The Karate Kid (2010) (2010)

It's hard to picture anyone else in the role of Mr. Miyagi, but Pat Morita was forced to audition a whopping five times before he got the part.

Rocky and The Karate Kid director John Avildsen has passed away at the age of 81. Learn more ahead.

You've been watching The Karate Kid all wrong. Well, if you're a believer in Patton Oswalt's telling of "The Johnny Lawrence Story," you already knew that, but a new video is making the rounds

The clock is ticking yet again, folks. As we get towards the end of the month, that means that Netflix’s rights to certain films are about to expire, and that means it’s time for a serious crunch session. But which are the titles that you should be watching before they head off the streaming service? That’s what we’re here to tell you!

The Karate Kid remake ended up being better and bigger than anyone could have anticipated. In addition to earning largely positive reviews from critics, the movie was a box office hit, bringing in $55 million during its opening weekend in 2010 and pulling in over $350 million internationally by the time it left theaters. While a sequel has been in development since the remake's success, it's surprising that Colombia Pictures hasn't been working harder to try and get it done.

Even though the sequel will probably carry the same misnomer The Karate Kid, they've actually hired writers with kung fu experience to handle it.

It's no secret that, up until the release of Toy Story 3 last weekend, the summer of 2010 had been a massive disappointment. Box office totals are down and suddenly

It's hard to get away with remaking a movie that was popular enough the first time around to merit sequels, but if you manage it, you've guaranteed yourself a franchise

This week the American-Chinese entertainment Cold War continues to heat up, following both the jingoist concerns over the upcoming Red Dawn remake and the curiously auspicious access granted to The Karate Kid

It was an 80s remake celebration at theaters this weekend with not one, but two blasts from the past debuting on the big screen. Both The A-Team and The Karate Kid

What's interesting isn't that two Hollywood movies have different, somewhat incoherent political viewpoint

The challenge of remaking a beloved classic like The Karate Kid is one thing. Taking that remake to China, filming on location in the streets of Beijing with stars like Will Smith and Jackie Chan on the set

We have three clips from Sony’s remake of The Karate Kid and, like everything from this movie, they’re good. Some of you are no doubt primed to hate this movie. After all it’s a remake of a beloved

There's no Smith family or clips from the film here, but it's a weird and riveting spectacle, and possibly evidence of how much Sony is counting on this movie to succeed. After all, you don't pay 60 women in red dresses

Filmed on location in Beijing and the surrounding area, The Karate Kid carries a great sense of Chinese authenticity and a great late-career performance from Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan may not have many stunts left in his creaking, battered bones but maybe, given the chance, he might actually give a good performance? I’m as skeptical about his Karate Kid remake with Jaden Smith as the next guy

An international version of The Karate Kid remake trailer released a week or so ago is now online. While it’s similar to the domestic version, they’ve removed the title cards splashed throughout the first trailer

In the first trailer for Jaden Smith’s Karate Kid remake he moves to China where, apparently, everyone does Karate. Jaden gets in trouble. Jackie as the new Mr. Miyagi saves him and then we get a training montage set to cliché trailer music

After complaining about the lack of action in the first official photo from The Karate Kid remake, three new photos have surfaced and, sure enough, they are far more exciting.

It features Jaden Smith as Dre Parker, an American boy forced to move to China. There, he befriends not Mr. Miyagi, but Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han, a maintenance man who teaches Dre karate. Sadly, the photo doesn’t show the guys in action but, rather, having a sentimental moment

Steven Conrad has signed on to write the script, despite the fact that production starts next month. Either that means they'll be lifting whole scenes from the original movie, and therefore don't have that much writing to do, or this whole scriptwriting process moves a lot faster than I'd thought