More Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon Sequels Coming?« FirstShowing.net

We're already aware the DreamWorks Animation has sequels on the way forKung Fu Panda(check out theteaser trailer here) andHow to Train Your Dragon, but apparently there's plans beyond the next installments for even more adventures.Empirerecently sat down with DWA'sJeffrey Katzenbergwho talked about plans for several sequels for each franchise and even a fourth installment ofMadagascar(the third willhit in 2012). In short, Katzenberg mentioned plans for six chapters ofKung Fu Panda, three chapters forHow to Train Your Dragon, and four total films forMadagascar. Find out what he had to say about each of the franchises below.

As for the next installment ofMadagascar(the franchise that doesn't really have any of my interest), Katzenberg says that the third film will see,"{the animals} come back to New York, and they will come to terms with that, which they will do in this next chapter. Because of the way that movie concludes there's probably one more for them."Not exactly a solid guarantee, but it sounds like he knows exactly there the story is going. As forKung Fu PandaandHow to Train Your Dragon, here's what Katzenberg had to say:

"'Kung Fu Panda'actually hassix chapters to it, and we’ve mapped that out over the years. 'How to Train Your Dragon' isat least three, maybe more, but we know there are a least three chapters to that story. There are actually 8 books. {They're different form the film} but there are elements of them that actually… as you know, there aremany islands in the world of Berk, and different things there, so we’ll see. But right now, today, we know that there are three for sure that we want to tell and there may be more. We haven’t thought, you know, how do we continue beyond that."

With so much source material forHow to Train Your DragoninCressida Cowell's booksit's not surprising that even more sequels are planned, but the fact that there are six more stories forKung Fu Pandaenvisioned seems a bit over-the-top. This could always change since I'm pretty sure I recall DWA saying they had a story planned for fiveShrekfilms, but ultimately decided to call it quits after the fourth (which is good, because they started losing their flare afterShrek the Third). SinceKung Fu Pandais an original property it's a little harder to crack, but I can definitely imagine at least one trilogy coming together. However, having asecondtrilogy seems a bit excessive. Of course, Disney doesn't have a problem taking on the challenge with theirnew trilogy forPirates of the Caribbean, so we'll see what happens.What do you guys think?

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