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Jackie Chan Confirmed for Karate Kid
July 13, 2009 - Confirming reports from earlier this year that he was in talks to join the production, Jackie Chan has come aboard the Karate Kid remake in the role originated by Pat Morita.
Variety reports that the kung-fu legend will play Mr. Miyagi opposite Jaden Smith, who takes on the Ralph Macchio role. Smith, of course, is the young son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
The film, titled Kung Fu Kid, will be a Hollywood-Chinese coproduction between Columbia Pictures and the state-run China Film Group. Filming began in the Chinese capital of Beijing over the weekend, with Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks, The Pink Panther 2) behind the camera. Unlike the original, which was set in the U.S., this film will take place in China.
Chan and Smith, along with Smith's parents and sister Willow, "attended a traditional Chinese ceremony to mark the start of the shoot Saturday." Ain't that cute? Even cuter -- Will Smith is one of the film's producers.
Oh, wait. That's not cute. It's obnoxious.
Source - IGN: Jackie Chan Confirmed for Karate Kid
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