It’s been over a year since the news that Will Smith‘s son Jaden Smith was going to be taking the lead role in a remake of The Karate Kid. Well a trailer has just been released which you can see below.
The movie is set to be released on June 11, 2010, and also stars Jackie Chan who takes on the role of Jaden’s mentor in the movie.
I can’t even begin to deal with this right now, why does Hollywood have to remake (and ruin) every single movie that I enjoyed as a kid?
The “Karate Kid” star, Ralph Macchio, is still looking pretty hot for a 47-year-old. Yes, he’s 47! Really!
Tell me Ralph Macchio doesn’t look good, you can’t do it, can you? He’s still got that Daniel LaRusso charm, doesn’t he? And the man looks like he’s not a day over 30.
Ralph recently talked about the upcoming remake of the movie that made him a household name, “The Karate Kid”. The new movie will star Will Smith’s son, Jaden, in the lead role and it’s been reported that Jackie Chan may take the role of Mr. Miyagi. But he’s no Pat Morita, is he?
Of Jaden Smith starring in the remake, Ralph says, “I think Jaden – you know, Will Smith’s kid – the kid’s got chops. He’s young; he’s like eleven…That story will work forever, when well-told. So, it makes sense in that respect.”
Ralph was more recently in Park City, Utah at the Slamdance Film Festival to promote his new movie “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead” and says that he gets news on the remake from friends.
On the subject of the remake, he added, “If they separate themselves from (the original) but still hold true to the human message behind the movie. I think that story could last forever.”
Keanu Reeves is on top of the world, as his new movie The Day The Earth Stood Still takes the number one spot for the weekend box office.
I’ve already seen the movie and can say that it was well done, but unfortunately doesn’t follow too much from it’s predecessor.
The movie was pretty well hyped up, yet I can say that it’s surely not Oscar material for Keanu. It’s a good movie and I would recommend waiting for it to come out on DVD. It’s got enough eye candy for everyone, but all of the good parts are in the trailer, which you can view below.
The movie centers around the alien Clatu (Reeves’ character) being born on Earth as an alien, then trying to save the Earth from the human race. He has these arks all over the planet that are setup to collect certain species. His robot Gort is his protector, who is only activated in the presence of violence.
Clatu is set to rid the Earth of humans, until he is intercepted by two new human friends, Dr. Helen Benson and her son, Jacob. He befriends the two and learns what compassion is all about.
Thus, he decides not to destroy the human race and hops in an ark back to wherever he came from.
I was disappointed that the new movie didn’t follow too much in the same vein as the previous movie of the same name. I thought the police/FBI/whoever were going to kill Clatu and someone was dispatched to Gort to say the infamous phrase: “Clatu Verata Nictu” so he wouldn’t kill us all. Disappointment happens.
Will Smith‘s son Jaden Smith is being geared up for stardom as he takes on the lead role in a remake of The Karate Kid.
Last year it was denied that the 10-year-old will be starring in a remake of the 1984 classic, but now it has been confirmed the young actor will indeed be in the movie.
Variety reports that Jerry Weintraub, who launched the original franchise, will produce the movie alongside James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and of course Will Smith.
Chris Murphy will write the script and shooting is set to begin next year in Beijing and some others cities, it will follow the same plot as the original by following a young kid who is bullied but learns to fight back from his mentor.
Jaden has starred in The Pursuit of Happyness with his father and can be next seen in The Day The Earth Stood Still, alongside Keanu Reeves.
