New Karate Kid Movie to Unite Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio

Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, who starred in separate Karate Kid films decades apart, will unite for a brand new movie set in the martial arts franchise.

The new movie, from Sony Pictures, director Jonathan Entwistle and writer Rob Lieber, will premiere in theaters on Dec. 13, 2024. Karen Rosenfelt is producing.

Plot details are kept under wraps on the new movie, but Macchio will reprise his role as Daniel LaRusso, whom he played in the original Karate Kid film trilogy starting in 1984 and brought back on Netflixs Cobra Kai series. Chan will return to the role of Mr. Han, a kung fu master based on Mr. Miyagi, who coached Jaden Smiths Dre Parker in the 2010 remake movie.

Macchio has kept the character of Daniel going through Cobra Kai, which announced its sixth and final season earlier this year. That show, created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, takes place several decades after the events of the original Karate Kid movies, reigniting a rivalry between the now middle-aged Daniel and Johnny Lawrence (played by William Zabka).

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