Yes you heard me right. It seems that those clever marketing fellows over at Dreamworks have anticipated the success of the Highly entertaining Kung Fu Panda by releasing a accompanying DVD at the same time KFP is released. The new movie is named: Secrets of the Furious Five and will reportedly have Jack Black (as Po) and Dustin Hoffman (as Shifu) reprising their vocal talents. Apparently Secrets of the Furious Five will be available as a Kung Fu Panda Pandamonium box set (including the original film).

It could be argued that this movie is in fact a spin-off instead of a standalone movie. However, the tagline seems to infer differently: “The Kung Fu Panda story continues“. Only time will tell, but if Secrets of the Furious Five is half as entertaining as Kung Fu Panda, I for one am enthusiastic about the release. Let’s hope they haven’t just bashed out a substandard story just to earn a few extra bucks.

(Props to Slashfilm)