I realize there’s been this whole resurgence of 80s nostalgia going on lately (what with properties like Transformers and G.I. Joe becoming major film franchises and a possible resurrection of Ghostbusters to name a few!)
But the fact that The Karate Kid is getting remade makes me feel…old. *Gasp!*
Considering that Jaden Smith has been cast as the lead, it was only a matter of time before the filmmakers found an actor to fill the shoes of the late Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi.
The folks over at Entertainment Weekly have confirmed that Jackie Chan will play the new Miyagi to Smith’s Daniel-san (or whatever character he’ll be playing!)
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Mind you, I have nothing against Chan personally.
I was always “Meh!” towards the Rush Hour films, and haven’t sat through too terribly many of his action films from Hong-Kong.
But, I digress, ladies and germs.
Does anyone really care about a Karate Kid remake?
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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Then again, what kind of remake is this? Is it one of those remakes where they just do the exact same thing like in the Psycho remake? Or, they take some plot points from the first movie, plus the name, and add their own spin on it? If it is the latter, why not just continue the franchise? Similar to Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift? You have the name, just use different characters and a new story while keeping the basic idea, a whole new film under the franchise.
@Vic.
Well, yeah, on the money side of things, of course that’s why crappy sequels and remakes are made. But purely on the artistic or ethical side, is what I’m discussing here. I will relish the day an big movie studio comes out and says “We’re remaking The Godfather because we want money.”
Well, its offical. This is no longer a remake, it Karate kid 5. prove me wrong on this
@G.K.
Doesn’t work like that. Prove yourself right.
As long as we don’t see the return of this dialogue from the Rush Hour movies:
Rush Hour 1: “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??”
Rush Hour 2: “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??”
I never saw Rush Hour 3, so afraid was I of hearing “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??” again…
I think ill stick with my classic movies. This is really inteded for the younger audience but Im still really against the remake, especially who they picked for the cast. I have nothing against Jackie Chan or even Jaden Smith but just the idea of a remake of this movie is horrifying to me
Wow Balasco, I can’t believe I overlooked that, how stupid of me, and I’m actually into that whole thing. Yah, Mr. Miyagi was teaching Daniel Karate (duh) which is Okinawan (Japanese took over Okinawa AFTER they already knew Karate, and Japan adopted it and pretended like they came up with it). Mr. Miyagi actually have stated this. Jackie Chan is CHINESE. They originally taught the Okinawans martial arts that was called Karate, but the Chinese don’t call it that, since that’s not a Chinese word…
Wow, how stupid Hollywood is, hire a Chinese guy as the teacher of an Okinawan martial arts… Niiiice…
The casting is just insane. I love the Karate Kid. Its way to early to dedo it!
chuck
They really should stay away from recasting Mr Miagi, and Jackie Chan Should know better, he should Karate chop his agent for this one.
Or kung fu chop him, lol. He’ll do anything for a paycheck.
Look Folks It’s an no ideal crisis in Hollywood just look at the line up for the next 3 years everything is a Remake or an Comic book now there’s a small few who are doing good films but these suits will go “Hey let’s put Seth Rogan as the Green Hornet,That will be Cool”! Aw, come on man!Looks like It’s going to be many Uwe Boll-filled summers from here out.
Hey hey now, I don’t think even a movie about an Okinawan martial arts being taught by a Chinese guy to someone who doesn’t even have long enough legs to do a high kick can be as bad as an Uwe Boll film… I think that guy TRIES to make crappy movies just to see our reactions…
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