Everyone's Favorite Animated Pig Learns Tai Chi! First Stills From MCDULL WUDANG!

You know, the continued failure of the Hong Kong produced McDull films to travel widely outside of Hong Kong and China - where they are HUGE hits - is nothing short of baffling to me. The funny, charming, enchanting, and - did I mention - frequently laugh out loud funny adventures of the five year old piglet McDull and his kindergarten classmates really do rank with the top flight of international animation and were they readily available in English dubbed format I know of one Canadian kid who would be beside himself with happiness. That being mine. Who has also been lusting after the production company's other in-progress feature, Wee Wee The Poop, since he first caught sight of it. My kid rocks.

Anyway, the point is that these are really good and someone needs to give them a chance. Why bring this up? Becuase the first stills for the latest installment in the series McDull Wudang have just arrived. Here's a synopsis:

This summer, while some children go to New Zealand to ski, some go to Beijing University to learn Putonghua, some go to Oxford to study English and visit the Harry Potter film set, McDull is the only one left in Wudang to study martial arts.

Life in Wudang is slow and boring and Tai Chi is even slower and more boring. Without TV or air-conditioning at night, there is only the sound of the crickets and bugs and the clicking of Tao Master clipping his toenails. McDull cannot hold back his tears any longer.

Still, he has to practice his Kung Fu. "The International Kindergarten Martial Arts Competition" is imminent. How can McDull coordinate his clumsy limbs with his slow and boring Tai Chi, to compete against children from other schools of martial arts? What will the students of Bruce Lee, Yuen Wo Ping and Piggy Wing do to McDull?

Hit the link below for a gallery of stills.