May 6 2009'Karate Kid' Remake Sounds Like a Distinctly New, Valid Vision
Moviehole has learned some plot details of Jackie Chan and Will Smith Son's Karate Kid remake, a movie I know everyone is pretty juiced about. Allow me to summarize their findings:
- Instead of moving from Jersey to Reseda, The Karate Kid moves from the United States to China.
- The Karate Kid's name is now Dre.
- Everything else is the same.
That sounds about right. Just let me know when Will Smith releases his hip-hop reinterpretation of Joe Esposito's "You're the Best," a catchy track titled "Da Best." That's when we need to put Ralph Macchio on 24-hour suicide watch.
Reader Comments
1. fizzy77 - May 6, 2009 4:38 PM
Well I would rather them totally change it and have it be "inspired by" then try and do an authentic remake which would make me want to stab myself.
2. McHuge - May 6, 2009 4:45 PM
This thing has epic fail written all over it.
3. FunkyFresh - May 6, 2009 5:00 PM
Why does Hellywood insist on destroying our childhood memories?
4. Justin - May 6, 2009 5:06 PM
Wait....When did Jackie Chan and Will Smith have a kid?!
5. zip - May 6, 2009 5:27 PM
So then, this is really "The Kung Fu Kid", right?
6. markonius maximus - May 6, 2009 5:30 PM
I thought the title was being changed to "The Kung-Fu Kid"....
What happened?
Either way I really dislike Jaden Smith and truly think his dad is waaaaaaaaaay overrated.
7. Sean - May 6, 2009 5:31 PM
Do you think it will be better than the first Karate Kid? Looks we will have to wait and see.
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8. pjo - May 6, 2009 5:33 PM
Justin, they didn't. They adopted. That's what stars do. It's in the contracts.
9. SlowMonkey - May 6, 2009 8:25 PM
How did Will Smith and Jada Pinkett have a half-white kid?
10. leonardo - May 7, 2009 4:46 AM
what da, is that jackies kid... lol
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11. Bianca Suwanasung - May 7, 2009 10:42 AM
Looking forward to the movie!
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12. Zeidolon - May 7, 2009 11:13 AM
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13. Jim - May 7, 2009 11:16 AM
Karate Kid meets Karate Kid 2. How original.
14. Deva - May 7, 2009 12:34 PM
This could be one of the worst movies ever.
15. DS - May 7, 2009 1:16 PM
I can't wait for the inevitable "Three Ninjas" remake.
16. huh? - May 7, 2009 4:33 PM
From the looks of it, i think we will be seeing a movie called "Father Dearest" sometime soon. Will needs to ease up and let his kid have a normal life.
17. Darth - May 7, 2009 6:05 PM
Aww! That's a cute looking kid.Together with Jackie Chan it's going to be one cute Kung Fu movie!
18. gunner4life - May 7, 2009 9:05 PM
LMMFAO!!! Whoever writes this shit is a hilarious!!!!!!hahahahaha!!!!
19. Why?idiots - July 24, 2009 5:31 PM
why do you people insist on being stupid the kid is great or did you forget he has a life just stop being jealous of him and maybe you'll be on the same step as him if your lucky wait your not that lucky cuz you weren't born RICH lol stop hating on a movie that your not in stupid i swear your lives must be really boring if you are picking on a kid not even your age GROW THE FUCK UP YOU RETARDS
20. Bobby - August 6, 2009 12:26 AM
I don't believe that this movie will be any good if it is supposed to be a remake of Karate kid. If it's just a movie like Karate kid then it might be okay. Ralph Macchio was Daniel Larusso and Pat Marita was Mr. Miygi. No-one else can play these rolls. What I would like to see is another Karate kid movie where Daniel trains a kid, that would be an interesting twist.