First Footage From KARATE KID: LEGENDS Screens and Here Are The Details
The first trailer was released this weekend at New York Comic-Con for the film Karate Kid: Legends, starring Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan, and Ben Wang (American Born Chinese), who plays a new student named Li Fong. Macchio returns as Daniel LaRusso, whom he played in the original 1984 Karate Kid film trilogy and later reprised in Netflix’s Cobra Kai series.
Chan is also back as Mr. Han, the kung fu master based on Mr. Miyagi, who coached Jaden Smith’s Dre Parker in the 2010 Karate Kid remake.
The trailer was shown exclusively to the New York Comic-Con crowd and it was reported that it teased some intense karate action with the three leads.
Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso arrives in Beijing, where Chan’s Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong, and is his mentor figure, just like Mr. Miyagi was to Daniel, Han explains.
He and Daniel narrate the trailer, and it’s clear that the two will have to team up to train Li Fong, but will their teaching styles match up?
The trailer shows off plenty of fight scenes in the streets and at a dojo, including some kind of new karate tournament that was briefly teased. In one particularly impressive moment, Li Fong fights off a bully in an alleyway by swinging off a fire escape ladder and flipping off the wall.
As the star of American Born Chinese, Wang has some stunt experience, and it certainly shows in the trailer.
After Chan and Macchio announced a worldwide search that saw thousands of young actors across the world, Wang was chosen for the role due to his standout performance and deep connection to the character.
Wang is skilled in several forms of martial arts, including karate, wing chun/kung fu, gumdo, kempo and taekwando.
Ming-Na Wen, known for Mulan and The Joy Luck Club, will portray the mother of Wang’s character. Joshua Jackson and Sadie Stanley will also appear in the film.
Jonathan Entwistle, the creator and director of Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This and The End of the F—ing World, will direct the film from a screenplay by Peter Rabbit scribe Rob Lieber. Karen Rosenfelt will produce.
Karate Kid: Legends will hit theaters on May 30, 2025. I would be willing to bet that we will see the trailer for ourselves very soon.
via: Variety