First (Official) Look at 'The Karate Kid' Remake - Updated with More Photos
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Update: Check out three more images in the gallery below.
The initial trauma over Columbia's remake of The Karate Kid seems to have passed for the children of the 1980s, enough that the first official image (not counting the teaser poster Erik Davis posted in September) shouldn't be salt in the wound. Instead, you might be thinking "Hey, for the first image of The Karate Kid, shouldn't there be, you know ... karate?" Yes, yes there should. But instead People Magazine gave us a tender look between the new kid, Jaden Smith, and his mentor, Jackie Chan. 1980s children will be relieved to know that his name isn't Mr. Miyagi, but Mr. Han, and he's a maintenance man who befriends the troubled and unhappy boy who's been relocated to China. He also can kick major ass.
Smith and Chan give a few excited quotes for Kid. Smith reveals he trained for four months with the film's fight coordinator, Master Wu, which was probably interesting enough to warrant its own training montage. As he became wise in the way of karate, he learned discipline that extended all the way to his personal habits. "His dad told me that Jaden had changed," says Chan. "When he takes his shoes off, he doesn't throw them in the corner, but puts them away neatly!"
Admittedly, there could be some lovely Chinese eye candy in this. One sequence will take place on the Great Wall of China, so we're in for at least one (hopefully) breathtaking sequence that could actually rival any crane kick Ralph Macchio performed. The Karate Kid hits theaters on June 11, 2010.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-30-2009 @ 5:05PM
Juice said...
I cant decide whats worse: Will Smiths kids acting (I will never say that lucky sperm winners name) or the fact that this movie will make over $300 mill when its all said and done. People will pay to see anything. This movie being made is an example of that.
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11-30-2009 @ 5:19PM
Jake said...
If it's being called "The Karate Kid," shouldn't there be, you know, "karate" in it? Not to be too much the nerd, but karate is a distinctly JAPANESE martial art. Jackie Chan, and no doubt "Master Wu" (a Chinese name), is an expert in Chinese Shaolin kung fu (yes, I know that is technically a misnomer...).
I guess "The Kung Fu Kid" sounded a little too Stephen Chow?
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11-30-2009 @ 9:08PM
Jen said...
It IS called "The Kung Fu Kid." The Chinese wouldn't be funding a movie about Japanese martial arts.
11-30-2009 @ 9:18PM
Jake said...
Well, then someone should tell Cinematical! And Moviefone!
11-30-2009 @ 5:35PM
Cyhort said...
Great, yet another remake of a movie that in no way, shape or form needs to be remade. And since the kid is not only black but the son of Will Smith I expect several incredibly painful "Jackie Chan goes hip hop" segments complete with ghetto slang and "dancing".
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11-30-2009 @ 8:17PM
tony said...
whats wrong with the kid been black its not like white actors never played asian and black characters.
12-15-2009 @ 6:20PM
LOL said...
You just fucking gay you ugly fuck you racest fuck you should go fuck a ugly fat bitch you mother fuck at WILL SMITH SON and Will will fucking kill you for saying at you wed fuck
11-30-2009 @ 5:42PM
mothermayhem said...
TSK, TSK, to the both of you.
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11-30-2009 @ 6:52PM
madgamer said...
That kid has been so horrible in everything I have seen him in that I just want to reach through the screen and punch him. Especially in The Day the Earth Stood Still. I like Chan, but this would be enough to make me not even consider seeing it.
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12-01-2009 @ 4:17AM
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12-01-2009 @ 5:19PM
joits said...
probably one of the worst ideas in the vat of bad remakes.
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12-11-2009 @ 4:02PM
Lol said...
another comment like Maurice
another fucking idiot you are fucking gay homo sexulay go fuck your self it a fucking remake less you cant fucking make a movie you fucking idiot you should go fuck a cow and fuck your bed you wed fuck you should fucking die you mother fukcer bwahahaha you are a fucking lamme fuck at dont like remake it going to be fucking good
12-03-2009 @ 6:53AM
Maurice said...
OMG Hollywood you have stooped to an all time new LOW. Remaking the karate kid???? What a joke. Hollywood is desperate for a movie if they are remaking this. How about creating some original movies for a change?
Im a huge Karate Kid fan and i WONT be wtching this crap. Will smith i wont be watching anymore of your movies either. You have become a joke
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12-11-2009 @ 3:57PM
NOman said...
you a fucking idiot it a remake you dep shit go fuck a dog you mother fuck
the orgral was good and know them making a new remake of it
12-11-2009 @ 3:56PM
LOL said...
you are a fucking idiot you monther fucker go fuck a dog you ugly fuck it a fucking remake you fucking dickheaded fuck go fuck your self if you dont want to watch the remake you a fucking gay ugly fuck go fucking die
12-11-2009 @ 4:08PM
LOL said...
Any body else want to fuck with me if you dont want to fucking say nice thing about the movie go fuck a cow you wed fuck
come back if you want to fucking say something nice
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12-15-2009 @ 6:22PM
LOL said...
Karate kid back in the day was cool if Pat was alive he would do karate on people who saying not nice thing about the bestest Karate movie there is back in the day
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12-18-2009 @ 12:37AM
therealKarateKid said...
Talk about arrogant:
Your Directorial debut::Remake a Classic (hey why not redo Casablanca while your at it Fresh Prince?)
Cast Your Pre-pubescent offspring in the lead role that is at least 10 years to young to pull it off) Kid can't act anyway so no big whoop if he stinks this one up.
This will be a Failure of EPIC proportions. The upside? Hopefully it takes this Scientology nutcases down a few pegs, and I won't be forced to watch them in a remake of Rocky or something....
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12-23-2009 @ 3:20AM
masteringwushu.com said...
this looks great, but why the use of the token term "karate" in the title? The story happens in China, the martial arts there are called WUSHU (or Kung Fu in the west). I know is to reference the original movie, but did the name need to be the same? wasn't it enough to copy the whole plot? anyway, nice to see lots of wushu moves on the silver screen.
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1-28-2010 @ 10:17AM
Frank said...
If you watch the original Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi clearly taught Daniel the origin of Karate. Karate (空手 mean empty hand) originated in China. Chinese fisherman used it as a form of self defense. Kung fu (功夫 mean workmanship) has a broader meaning but still means work with you hand. There is an interrelationship.
Today’s from of Kung Fu roots back to a Buddhist monk from India who visited China and taught the monks a few exercises which formed the base of most of the Chinese, Korean and Japanese martial art today. Most of the Japanese martial arts are simplification of Chinese Kung Fu. Again, in the original Karate Kid, Miyagi taught Daniel Laroso the crane kick (Tiger, snake, crane, mantis, monkey, the furious 5 in Kung Fu Panda). The Karta used in Karate Kid 3 resemble tai chi.
Remakes are a fact of live. Did you know how many songs titled “cowboy” are out there? We are running out of ideas.
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