Hailee Steinfeld Dylan O'Brien Ken Jeong Greg Proops Jamie Chung Lizzie Waterworth
Music by	Henry Jackman
Edited by	Robert Fisher Jr.
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Movie Land Animation Studios Panko and Panda Studios Lord Miller Productions Pascal Pictures 1492 Pictures Scooter Braun Films Tencent Pictures Alibaba Pictures
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States and China) Netflix (International)
Release date	April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) (China) May 7, 2021 (2021-05-07) (United States) July 2, 2021 (2021-07-02) (Canada) July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) (International)
Running time	117 minutes
Language	China United States
Country	English Mandarin

Panko the Dragon (simplified Chinese: 潘科这龙; traditional Chinese: 潘科這龍; pinyin: Pān kē zhè lóng) is an upcoming American-Chinese computer-animated fantasy science fiction action adventure comedy film directed by William Renschen, Tenzing Norgay Trainor and Jon M. Chu. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Movie Land Animation Studios and Panko and Panda Studios, the film will star John Cho, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Maya Erskine, Christina Hendricks, Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O'Brien, Ken Jeong, Greg Proops, Jamie Chung and Lizzie Waterworth. The characters will be voiced in both the Chinese and English releases of the film.

Panko the Dragon was released theatrically in China on April 2, 2021, before later releasing in the United States on May 7, 2021.

Cast

• John Cho as Panko the Dragon
  • Jackie Chan as Panko the Dragon (Mandarin dub)
• Tenzing Norgay Trainor as Will Jin
• Maya Erskine as Takamoto
• Christina Hendricks as Michelle "Cool" Tomato
• Hailee Steinfeld as Kym
• Dylan O'Brien as William
• Ken Jeong as Chao the Penguin
• Greg Proops as Ed Bao the Dragon
• Jamie Chung as Joy
• Lizzie Waterworth as
  • Judy
  • Hefty the Cat
• Kelly Marie Tran as Constance
• Thalia Tran as Alice
• Chris Pratt as Johnny
• Danny Cook as Sven
• David Schwimmer as Stefano

Production

Development

Production of the Untitled Tenzing Norgay Trainor film was announced on November 17, 2019 by Movie Land Animation Studios and Panko and Panda Studios. On January 24, 2020, Sony Pictures Animation will require rights to produce the film. On May 29, 2020, it was announced that it would be entitled Panko the Dragon, with Jackie Chan will be played as Panko.

Casting

Jackie Chan will consider the roles as Panko and Tenzing Norgay Trainor joined the cast as Will Jin on April 23, 2019. On March 23, 2021, it was announced that Maya Erskine, Christina Hendricks, Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O'Brien, Ken Jeong, Greg Proops, Jamie Chung and Lizzie Waterworth were joined the cast.

Due to Netflix's acquisition of Vivo, Sony confirmed that Jackie Chan would not be receiving his role as the voice of Panko the Dragon as a English dub. The role was given to John Cho as a English dub.

Animation

Panko the Dragon was animated by Movie Land Digital Production Services in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Mumbai, Bangalore and Dallas. The movie's animation was created using Maya and RenderMan. Additional animation was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios in Dallas, Texas, and the end credits animation was produced by HouseSpecial in Portland, Oregon.

Music

Henry Jackman composed the score for Panko the Dragon.

Release

Theatrical and streaming

Panko the Dragon was originally scheduled to be theatrically released on February 5, 2021, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was then delayed nearly a year to May 7, 2021, as a result of Jerry's friendship separation and then July 30, 2021, to avoid competition with The Mitchells vs. the Machines, in response of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and then delayed to August 20, to avoid competition again with Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Due to Netflix's acquisition of Vivo, Sony announced to push forward to July 2, 2021 in Canada with John Cho replaced Jackie Chan as Panko the Dragon.

In December 2020, Netflix acquired international distribution rights to the film, excluding the United States, Canada, and China and will be released internationally on Netflix on July 23, 2021.

Marketing

On October 23, 2020, the film's first teaser poster was released, while the teaser trailer debuted the following day.

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