March will see two of the most anticipated sequels going head to head, with Denis Villeneuve’s Dune Part 2 hitting screens this week and Kung Fu Panda 4 hitting the screens on March 15. And Master Po is embracing his upcoming battle with the last Duke of House Atreides in the upcoming weeks for the box-office throne with the new teaser.
Ahead of Dune 2‘s release, Universal has released another teaser for Kung Fu Panda 4 to capitalize on the hype of the upcoming sci-fi epic, and it seems to have worked out right for them.
The New Teaser of Kung FU Panda 4 Sees Po Channeling His Inner Paul Atreides
Like Barbie and Oppenheimer did last year, the upcoming Jack Black-led film is embracing its competition with Dune 2 at the box office in March. With DreamWorks’ Puss in Boots: The Last Wish being a huge success, arguably one of the studio’s best to date, fans have high hopes for the next mainline entry in one of their biggest franchises after a gap of 8 years. With Kung Fu Panda 3, despite having its charms, failing to encompass the same magic as the first two, the fourth one has a lot to live up to, and Universal isn’t holding back with its marketing.
In the teaser, Sand & Spice, Po can be seen walking across the dunes of Arrakis, channeling his inner Muad’Dib, before revealing a bowl of dumplings, saying, “Just the right amount of spice”.
Okay but Po standing out in the desert dramatically is PEAK!
— Liamphibia (@liamphibia) February 27, 2024
Haha such a good marketing move here by dreamworks!!
— CinemaBums (@Cinema_Bums) February 26, 2024
First piece of actually good marketing for this movie
— Beastofbeef (@Beastofbeef) February 26, 2024
Po being Po 😂 Finally, we'll see him in action again🔥
— Hinata (@hinata_3442) February 26, 2024
Dune and Kung Fu Panda sweep
— Terry Penguin/SuperMarioFan65 (@AxelGoldfarb1) February 26, 2024
Reasonably, the spicy teaser has got fans animated for both Po and the highly anticipated sequel to Dune, as the two giants in their respective mediums are set to fight for the box-office throne.
Denis Villeneuve Claimed Television Is Ruining the Medium of Films
While Kung Fu Panda is busy promoting its upcoming clash with Dune 2, Denis Villeneuve touched on the negative influence of television on the medium of films. The director stressed that dialogues are for theatre and television, and films should be made up of strong images and sound, saying, in a perfect world, “he’d want to make a movie with no dialogues… that doesn’t feel like an experiment.”
However, the acclaimed director has addressed that the golden age of television has corrupted the medium of films, as execs “thought films should copy its success.” Villeneuve told The Times of London:
“Frankly, I hate dialogue. Dialogue is for theatre and television. I don’t remember movies because of a good line, I remember movies because of a strong image. I’m not interested in dialogue at all. Pure image and sound, that is the power of cinema, but it is something not obvious when you watch movies today. Movies have been corrupted by television… In a perfect world, I’d make a compelling movie that doesn’t feel like an experiment but does not have a single word in it either,”
Although Villeneuve had initial ideas of delving into television to adapt Jo Nesbo’s novel The Son and star Jake Gyllenhaal, the director scrapped his plans, as it was not the medium for him.
Dune Part 2 will hit theatres on 1 March.
Kung Fu Panda 4 will hit theatres on 15 March.
