We Finally Know a Bit About the New Karate Kid Movie

For months we’ve known that senseis played by Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan would beryllium teaming up for a caller movie acceptable in the Karate Kid universe. But, successful a satellite wherever the Netflix amusement Cobra Kai exists, what precisely is this movie? Well, contiguous astatine New York Comic Con, Sony yet pulled the curtain backmost a spot connected the movie which we present cognize is called Karate Kid Legends.

The movie stars Ben Wang arsenic Li Fong, a caller pupil that someway learns martial arts from the likes of Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) and Mr. Han (Chan). Joshua Jackson, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight, Sadie Stanley, Wyatt Olef, and Jennifer-Lyn Christie are besides successful the film. Chan and Macchio sent successful a video to present the archetypal trailer for the film, which was lone shown successful the room, but said since New York City plays specified a ample role, it was the cleanable spot to bash so.

What we larn from the trailer, oregon astatine slightest tin effort and discern, is that Mr. Han seemingly takes the pb betwixt the 2 bequest characters. He speaks astir contented rooted successful past mentioning some kung fu and karate. We spot him and LaRusso meet, and LaRusso assumes helium is looking for Mr. Miyagi. “I did not travel looking for Mr. Miyagi,” Han says. “I came looking for you.”

We get shots of Li (Wang) walking astir New York, getting jumped connected the subway, and grooming with Mr. Han. There’s warring successful the streets arsenic Li is chased by an chartless assailant. Later, arsenic the enactment builds to its highest and we chopped done antithetic grooming montages with Li and Mr. Han, the trailer climaxes with Li warring successful respective matches astatine a tournament. “Two branches, 1 tree,” LaRusso says, implying helium and Han volition harvester efforts for something.

So we fundamentally cognize what we could discern from the announcement, but not overmuch more. It’s astir the 2 senseis teaming up somehow. They person a shared past LaRusso isn’t alert of. Li is simply a pupil astatine the halfway of it. It’s mostly based astir New York City. That past part, much than anything, teases the reply to the large question: volition characters from Cobra Kai, which seemingly ends earlier this, amusement up? Probably not, but thing is possible.

And portion the trailer hasn’t been released publically yet, we did get a poster.

Legends are forever.

Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, and Ralph Macchio prima successful Karate Kid: Legends – exclusively successful movie theatres May 30, 2025. #KarateKidMovie pic.twitter.com/Lk22lw3YJS

— Karate Kid Movie (@KarateKidMovie) October 18, 2024

We’ll person overmuch much connected the satellite of The Karate Kid as Cobra Kai returns connected Netflix November 15 with the 2nd portion of the last season. They’ll beryllium followed by the show’s last episodes aboriginal adjacent year, starring into this movie.

Karate Kid Legends, directed by Jonathan Entwistle, opens May 30, 2025.

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