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Reportedly, action star Jackie Chan has signed on to play the role of Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid remake. The movie stars Chan as Miyagi and Jaden Smith (Will Smith's youngest son) as the young hero.

Will Smith will act as a producer for the movie.

The storyline will be shaken up a bit as the setting will be in China rather than in California. The main character will also be called Dre instead of Daniel LaRusso. Another confirmed change is the style from Karate to kung fu. The movie will be entitled "Kung Fu Kid."

The movie is directed by Harald Zwart.

“Kung Fu Kid” is set for a June 11, 2010 release.

thats cool. is will smiths son the one with HUGE afro???

Hey this is cool! I wonder how this will go? My two favorite people in Hollywood, Jackie Chan and Will Smith are part of this project so it better be good

I wanna see this!! I wanna see this!!!
I loooooove Will Smith and I really enjoy Chan's movies!!!
Whoa!!! I've liked Smith since the Prince of BelAir!!!!Come to think of it, I should rewatch this serie...

wow! looking forward to this! I've seen all The Karate Kid movies including the one wherein Daniel became a girl! lol... and I'm sure I'll like this new adaptation just like the previous ones!

so, this will be Jaden's debut!? It's a big role and he has big shoes to fill in...

(07-16-2009 08:45 AM)4jpz Wrote: [ -> ]wow! looking forward to this! I've seen all The Karate Kid movies including the one wherein Daniel became a girl! lol... and I'm sure I'll like this new adaptation just like the previous ones!

so, this will be Jaden's debut!? It's a big role and he has big shoes to fill in...

No he's been in several movies already. Pursuit of Happyness was one of them and also The day the earth stood still.

oh yeah! I forgot about those!

wow i wanna se thie thx

wows, i havent seen him in movies lately
this one a hit

I thoroughly enjoyed the original KARATE KID movies.

While I do like Jackie Chan, I think this idea is a travesty.