Well, actually, we were hoping for The Karate Kid III, with Ralph Macchio as an old codger who teaches the martial arts to his bullied grandson. But this will have to do.
Will Smith’s 10-year-old son
Jaden Smith is set to star in a sort-of redo of 1984's
The Karate Kid. Set to shoot in Beijing and other cities next year, according to
Variety, it will not be an exact duplicate but borrow elements from the original plot wherein a youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of eccentric mentor
Pat Morita.