'Kung Fu Panda' Jack Black to visit Korea

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Actor Jack Black, the voice for lead character “Po” in “Kung Fu Panda 3,” will visit Korea to promote the movie, which opens this month.

Black, who also voiced the character in the two previous films, will arrive on Jan. 20. In the evening, he will take part in “Naver Movie Talk” in Times Square in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul, to talk about the movie in front of an audience. The event will be broadcast live online.

The following day, Black will take part in a press conference. OSEN confirmed Thursday that Black will also be a guest on the MBC TV variety show “Infinite Challenge.”

“Kung Fu Panda 3” is about Po, a kung fu master, teaching the martial art to a village of pandas trying to fight off an evil ancient spirit called Kai, which is terrorizing China.

A scene from "Kung Fu Panda 3" / Courtesy of Dreamworks

The movie will open in Korea on Jan. 28.