The fourth part of the now long running Kung-Fu Panda series of movies has been given a PG age rating in the UK for mild violence, threat.

Kung-Fu Panda 4 stars Jack Black in the lead role who has appeared in many other movies including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The Big Year, the movie also stars Lucy Liu who has appeared in movies like Rise Blood Hunter and Jerry Maguire.

This time around the movie is directed by Mike Mitchell who has previously been the director on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Trolls and Stephanie Stine for which Kung-Fu Panda 4 is her debut.

Movie Synopsis

A panda teams up with a fox to keep the Staff of Wisdom out of the clutches of an evil shape-shifting sorceress. While older children should find the action exciting, certain scary moments may unsettle younger viewers.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Kung-Fu Panda 4
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild violence, threat
• Release date: 28th March 2024
• Runtime: 94 minutes (1 hours 34 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Mike Mitchell
  • Stephanie Stine
• Starring:
  • Jack Black
  • Lucy Liu
  • Angelina Jolie

BBFC movie page

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 24th December 2021, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Spider-Man: No Way Home from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Matrix Resurrections
• Don't Look Up
• The King's Man

The Matrix Resurrections

• The movie is directed by Lana Wachowski, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Lana Wachowski also directed Jupiter Ascending in 2015 which grossed £4.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $183.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Keanu Reeves who also starred in Thumbsucker (2005).
• The film also stars Carrie-Anne Moss who last appeared in The Clockwork Girl (2014).
• Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Animatrix (2003) and The Matrix (1999).
• UK box office prediction: 2

Don't Look Up

• The movie is directed by Adam McKay, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Adam McKay also directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who also starred in The Aviator (2005).
• The film also stars Jennifer Lawrence who last appeared in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).

The King's Man

• The movie is directed by Matthew Vaughn, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Matthew Vaughn also directed Kingsman: The Golden Circle in 2017 which grossed £24.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $410.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ralph Fiennes who also starred in Quiz Show (1995).
• The film also stars Gemma Arterton who last appeared in Summerland (2020).
• They also appeared together in and Clash of the Titans (2010).
• UK box office prediction: 4

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Lost Daughter, Friday, 17th December
• Malibu Road, Thursday, 9th September
• Titane, Friday, 31st December
• Si Hai, Friday, 24th December
• Spaceman, Friday, 24th December
• Perfect Blue, Friday, 24th December

2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has gained a large following since it's release, and with that pressure there was bound to be a sequel, well next year we get our wish.

Check out the teaser below, all the cast are back on board, and it looks like there will be some humour in there too.