"Wax On... Wax Off"! Who remembers that famous line? I sure do! One of my favorite movies as a kid to watch with my big brother was "The Karate Kid" with Ralph Macchio and the little cute old asian dude Pat Morita. Well the movie is back on. Columbia Pictures is back in the dojo with a new version of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid," which has been refashioned as a star vehicle for Jaden Smith, son of Will and Jada-Pinkett Smith. Of course the movie is being produced by Jerry Weintraub (who launched the original franchise) and Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter, Will Smith and Ken Stovitz. Will Smith, co-starred with his 10-year-old son in Jaden's first movie "The Pursuit of Happyness," which Overbrook and Escape Artists produced for Columbia.
The script is being written by Chris Murphy, and the film will shoot next year in Beijing and other cities. While the new film will be set in that exotic locale, it will borrow elements of the original plot, wherein a bullied youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of an eccentric mentor. The younger Smith, who next stars in "The Day the Earth Stood Still," is a martial arts practitioner so now he can put his moves to use on screen and show the world what he's workin with!
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