DreamWorks Animation used AI for crowd simulation and character motion retargeting in Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), allowing the studio to reuse complex movement data from earlier films and apply it to thousands of background characters with varied visual appearances in densely populated city scenes.

Secondary reporting indicates DreamWorks employed AI-driven crowd simulation on Kung Fu Panda 4 to populate large scenes — including Juniper City, described as densely packed with characters at different size ratios — by reusing and retargeting animation data from previous productions. This approach is described as part of a broader industry shift toward using AI to handle background character animation at scale. The studio's production team described the film as containing rich layers of movement among crowd characters. No primary source from DreamWorks specifically describes the AI tooling used for this purpose.