We lastly have our first official have a look at Jackie Chan
and Ralph Macchio
in subsequent yr’s Karate Child sequel, Karate Child: Legends
. The pair of martial arts icons be part of forces eventually as they take a brand new pupil, Ben Wang’s Li Fong, underneath their respective wings, with EW revealing not solely the primary pictures from the film but in addition our first hints at what to anticipate from the plot. You may try the newly launched first look picture under.
I Am Not Okay With This and The Finish of the F…ing World director Jonathan Entwistle has now revealed how Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han and Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso come collectively within the sequel, thus confirming that the unique 1984 The Karate Child and the 2010 reimagining now exist in the identical continuity.
“With out giving an excessive amount of away, I can say that Mr. Han and Mr. Miyagi are the connection to Daniel. The Han household and the Miyagi household are related all the best way again to the outdated instances. And there’s a point out of this inside the Karate Child film canon for these individuals who need to go on the lookout for it.”
Jackie Chan Was Like Dumbledore on the ‘Karate Child: Legends’ Set
The inclusion of motion film icon Jackie Chan is bound to trigger plenty of pleasure amongst followers, with Jonathan Erstwhile revealing that the Rush Hour and Police Story star was like “the magical Dumbledore” on set of Karate Child: Legends.
“Aside from being a beautiful human being who may be very heat, he’s the kind of actor that doesn’t depart. When his day is finished, you’ll usually discover him sitting subsequent to me, sitting subsequent to the DP, telling tales, speaking to the actors. Jackie Chan is a film star, and that’s one thing that you do not see a lot anymore. He had the flexibility to provide you with a tiny concept that I would by no means considered — and all of Jackie’s tiny concepts are within the film. He was just like the magical Dumbledore to us on set, and he is like that within the film too.”
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The Karate Child film additionally raises plenty of questions concerning its relationship to Cobra Kai. Whereas we await the ultimate episodes on Netflix (attributable to be launched on February 13, 2025), Erstwhile has now revealed that he was certainly in touch with Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg and Karate Child: Legends will probably be “one other piece” within the Cobra Kai universe.
“I’ve been an enormous fan of Cobra Kai proper from the start, and that is one of many causes that I believed this was such an thrilling undertaking. I used to be enthusiastic about the concept the movies and the sequence can all be a part of one household. I’ve had some actually detailed conversations with the Cobra Kai group about simply cool stuff that we will do within the film and might make this complete factor really feel holistic. And clearly, Ralph is basically, actually near it in spite of everything these years on Cobra Kai, and so they’ve been concerned in little steps alongside the best way. Every little thing we talked about made it into the film in a roundabout way or different, both by Ralph or by the conversations. We’re actually excited that we have added one other piece to the general universe.”
Karate Child: Legends
- Launch Date
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Could 30, 2025
- Director
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Jonathan Entwistle