Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio are once again teaming up for a new “Karate Kid” film. Nearly 40 years after the first “Karate Kid” film made its debut, the two actors are coming together to add another movie to the iconic franchise. They announced the news in a YouTube video along with Sony Pictures Entertainment on Tuesday.
Jackie Chan says in the announcement video,
Hi everyone! We’ve got big news.
Macchio, who portrayed Daniel LaRusso in the first three “Karate Kid” films between 1984 and 1989, as well as the TV series continuing the storyline from the films, Cobra Kai., added,
We’re starring in a new ‘Karate Kid’ movie together.
Chan and Macchio reveal in a video that was made public on Tuesday that in addition to reprising their parts, they will help in the global hunt for a Chinese actor to portray the new karate kid and take the lead in the film.
Sony Pictures claims that the film will combine and carry on the mythology of the previous films while setting the tale on the East Coast and centering on a Chinese adolescent who turns to martial arts and a stern but wise master for guidance and strength.
good luck to them then