KUNG FU...PANDA? sigh

That sound you hear is the sound of a dead horse being beaten. Apparently Jackie Chan has joined the cast of KUNG FU PANDA, with Dustin Hoffman, Jack Black and, possibly, Lucy Liu. Black provides the voice of the panda, Hoffman and Chan play his teachers, Master Monkey and Master Viper, and I will provide the vital role of the guy who sits here shaking my head over how quickly Jackie Chan lost all credibility as a filmmaker.

Of course, Dustin Hoffman's creaky martial arts displays in MEET THE FOKKERS looked a little like Jackie does these days, so maybe this is a match made in heaven. Could they be the new Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau team?