(L.A. Times)

AWN is reporting that

DreamWorks Animation kicked off the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival today, as Jack Black, star of the company’s June 6 release, KUNG FU PANDA, spread “Panda-monium” as he emerged from a water taxi to be greeted on the Carlton Hotel pier by nearly 40 life-sized Po, the Panda’s — his on-screen persona and the hero of the film.

The worldwide premiere is today at 7:30pm at Cannes and the ongoing spectacle of pandamoniumness is expected to continue on the red carpet. The film opens nationwide on June 6th.