News has damaged that Sony is reportedly transferring ahead with a brand new Karate Kid film. It’s form of a remake, because it’s not carrying over any of the unique characters, most of whom are at the moment concerned with the Netflix sequence Cobra Kai. This time round, nevertheless, the story will do a job reversal, the place the child will tackle the a part of trainer.
Murphy’s Multiverse dropped the news that “Sony is looking for a 17-year-old male, Chinese actor who speaks both Mandarin and English. The character is referred to as Li and is said to be small for his age, but tough, smart and scrappy. He is said to be a skilled fighter and a student in Beijing who finds his life uprooted after his mother moves them to Brooklyn, New York. Li is said to be struggling with a past tragedy, which drives a wedge between him and his doctor mom, who has managed to handle the same tragedy in her own way. After Li meets Mia, a student from his high school, and her father, Victor, at a local pizza restaurant, he’ll soon find his life has changed yet again – for the better. Li soon finds himself training Victor in the art of Kung Fu, despite his mother’s stance against violence and fighting, and ultimately back in the ring himself.”
The movie doesn’t but have a director hooked up, however Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit) is hooked up to pen the script. A begin date has additionally but to be revealed for the movie’s manufacturing.
Does this sound like an iteration of Karate Kid you would possibly prefer to see?