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DreamWorks to Show Two Versions of KFP3 in China

via Cartoon Brew:

“Like Americans, Chinese audiences will be able to see Kung Fu Panda 3 on January 29, but unlike Westerners, Chinese moviegoers will be able to choose between two different versions of the film: the American version dubbed with Mandarin voice actors, and the ‘Chinese edition’ with new mouth movement and body language that matches the nuances of the Mandarin-language voice actors.

The extra animation in the Chinese edition also allowed the animation crew at Oriental DreamWorks to gain production experience on a major DreamWorks project without affecting the workflow of the main production. DreamWorks is developing its Chinese outpost with the vision that someday it will produce films independently of the American operation.”

(via kalianos)