Karate Kid remake coming
 

Cuz apperantly we needed one!

No word on who's gonna be Mr. Myagi (hey...maybe Chow Yun Fat or Jackie Chan??) but the lead has been cast at least. The next Karate Kid is Jaden Smith, son of Will Smith. Now admitadly the kid is a pretty good little actor but eh I dunno....the last Karate Kid film with the girl was pretty much a flop.

This film is scheduled to be filming in China next year with a 2010 release.

http://www.mania.com/jaden-smith-lea...le_111080.html

Why not have the story set so that Danial is the master who's taking a new student under his wing? I think that would be better than having an entirely new cast.

i loved the karate kid movies... lol this is crazy thought it was a rumor... this is my 200th post!:D

Yeah, that would work a whole lot better. I don't see why they're so keen on a remake.

Heh, it's nice to know that the new Karate Kid is actually a KID this time.:P

And since it's Will Smith's son, I'm calling him the Karate Kid of Bel-Air.

NO NO NO. Stop turning good old movies into bad new movies. JUST STOP. (I hope the people responsible are listening)

I don't know why they're calling it a remake. The kid is black, it's located in China, it's not going to be like the first Karate Kid, so why not call it KK4?

Actually it would be Karate Kid 5 because after the 3 with Ralph Macchio they did one called The Next Karate Kid (since Ralph Macchio was in his 30's, they wanted somebody younger :lol: ) that starred Hillary Swank (age 19) as a new student for Mr. Myagi.

Yes they can easily have Ralph Macchio show up as the master since Pat Morita died a couple years back. But that would make too much sense for a writer/director. :P

Ironically Hillary Swank is now about the same age Ralph Macchio was when they decided to do Next Karate Kid....

that adorable little boy! Oh my gosh I'm definately seeing this now. I fell in love with Will Smith's son in his role in "the Pursuit of happiness". I wanna see now.

Don't like it, don't watch. The original won't be changed at all.

Seriously, I never understood that mentality, along with the whole "my childhood is ruined" crap. So uh...these movies are somehow gonna take the memories you have of the originals and rewrite them or *gasp* tarnish them?! Gimme a break.

Better yet, why not loosely adapt the previous concepts into something superior to the source material??

ok someone tell me why is it so easy for them to make crap movies, with no original ideas and we can't get a freaking decent TMNT movie??

And why is this being filmed in China when Karate is Japanese?

TMNT isn't as marketable right now?

neither is karate kid.
eh dude yer siggy is offensive, i dont think they condone pot use on the drome

How is it possible your "career" is driving a bus for a living and you've never smoked pot before? I find that hard to believe.

And they can't make a decent TMNT movie because no one cares about them anymore.

That was pretty harsh :o:o:o

I don't think the drome condones obsessive behavior over a fictional character, either.

Practically any remake is marketable now. Throw in Will Smith's (the most bankable star in hollywood) son, and you're pretty much guaranteed success. TMNT isn't nearly as marketable a franchise as many of you fanboys/girls would like to believe. It's time to accept that and move on.

I've that clip (from the film Requiem for a Dream, BTW) in my sig for close to a year. Until a mod asks me to remove it, it's staying.

Making that statement is a sure fire way to get it removed AND not make friends at the same time! You win!

CQB has had it there forever, and it no one has said sh*t about it before. Just because he dissed on your lame obsessions doesn't mean you can suddenly start trying to call him out.

STFU.

It's a Ninja Turtles message board, if I needed to make friends here, I'd shoot myself. No offense.

HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, man. Funny as f*ck.

Yes, Karate Kid. I look forward to this movie. Contrary to what people believe, I don't think this will erase my memories of the old one.

Wow, I'm suprised there isn't a outrage about changing the main character to a black kid.

I'll give it a chance, not like the original was some sort of oscar worthy epic.

I will be looking forward to this movie i just watched the old karate kid few days ago great movie.

Karate stems from Chinese Martial Arts in the 13th and 14th centuries when some Chinese moved to a Japanese Island to do some trading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate

There's nothing wrong with the sig. This is a PG-13 board, and if you're 13 and don't know about drugs, then I'm sorry...your parents have failed you. Also, the sig isn't saying you SHOULD do drugs. It's just kinda there.

Yeah, basically what he said.

Eeeeeexactly!!!

I don't think a movie needed to be an Oscar contender to be considered a classic. The Karate Kid is such a huge part of pop culture that it is definitely a classic.

Still, from the sound of things, this movie seems to be different enough from the original so that it might be worth it. I think people dislike remakes so much because they do usually turn out awful, but maybe this will be one of the rare good ones.

Also, this thread is pretty depressing. What's with all the attacks? Are we twelve years old again?

Jackie Chan has been cast as Mr. Miyagi!! :lol:

http://www.mania.com/jackie-chan-men...le_112321.html

Except it says he's in negotiations.

And he doesn't have my permission to star in this movie. Jaden Smith sucks and being in the same movie as him will ruin Jackie's career. Also, Chan doesn't exactly practise Karate.

The Karate Kid remake is now called Kung Fu Kid.....and Jaden Smith apperantly has mad ninja skillz according to Jackie Chan. :dead:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090718/..._jackie_chan_2

And a year later, Cipher arrived to say, "This is one of the most awesome things I have ever seen written on this forum."

And then he proceeded to not care about Karate Kid.

Ah but do you care about Kung Fu Kid? :P

I am very conflicted. Jackie Chan being in this means I have to see it, and Jaden Smith means I don't want to.

This.


I kind of want to see this movie, but I'd seriously wait to rent/Netflix it.

Do we really need remakes like this?

Where's the talent in Hollyweird?

There's plenty of original talent in Hollywood, but you have to stop going to the multiplex to find it.

LOL It looks like your avatars screaming that.

ON TOPIC: I loooooooooooooove the karate kid, though I think it's a stupid idea for them to change the name to Kung Fu Kid. The Karate Kid has more of a ring to it.

Without Hollywood, you'd have nothing but very detailed descriptions of Voldemort to jerk off to. Be grateful.