Will Smith's Son Set To Star In Karate Kid Remake
Is this something the world really needs? Jaden Smith, the impossibly adorable son of is-he-or-isn't-he-a-Scientologist Will Smith, is set to star in a remake of The Karate Kid:
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.The film will be produced by Jerry Weintraub (who launched the original franchise) and Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter, Will Smith and Ken Stovitz. Will Smith, who is the 10-year-old actor's father, co-starred alongside Jaden in his feature debut, "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.
Great. Just what we need. More 80's movie remakes. The kid is cute and all, I'll give you that, but srsly. The Karate Kid was a great movie, why mess with it? What, is nobody inventive enough to come up with movie ideas of their own? What's next, a remake of The Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Oh man, they better not even touch Ferris. I'll have to go all wax on/wax off on somebody if they even think about touching Ferris.
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