Karate Kid (2025)
Karate Kid is an upcoming American martial arts film directed by Jonathan Entwistle and written by Rob Lieber. It is the sixth film in the Karate Kid franchise following The Karate Kid (2010), and stars Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, both reprising their roles from previous films, with Ben Wang as the main lead alongside Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight, and Wyatt Oleff. It is the first film in the series not to be produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015. In September 2022, the film was confirmed to be in development, with the casting of Chan and Macchio announced in November 2023. Filming began in April 2024 and wrapped in June. The film is scheduled to be released on May 30, 2025 in the United States and Canada.
Casting:
In August 2023, Chan was reported to be reprising his role in the film. In late November 2023, Chan and Macchio were officially revealed to have joined the cast. The announcement confirms that the original films, the remake, and the Cobra Kai series all take place in the same universe. In addition, Chan and Macchio announced a world-wide open casting call for an actor to star as the film’s iteration of the titular character, described as a Chinese teen who moves to the East Coast and begins studying martial arts. In February 2024, Ben Wang was cast as the titular character, Li Fong. In March, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, and Ming-Na Wen were cast in undisclosed roles In April, Aramis Knight and Wyatt Oleff joined the cast.
Filming, Release:
Principal photography began in Montreal on April 1, 2024, and wrapped filming on June 3, under the working title Victory Boulevard. The film is scheduled to be released on May 30, 2025 in the United States. The film was originally set to be released on June 7, 2024, but was delayed to December 13, 2024, due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. It was moved once more to May 30, 2025, so that it wouldn’t conflict with the final season of Cobra Kai.RELATED:
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