'Kung Fu Panda' directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne speak about their upcoming film at the 2008 Annual ShoWest.
According to Stevenson, "We asked ourselves the question, 'What if Akira Kurosawa shot a Jerry Lewis movie?'"
With Jack Black voicing the title role, laughs would come naturally, but not at the expense of the epic feel they were trying to create: In a version of ancient China where humans never existed, five critters invent kung fu's key styles according to their unique animal qualities.
"It really all goes to serve the comedic high concept of the movie, which is stuffed animals beating the crap out of each other," Osborne explains.
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