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'The Karate Kid' - Mixed emotions about the trailer of the remake.
27 December 2009 3:07 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Sony Pictures loves churning out remakes of crowd-favorite classics. We've seen this with abominations like "The Pink Panther" and its even-more-appalling sequel. Now, the distributor sends out their "Karate Kid" remake with a considerably different setting and plot. The trailer is certain to stir up mixed emotions for fans of the 1984 original Ralph Macchio, Elisabeth Shue and Pat Morita starrer. Check it out below and let us know what you think about - winner or loser? In Columbia Pictures' The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, »
High Quality Karate Kid Movie Trailer
24 December 2009 11:00 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Columbia Pictures recently released this high quality movie trailer for the upcoming remake “The Karate Kid” aka Kung Fu Kid by director Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2) and starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 3, Chinese Zodiac) and Jaden Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Pursuit of Happyness). Synopsis: Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars in this updated version of the 1980’s film that starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. While the new film will be set in Beijing, 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. Jaden Smith’s character moves to Beijing with [...] »
- Brian Corder
Trailer Watch: ‘The Karate Kid’ and ‘Sex and the City 2’
23 December 2009 9:45 AM, PST | Fandango | See recent Fandango news »
In what has to be some sort of Hollywood record, even more trailers arrived online since we last met … and it’s starting to become a bit of a chore to keep up with all of them. While we’re expecting the latest trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception to hit at anytime, here are two more previews for a couple of buzzed-about 2010 films. The Karate Kid Nope, they’re not re-releasing the old 1984 classic starring Ralph Maccio and Pat Morita. Instead, this is the 2010 remake, complete with hip-hop tunes, Will Smith’s kid Jaden, and Jackie Chan as the lovable martial arts mentor. Like in the previous incarnation, this one follows a kid and his mom who move overseas to start a new life (the original had them moving from New Jersey to...
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Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith in 'The Karate Kid' movie trailer
23 December 2009 8:32 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
We have added the first trailer for Columbia Picture's 'The Karate Kid'. The film that stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith is a remake of the 1984 film of the same title.Watch the trailer below;Check out all the latest movie trailers and clips on the new M&C videos area here.Will Smith's son Jaden Smith stars in this updated version of the 1980's film that starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita.While the new film will be set in Beijing, China, 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.Jaden Smith's character moves to Beijing with his mother, where he encounters a bully situation similar to »
- Anthony Pearson
First Trailer for The Karate Kid Remake with HD Links
23 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Once thought to be called The Kung Fu Kid, the remake of The Karate Kid has been unveiled via this first trailer and will retain the name of its inspiration.
Will Smith's son Jaden takes over the title role from Ralph Macchio as a scrawny kid who is taken under the wing of an unlikely mentor, Jackie Chan in place of Pat Morita. The film looks to mix plot elements from the first and second Karate Kid films as Jaden's character learns Karate after having traveled to China and fancied a girl a young local karate fighter already has eyes on.
The trailer is surprisingly familiar with many nods to the original films and far less "lame" than some feared the remake would be. If anything, it will be a vehicle for young Jaden Smith to kick start his acting career and follow in his father's footsteps.
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Rate-a-Trailer: Are You Karate Kidding Us?
23 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
A new twist on Chinese knockoffs. It's bad enough that China is kicking our collective backside in the global economy, but now some Beijing bullies are messing with Will Smith's son Jaden in this remake of The Karate Kid! Luckily, Jackie Chan (in the Pat Morita role) is there to save America, or something. Did we really need this? No. But does anybody need counterfeits of garish Louis Vuitton bags? Another big no. And yet people buy them. Who are we to judge? Let us know in the comments section if the physical comedy genius of Jackie Chan will make this worth a look in June of 2010. Or does this trailer suddenly make you miss Ralph Macchio? »
Rate-a-Trailer: Are You Karate Kidding Us?
23 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
A new twist on Chinese knockoffs. It's bad enough that China is kicking our collective backside in the global economy, but now some Beijing bullies are messing with Will Smith's son Jaden in this remake of The Karate Kid! Luckily, Jackie Chan (in the Pat Morita role) is there to save America, or something. Did we really need this? No. But does anybody need counterfeits of garish Louis Vuitton bags? Another big no. And yet people buy them. Who are we to judge? Let us know in the comments section if the physical comedy genius of Jackie Chan will make this worth a look in June of 2010. Or does this trailer suddenly make you miss Ralph Macchio? »
Rate-a-Trailer: Are You Karate Kidding Us?
23 December 2009 7:30 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
A new twist on Chinese knockoffs. It's bad enough that China is kicking our collective backside in the global economy, but now some Beijing bullies are messing with Will Smith's son Jaden in this remake of The Karate Kid! Luckily, Jackie Chan (in the Pat Morita role) is there to save America, or something. Did we really need this? No. But does anybody need counterfeits of garish Louis Vuitton bags? Another big no. And yet people buy them. Who are we to judge? Let us know in the comments section if the physical comedy genius of Jackie Chan will make this worth a look in June of 2010. Or does this trailer suddenly make you miss Ralph Macchio? »
No One Sweeps the Leg in the Karate Kid Trailer
23 December 2009 5:10 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Oh, the iconic moment in John G. Avildsen’s 1984 modern classic, The Karate Kid, just before the big, final fight when Martin Kove instructs William Zabka to sweep Daniel-san’s leg. It’s one of those moments in time that goes down in history like Rosebud or the bridge over the River Kwai exploding. You won’t find that here in the trailer for The Karate Kid remake, brought to us by Yahoo! Movies.
What you will find is a whole lot of Kung Fu, and you understand fully why the producers had such a hard time choosing a name. In the end, brand loyalty won out, and The Karate Kid was officially born.
Check out the trailer right here:
All in all, it looks alright. Jackie Chan is filling the Pat Morita role nicely, although I would be hard pressed to believe Chan would receive a Best Supporting Actor nod at the 2011 Oscars. »
- Kirk
Karate Kid Trailer Online
23 December 2009 3:25 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
For those of us in our early thirties, there's something almost sacred about The Karate Kid - the memorable lines, the perfect casting, that crane kick - and so the though of it being ramade, updated or otherwise profaned makes us feel a little bit sick... that said, some of our trepidation has been allayed with a look at this the first trailer.
Jackie Chan has wisely steered clear of bearing any kind of resemblence to the inimitable Pat Morita and Jaden Smith seems to have the chops if not the most convincing performance skills. There is even the subtlest of glimpses of that famous crane technique (at 1 minute 33 seconds) and a recreation of the scene when Miyagi is trying to catch a fly in chop-sticks.
The story is based around young (perhaps too young wethinks) Dre's relocation to Beijing where he is being bullied by a nasty sect of »
First Karate Kid Trailer
23 December 2009 1:50 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
The Karate Kid remake won't head into theaters until next summer, but its first trailer is now online. At one point titled The Kung-Fu Kid (and before even that titled The Karate Kid), the remake has the "kid" (Jaden Smith) and his mother (Taraji P. Henson) move to Beijing instead of Reseda, and kung-fu will be the taught by Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) instead of karate by Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita). Other than that, it seems like the remake isn't trying to stray too far from the original story, aside from having the teacher demonstrate the techniques. The similarity may be why they changed the title back to The Karate Kid, even though there's no karate actually in it. Check out the trailer below.
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The Karate Kid Movie Trailer
22 December 2009 8:03 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Columbia Pictures just released this first official movie trailer for the upcoming remake “The Karate Kid” aka Kung Fu Kid by director Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2) and starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 3, Chinese Zodiac) and Jaden Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Pursuit of Happyness). Synopsis: Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars in this updated version of the 1980’s film that starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. While the new film will be set in Beijing, 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. Jaden Smith’s character moves to Beijing with [...] »
- Brian Corder
'The Karate Kid' Remake Gets a Trailer
22 December 2009 1:30 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
As a ridiculous fan of the original Karate Kid, naturally I was extremely disheartened to learn that Hollywood was going to attempt a remake of the 1984 film about a whiny kid from New Jersey who moves to California and gets his ass kicked a handful of times before learning karate from some wacky old Asian handy man. This new version would star Will Smith's kid Jaden (in the role originally populated by Ralph Maccio) with Jackie Chan taking on Pat Morita's role of mentor and trainer. Ugh, I know, but Yahoo just released the first trailer and I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but ... it doesn't look half bad.
Note: The Yahoo trailer doesn't seem to be working, but you can also watch it by clicking here, or by downloading one of the HD versions available here.
First off there are a slew of references to the original film, »
- Erik Davis
First trailer for The Karate Kid remake
22 December 2009 12:05 PM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »
Thanks to Yahoo!, we now have our first trailer for The Karate Kid remake, directed by Harald Zwart (Pink Panther 2). Will Smith’s son, Jaden Smith, picks up and revamps the uniform that Ralph Macchio’s Daniel Son once made popular, and as you already know, Jackie Chan’s our new Mr. Miyagi (now called Mr. Han). There’s been a lot of angst over this remake, the main reason being this is one of those classic 80s films that absolutely does not need a remake. The Karate Kid was built around Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. This trailer does make the film seem like it’ll be some good fun though, but I don’t think I can ever view this as a remake. For a while it was going to be called The Kung Fu Kid (which makes sense because Dre learns Kung Fu) – maybe to sway Karate »
- Chase Whale
Karate Kid Trailer Kicks In
22 December 2009 11:26 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Hollywood may be slowly shutting down for its Christmas nap, but the flow of trailers continues with the Karate Kid remake, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.The new version transplants the story of a lad facing down bullies to China, and re-imagines Daniel-san in the form of Jaden Smith's Dre Parker.When he's attacked by some of the local youths, Dre is saved by Mr Han (Chan), who agrees to tutor him in martial arts. Cue a montage (because, as Team America taught us, every film needs a Montage) of Parker learning to fight back.A lot has been changed around by the looks of it (hopefully enough that we won't be constantly comparing it to the 1984 pic and Pat Morita), but there's still one quick nudge at the original, with Mr Han stopping a fly. Just not in the way you remember.Take a glance and decide »
The Best and Worst Movie Remakes
15 December 2009 | Getback - Movies | See recent Getback - Movies news »
If you haven't seen it, the trailer is now out for the upcoming "Karate Kid" remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. From what we've seen, Jaden is no Ralph Macchio, and Jackie Chan could never hold a candle to Pat Morita. But it's got to be hard starring in a remake of a beloved classic. The new actors often have big shoes to fill, and all of the technical advancements in the world won't guarantee the film will be better than the original. We admit that it was tough to find many sequels that fared better than their predecessors, but we did find a few. Here's our list of the best and worst movie remakes ever. »
- AmyandNancy
Will Smith's son kicks his way into the big time
3 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Karate Kid remake takes the fight to China
To the Great Wall of China, where the scion of one of America's foremost acting families prepares to make his leading child debut opposite an icon of the People's Republic, in a coolly anticipated reimagining of one of the most important movies of the 80s.
To wit, Will Smith's boy, Jaden, is to star opposite Jackie Chan in The Karate Kid. Or The Kung Fu Kid, as it is to be known, after Chinese financiers insisted production be shifted from Japan to China. These same constraints appear to have necessitated the rebranding of Mr Miyagi to Mr Han, who is shown in the first on-set pictures released this week looking on semi-indulgently as little Jaden high-kicks his way to centre-stage atop the Great Wall.
Does the casting of Chan presage a movie one would want to watch? Over to the original film's star Ralph Macchio, »
More New Photos from Karate Kid
2 December 2009 11:07 PM, PST | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Columbia Pictures recently released this new movie still from the upcoming remake “The Karate Kid” aka Kung Fu Kid by director Harald Zwart (The Pink Panther 2) and starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 3, Chinese Zodiac) and Jaden Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Pursuit of Happyness). Synopsis: Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith stars in this updated version of the 1980’s film that starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. While the new film will be set in Beijing, 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. Jaden Smith’s character moves to Beijing with his [...] »
- Brian Corder
Four Images from Karate Kid Remake
2 December 2009 6:36 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Sony has released the first official images of The Karate Kid remake (formerly known as The Kung-Fu Kid). The images, which come to us courtesy of /Film, show Jaden Smith’s character, Dre, training with Jackie Chan’s character, Mr. Han; splashing around with his Chinese girlfriend; and showing off some pretty impressive flexibility.
To be honest, none of these four pictures are particularly exciting to me. I guess I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around why there is a remake of The Karate Kid in the first place. I’m not being ironic or nostalgic when I say that the original Karate Kid is one of my favorite movies to watch. I enjoy the story, the acting is solid, and I like how the movie has a message without pandering to the audience. Plus, you know, it has that Joe Esposito song, “You’re the Best Around. »
- Rob Frappier
First Look: Jackie Chan Trains the Next Karate Kid
1 December 2009 5:19 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Ralph Macchio had Reseda. Jaden Smith gets the Great Wall of China. Assuming the studio didn't commission a body double (you know, like on the Pretty Woman poster), that's Will Smith's 11-year-old son showing major flexibility in a scene from the upcoming remake of The Karate Kid. In the action drama, due in theaters next year, Jackie Chan takes on the role of the sage Mr. Han, who will teach Jaden's Dre a thing or two, not only about martial artistry...but about life. Of course, watching the still baby-faced Chan open a can of whoop-ass on the bullies for the first time won't be quite as much fun as seeing the far tamer-looking Pat Morita do the same in »
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