DreamWorks announce sequel plans

Still from Kung Fu Panda 2

DreamWorks Animation has revealed its wishes to release multiple sequels for the Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and Madagascar franchises.

The studio’s Jeffrey Katzenberg spoke to Empire about the various plans, which include six chapters for Kung Fu Panda.

He said: “Kung Fu Panda actually has six chapters to it, and we’ve mapped that out over the years. How to Train Your Dragon is at least three, maybe more, but we know there are at least three chapters to that story.”

On the next Madagascar movie, scheduled for release in 2012, Katzenberg said: “[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.”

DreamWorks’ latest animation Megamind was released in the UK on December 3.