While it is tempting to assume that we will get more of the same this time around, there is no reason to think that Dreamworks are incapable of fleshing out the characters and bringing some of the depth and mythology building that characterise the very best animation sequels.
As we await the finished article, we are presented now, via the magic of Yahoo Movies’ summer preview, with a new clip in which Dustin Hoffman’s Shifu expresses in awkward detail the full extent of his crushing sense of disappointment at Jack Black’s rotund Po.
Check out the clip below and then let us know whether you’re looking forward to this sequel, or whether you fear it will become a casualty of another big-hitting and crowded summer blockbuster season.