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“Kung Fu Panda was a rare movie that got Chinese culture right,” Awkwafina said in an interview.

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“Kung Fu Panda was a rare movie that got Chinese culture right,” Awkwafina said in an interview.

Animation has featured Awkwafina before. She is a professional rapper as well, and she has provided the voice of several series, including Raya and the Last Dragon, The Little Mermaid, The Angry Birds Movie, and Migration. But the actor finds a deeper, more intimate connection with Jack Black’s character Po when he plays the corsac fox Zhen in Kung Fu Panda 4.

Awkwafina, whose mother is Korean American and her father is Chinese American, was born in New York and raised distant from her native Asia. But Awkwafina was raised by her paternal grandparents after her mother passed away when she was four years old. She was quite close to her grandmother, but she didn’t speak English. Therefore, in order to converse with her, the actor studied Mandarin. Interestingly, her great-grandfather built Lum’s, one of the earliest Chinese restaurants in Queens, after immigrating to the US in the 1940s. In her family, dumplings were just as frequent and revered as they were for Mr. Ping in Kung Fu Panda.

Awkwafina discusses collaborating with Jack Black on Kung Fu Panda 4, the franchise’s benefits for Asian Americans like her, and more in an exclusive interview.

“Watching Kung Fu Panda as an Asian American child growing up… At the time, I felt that there weren’t many films depicting the more traditional cultural customs that I had grown up with in my family. The relationship with his (Po’s) father, the love of dumplings, the filial piety that permeates it, and even the way it portrays the Valley of Peace physically is how I picture a hamlet. Therefore, it was great to see a film that appropriately honored ethnic traditions, Awkwafina explains in a special interview.

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With a $200 million budget, Joker 2 is a musical thriller including over 15 covers, starring Gaga as Harley Quinn.

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The Joker sequel has been transformed into a musical spectacle featuring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix.

The upcoming sequel to Joker is set to be a musical spectacle, featuring a mix of 15 well-known songs reinterpreted for the Gotham world. The film also includes some original music. Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix will play Joker and Harley Quinn, adding their own charm to the film. More details are emerging about the soundtrack.

Todd Phillips’ upcoming Joker: Folie à Deux is expected to feature well-known tunes with around 15 reimaginings. An insider describes it as a jukebox musical, with This Is Entertainment, a 1953 show tune associated with Judy Garland, likely to be reimagined.

The report suggests that there may be original songs alongside re-imagined covers, but details remain a mystery. Warner Bros. declined to comment on the involvement of Hildur Gudnadottir, the Academy Award-winning composer of the first film, but a source suggests she may still infuse her signature notes into the musical performances.

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Joker 2 plot details

The Joker 2 is a “drama set in and around the world of Arkham Asylum,” with the sequel likely following the storyline of the first film, which ended with Arthur escaping Arkham Asylum and killing a doctor, according to inside information.

Joker 2 cast

Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, and Brendan Gleeson are among the cast members, with the screenplay co-written by Phillips and Scott Silver.

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Joker 2 budget and release date

Warner Bros. is set to release Joker 2 on October 4, with a budget of around $200 million, a significant increase from the original film’s $60 million. The film is expected to be Warner Bros’ next biggie after Dune 2, alongside other upcoming titles like Furiosa: a Mad Max Saga, Breathe in the Void, and The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rings.

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