Simply whenever you thought The Karate Child universe couldn’t get any larger, it simply did. The star of the unique franchise in addition to Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio, is teaming up with motion film legend, and star of the 2010 Karate Child remake, Jackie Chan, for a model new Karate Child film.
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Information of the brand new film broke final 12 months however on the time, it was unclear what it was about precisely. All Sony was saying is that it befell in the identical universe as Cobra Kai and the unique movies. Now, we all know, it’ll happen in that universe, and convey the universe of the 2010 movie, which co-starred Jaden Smith, into the story too.
Macchio and Chan introduced the information within the beneath video, which additionally revealed there’s an open casting name for the one who’ll play the title character. Test it out.
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This new Karate Child will come to theaters on December 13, 2024, directed by Jonathan Entwistle (The Finish of the F**king World) and written by Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit). There aren’t any particulars on what precisely the plot is however you’ll be able to start to place collectively the items if Chan’s Mr. Han, a brand new sort of Mr. Miyagi, meets Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso, himself a karate sensei.
The timing of the movie will nearly definitely come after the sixth and closing season of Cobra Kai too, which is presently in improvement. Although that’s simply an assumption.
To be trustworthy right here, as a long-time Karate Child fan, I don’t love this information. The 2010 movie feels so totally different from every part the crew behind Cobra Kai has accomplished to inject extra recognition into the franchise. Are these guys even concerned? They know and perceive Karate Child higher than anybody. (We’ve reached out Sony and can replace this publish if we hear again.) And positive, you’ll be able to by no means go mistaken with Jackie Chan, however we’ll must study much more to see what makes this theater-worthy. What do you suppose?
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