Karate Kid Movie Updates
Total Updates: 45
- added Ben Wang as actor to movie credits
- added Joshua Jackson as actor to movie credits
- changed the title from "The Karate Kid Sequel" to "Karate Kid"
- added Global Casting Call to movie trailers & videos
- changed the status of Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso to Current
- changed the status of Jackie Chan as Mr. Han to Current
- added Rob Lieber as screenwriter to movie credits
- added Jonathan Entwistle as director to movie credits
- added martial arts as a genre
- added Ralph Macchio as actor to movie credits
- changed the status of Jackie Chan to Current
- changed the movie production status to Pre-Production
- changed the US film release date from June 7, 2024 to December 13, 2024
- set film release to Nationwide
- changed the US film release date from TBA to June 7, 2024
- set film release to Nationwide
- added a synopsis
- Described as “the return to the original Karate Kid franchise.”
- changed the status of Cyrus Voris to Former
- changed the status of Ethan Reiff to Former
- changed the status of Zak Penn to Former
- changed the status of Ken Stovitz to Former
- changed the status of Will Smith to Former
- changed the status of James Lassiter to Former
- changed the status of Harald Zwart to Formerly Rumored
- changed the movie production status to Development
- added Zak Penn to the credits
- added Jerry Weintraub Productions as a production company
- added Columbia Pictures as a production company
- changed the production status to Development
- changed the production status to Announced
Fri., Mar. 22, 2024
Wed., Feb. 8, 2012
from Variety
'Karate Kid' Sequel is Moving Forward
Columbia Pictures has tapped The Incredible Hulk scribe Zak Penn to rewrite its untitled sequel to 2010's surprise hit The Karate Kid.
Sat., Aug. 28, 2010
Fri., Aug. 27, 2010
'Kung Fu Panda' Writers to Pen 'Karate Kid' Sequel
Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff are moving from kung fu to karate. The duo, who wrote 2008's "Kung Fu Panda," have been tapped to pen the sequel to "The Karate Kid," Sony's surprise summer hit that Will Smith produced and starred his son Jaden Smith.