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It’s been nearly 40 years since Daniel Larusso crane-kicked his way into our hearts in The Karate Kid, and this franchise still packs a punch. With Netflix’s Cobra Kai keeping the dojo alive and the buzzworthy Karate Kid: Legends gearing up for 2025, fans are in for a nostalgia-fueled treat.

But wait, we’ve got more. Sony’s teasing a return to the original Karate Kid franchise, though whispers of a soft reboot have us wondering, will this be a new chapter or a cheeky remix? Either way, the legacy of wax-on, wax-off shows no signs of slowing, proving that Karate Kid is still the master of staying relevant.

Karate Kid: Legends Release Date

Looks like Karate Kid: Legends has been playing musical chairs with its release date. Originally set to drop on June 7, 2024, perfectly timed for the franchise’s 40th anniversary,...

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be at Awesome Con. The actors shot to stardom together with a series of winning projects—most made with celebrated writer/director Edgar Wright—including the sitcom Spaced, the “zom-com” Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. Both actors have also thrived in their own rights, with Frost appearing in projects like Attack the Block, Truth Seekers, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew and Pegg in the Mission: Impossible series, the J.J. Abrams Star Trek series, and The Boys. Their breakout film, Shaun of the Dead, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024.

ScreenRant is happy to announce that frequent Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will appear at Awesome Con on both Saturday and Sunday. The pair will be available for autographs and photo ops, and will also take part in a panel on the Main Stage. Attendees can expect to get to ask...

Katee Sackhoff and Emily Swallow, who play Bo-Katan Kryze and the Armorer respectively in The Mandalorian, have addressed questions about season 4 of the Star Wars TV show in reference to Lucasfilm's intense secrecy. Swallow has been a part of The Mandalorian ever since season 1, and with Sackhoff officially debuting as Bo-Katan in season 2, both actors have long since been a part of The Mandalorian's cast. As such, they have become quite familiar with both the secrecy surrounding Star Wars projects and the questions that they're often asked about them - something they have since reflected on.

On Sackhoff's podcast, The Sackhoff Show, Swallow discussing her audition experience for The Mandalorian inspires a conversation about the overall secrecy that has always been attached to The Mandalorian. Sackhoff begins by saying that she often has to tell people, "I can't tell you," but that "oftentimes, I don't know." Sackhoff continues,...

A new Street Fighter movie is due to hit theaters in 2026, and while the original was universally regarded as a train wreck, the remake needs to bring back one element that defined 1994's Street Fighter. Written and directed by one of the 1980s and 1990s' go-to action filmmakers, Steven E. de Souza, Street Fighter adapted the content of Capcom's video game into a movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Van-Damme portrayed one of the game's fighters, Colonel Guile, and his team of recruited fighters as they attempt to bring down the evil General M. Bison.

The movie featured many of the video game's most famous and popular characters, including Chun-Li (Ming-Na Wen), Ryu (Byron Mann), and Zangief (Andrew Bryniarski) separated into two camps, leading to plenty of fighting action. While video game movies historically haven't been successful either critically or at the box office, Street Fighter is regarded as a...

Ming-Na Wen dreamed of being in Star Wars for decades before it finally happened. Now she has portrayed her character, Fennec Shand, across three separate TV shows across the franchise -- and it's likely her time in a galaxy far, far away isn't over just yet.

Landing the role of the bounty hunter in The Mandalorian, while a dream come true for the actor, wasn't as difficult as one might expect. She recently spoke about the experience with Katee Sackhoff on the latter's podcast, revealing the process didn't follow the typical path an actor would normally follow to obtain an on-screen role.

She told Sackhoff: "Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, they wrote this character ... Deborah Chow said 'You know what? I'm going to mention you to Jon and Dave.' And she did ... they just offered me the role. I didn't have to audition for it."

Fennec has since appeared not only in The Mandalorian,...

As Skeleton Crew draws close to the finish line, the remaining episodes are guaranteed to be more exciting than anything else we've seen. There's a possibility of shocking twists and turns, and as so many Star Wars shows are set during the New Republic era, the door is open to major characters from other Mandoverse shows.

Here are 5 epic cameos that could appear in the remaining episodes of Skeleton Crew.

1. Fennec Shand and Boba Fett

(L-r): Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) in Lucasfilm's The Book Of Boba Fett, exclusively on Disney+. © 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & ™. All Rights Reserved.

We haven't seen Fennec Shand and Boba Fett since The Book of Boba Fett ended in 2022. Some fans held onto hope that the duo might show up in The Mandalorian Season 3, but that didn't materialize. However, with bounty hunters being mentioned and a bounty on Jod Na Nawood and the kids' heads,...

In the last seven years, these three Disney princess actresses have all joined Star Wars—one as recently as December 2024. When Disney bought Star Wars, plenty of jokes were made about Princess Leia now technically being a Disney princess. Of course, as much discourse as there has been about this, Leia isn't really a Disney princess at all, because that label has its own meaning.

Since Disney's acquisition of Star Wars in 2012, however, Star Wars' movies and TV shows have cast three actresses who really did have leading roles in Disney's princess movies. The most recent addition was introduced in episode 5 of Star Wars' newest TV show, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Although she might look and sound quite different in this new role, Skeleton Crew's brand-new bounty hunter, Pokkit, shares an actress with one of Disney's most popular princesses from 12 years ago.

Skeleton Crew's Pokkit Was Also The Voice...

In her quest for revenge, rogue samurai Mizu (Maya Erskine), the protagonist of Netflix's stunning adult animated series Blue Eye Samurai, finds herself taking on a devastating side quest for Madame Kaji (Ming-Na Wen). Blue Eye Samurai follows Mizu, a half-white, half-Japanese woman and self-trained samurai, on her mission to track down the four white men who were in Japan at the time of her birth. Having been treated as a monster her entire life because of her mixed ethnicity, Mizu plans to kill all of them in revenge.

This brings her to Madame Kaji, whose brothel caters to the fortress where Abijah Fowler (Kenneth Branagh) has taken refuge. In exchange for explaining how to reach Fowler, Kaji asks Mizu to undertake another job first. Kaji previously housed Kinuyo, a mute girl Kaji saved from an abusive father until the town's cruel overlord took Kinuyo by force and began to abuse her daily.

There's only one thing more frustrating than playing a video game and dying to the same boss over and over again -- watching someone die to the same boss over and over again by repeating the same mistakes and refusing to learn from them. Any video game fan can empathize with this, having either endured a bad couch co-op session or, more metaphorically speaking, witnessed decades of Hollywood's failed video game adaptations.

From distorted lore and thematic ideas to poor casting, direction, and writing, studios have stumbled over the same mistakes time and time again on their quest to cash in on an $180 billion industry. Though the dawn seems to be approaching -- with Amazon Prime Video's "Fallout" and HBO's "The Last of Us" proving the subgenre is capable of greatness -- recent theatrical releases prove the night is far from over.

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It’s been a long road but the final batch of episodes from the sixth and final season of “Cobra Kai” finally drop in February.

In a new trailer teasing the series’ finale, Netflix announced that Season 6 Part 3 will hit the streamer on February 13, 2025. The release of Part 3 comes eight months after Part 1 – and the first five episodes of Season 6 – dropped back in July 2024.

The announcement came paired with a short teaser that celebrated not just the history of the series, but of the entire “Karate Kid” world that came before it.

“Four decades of history all leading to this moment,” Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) says over scenes from the original films. “A legacy that will live forever.”

“This may be the end, but Cobra Kai never dies,” Johnny (William Zabka) says as the teaser ends.

A lot was left up in the air after Part 2’s episodes aired in November.

Tom Holland’s portrayal of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has brought fans numerous iconic moments. The threequel, Spider-Man: No Way Home, not only brought the three major iterations of the superhero together but also had some heart-wrenching moments for Holland’s Peter Parker.

Having lost Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May, Holland’s character almost kills the Green Goblin, only to be stopped by Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker. Lost to his thirst for revenge, albeit temporarily, Holland’s character almost brings an end to Green Goblin.

However, even that moment is not the coldest we have seen Peter Parker act, as this House of M storyline may have gone a step further.

This Spider-Man scene in House of M is colder than anything Peter Parker has ever done Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin in No Way Home | Sony Pictures

Released in 2005, Marvel’s House of M storyline,...

Netflix has announced that Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3 will wrap up the series on February 13, 2025. The final part will consist of five episodes.

After a shocking result in the Sekai Taikai, Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai must reckon with their pasts while facing an uncertain future both on and off the mat. Almost 40 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, it’s all been leading to this.

Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg wrote and executive produced Cobra Kai through their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment.

Will Smith, James Lassiter, and Caleeb Pinkett executive produced for Westbrook Studios along with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka also serve as executive producers.

The cast includes Ralph Macchio (Daniel Larusso), William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence), Martin Kove (John Kreese), Thomas Ian Griffith (Terry Silver), Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), Jacob Bertrand (Hawk), Mary Mouser (Samantha...

This article is part of ScreenRant's Exclusive 2025 Movie Preview. Keep an eye out for the full feature later this week!

A new image from Karate Kid: Legends brings together two iconic figures from the franchise. The 2025 sequel will unite two major characters from for the first time when the 2010 reboot's Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) seeks the help of longtime original character Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) in order to train his protégé Li Fong (Ben Wang). The upcoming Karate Kid: Legends was directed by Jonathan Entwistle (I Am Not Okay With This) and also stars Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), Aramis Knight (Ms. Marvel), Qyatt Oleff (It), and Ming-Na Wen.

ScreenRant can now share an exclusive first-look image from Karate Kid: Legends. The image shows Daniel sparring with Li Fong while Mr. Han looks on in the background. Their training session is taking place on a rooftop overlooking the city,...

Wax On, Wax Off. For those of us who lived through the 1980s, The Karate Kid has been in our lives in one way or another. Even if you have never seen any of the films, you know what Wax On, Wax Off means. In 2018, we got to take a trip back to the All Valley Karate Tournament to see what Daniel Larusso and Johnny Lawrence were up to. The series Cobra Kai became a big hit on Netflix (after moving from YouTube Red), but with that series winding down, are we saying goodbye to our beloved characters? Not quite yet.

World’s Collide

Before Cobra Kai became a hit, they tried once again to get some juice out of the Karate Kid IP. Only this time without any previous characters. In 2010, a “remake” of The Karate Kid was made. They transported the action to China with a young Jaden Smith...

Jackie Chan is easily one of the most iconic actors out there, widely known for his martial arts cinema and playing a huge role in The Karate Kid universe. Along with Chan, Chinese-born Singaporean actor Jet Li is also quite famous in the martial arts genre, and the two iconic actors shared a great friendship.

Jet Li in a still from High Risk | Credits: Upland Films Corporation Limited

However, one movie of Li’s parodied and mocked Jackie Chan, which obviously didn’t sit well with him, causing tensions between the duo. Jackie Chan himself confirmed in an interview that he was not a big fan of how he was mocked and portrayed.

Jet Li’s $11 million movie that caused tensions between him and Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan can easily be one of the most remarkable actors out there and is a major reason why fans are buzzing for the upcoming Karate Kid: Legends.

One of the most interesting upcoming movies is Karate Kid: Legends, a film that not only continues the long-running Karate Kid franchise, but melds the original films with the 2010 reboot movie. Legends' cast is headlined by Ralph Macchio, star of the original Karate Kid films, and Jackie Chan, who played Mr. Han in the reboot. This sequel is exciting because it blends the original films, the reboot, and the immensely popular Cobra Kai, but there is one character who has gained significant importance in the franchise since its resurgence, who is notably absent from the film.

That character is Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zapka, who was the antagonist of the original 1984 classic, and one of the star cast members of Cobra Kai. While his original role is as more of a one-note bully, Johnny's growth shown in Cobra Kai has made him one of the most beloved characters in the entire Karate Kid franchise.

The trailer for the new Karate Kid movie has been released!

Sony Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which unites multiple generations from the franchise.

Ralph Macchio, star of the original movie trilogy and the Netflix revival series Cobra Kai, is returning to play Daniel Larusso while Jackie Chan is also reprising his role as Karate teach Mr. Han from the 2010 Karate Kid movie.

Keep reading to find out more…Here’s the synopsis: “In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help,...

Take a look at more footage from the new “Karate Kid: Legends” live-action martial arts feature, directed by Jonathan Enteustle, starring Joshua Jackson, Jackie Chan, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Ralph Macchio, Ming-Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Sadie Stanley, Aramis Knight, Ben Wang and Jennifer-Lynn Christie, releasing May 30, 2025 in theaters:

“…’Li’ is a skilled fighter and a student who has his life uprooted when his mom decides that they're moving to Brooklyn for a work opportunity.

“Li also grapples with a past tragedy and bumping up against his doctor mother, who is dealing with the same tragedy but in an altogether different manner.

“While his mom is against violence and ‘Kung Fu’, Li finds purpose by training ‘Victor’ in the art and finds himself back in the ring as well…”

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La película establece que el Karate Kid original y el Karate Kid de 2010 existen en el mismo universo. © Sony Pictures

Ya está aquí el primer tráiler de Karate Kid: Legends, una película dirigida por Jonathan Entwisthle (creador y director de The end of the F***ing World) y escrita por Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit), que configura el universo Karate Kid.

En Karate Kid: Legends, tras una tragedia familiar, el prodigio del kung fu Li Fong (Ben Wang) se ve obligado a abandonar su hogar en Pekín y trasladarse a Nueva York con su madre. Li lucha por dejar atrás su pasado mientras intenta encajar con sus nuevos compañeros de clase y, aunque no quiere pelear, los problemas parecen encontrarle en todas partes. Cuando un nuevo amigo necesita su ayuda, Li se presenta a una competición de kárate, pero sus habilidades no son suficientes. El profesor de kung fu de Li, el Sr.

In the Karate Kid: Legends trailer, two revered karate masters return to teach the next prodigy their craft. Ralph Macchio, who starred in the first three installments of The Karate Kid, and Jackie Chan, who played the maintenance man turned sensei in the The Karate Kid revival with Jaden Smith, star in the next chapter of the martial arts franchise.

Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.

Sony Pictures has launched the first trailer for the latest installment on the iconic franchise ‘Karate Kid: Legends.’

After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough. Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.

Directed by Jonathan Entwistle, the cast includes Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, Ben Wang,...

Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan join forces to help a young kung-fu prodigy in Karate Kid: Legends. Take a look at the first trailer for the new sequel.

The Karate Kid franchise, it seems, has never been more popular. Five films of varying quality, including 1994’s The Next Karate Kid starring Hilary Swank and the 2010 remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, eventually led to smash hit Netflix sequel series Cobra Kai, which is currently in the middle of its sixth and final series. The third batch of Cobra Kai episodes will be released early in 2025, but it won’t be the only karate-related piece of entertainment heading our way next year.

Until now, it has been unclear how Karate Kid: Legends will fit into the franchise’s canon. Sony Pictures have today released the very first trailer for the sequel film and it comes with a synopsis that seems...

The sensei are teaming up. On Tuesday, Sony released a trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which will return the Karate Kid franchise to the big screen and unite two strands of the franchise for the first time. In the film, Ralph Macchio’s karate master Daniel Larusso, from the ‘80s Karate Kid movies and “Cobra Kai,” and Jackie Chan’s kung fu teacher, Mr. Han, from the 2010 reboot with Jaden Smith, work together to train a teenage karate student named Li Fong (Ben Wang).

The trailer finds Mr. Han seeking Daniel’s help in training Li, a New Yorker with a lot of promise but some personal troubles. When they meet, Daniel assumes Han is looking for his late sensei, Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), who taught him everything he knows. “I did not come looking for Sensei Miyagi,” Han says. “I came looking for you.”

The cast also includes Joshua Jackson,...

In the new trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan team up to usher in the next generation, mentoring a new student named Li Fong (played by American Born Chinese star Ben Wang).

The clip begins with a brief narration about the virtues of martial arts before Chan’s Mr. Han recruits Macchio, who first played Daniel Larusso in the original 1984 Karate Kid movie. When they meet, Macchio understandably asks Chan if he knew the late Mr. Miyagi, but Chan responds, “I came looking for you.”

As it turns out, Chan is seeking Macchio’s help with Li, who he says “means to me what you meant to Sensei Miyagi.” The action begins from there, with glimpses of a training montage, a karate tournament, and more excitingly, street fighting.

There’s also a touching moment when Macchio gifts Wang with a headband like the one he received from Miyagi.

"Two branches. One tree." Sony Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, the next big Karate Kid sequel continuing not only the other movies but also the "Cobra Kai" series which is currently on Season 6. Legends is set to land in theaters at the end of May 2025 right in the middle of the summer movie season. Daniel arrives in Beijing, where Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong, who is struggling to let go of the troubles in his past. The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong, but it remains to be seen if their instructional approaches will be compatible. Li's martial arts teacher Mr. Han enlists original Karate Kid Daniel Larusso for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown. Starring Jackie Chan...

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which will open in theaters on May 30, 2025. The Motion Picture Association has not yet rated the film.

In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother.

Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough.

Li’s kung fu teacher, Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), enlists original Karate Kid Daniel Larusso for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.

Karate Kid: Legends...

Columbia Pictures dropped the official trailer for Karate Kid: Legends today, plenty of time to launch public interest before the spring release. Karate Kid: Legends hits theaters May 30, 2025.

The film features young Ben Wang with the legendary Jackie Chan and everyone’s favorite Karate Kid Ralph Macchio.

The synopsis: “In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough. Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) for help,...

Two senseis are better than one in the first trailer for Karate Kids: Legends, the feature that unites multiple generations from the franchise.

Ralph Macchio, star of the original trilogy as well as the Netflix revival Cobra Kai, stars alongside Jackie Chan, who played Karate teacher Mr. Han 2010 Karate Kid movie.

Jonathan Entwistle directs Legends, which stars Ben Wang as a young karate student. Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight and Wyatt Oleff also on the call sheet. It has a script from Rob Lieber.

Karate Kid began life as a sleeper 1984 hit that starred Macchio as Daniel Larusso, a down-on-his-luck East Coast transplant to San Fernando Valley. Under the tutelage of Mr. Miaygi (Pat Moreta), he beats the odds to become a champion. Two more features followed, as well as a fourth starring Hilary Swank. The 2010 movie starred Jaden Smith opposite Chan.

Cobra Kai, meanwhile, bowed on...

Sony has just released the trailer for Karate Kid: Legends. The film stars Ben Wang (American Born Chinese) as a young teenager from China who finds identity and strength in martial arts. During his journey of self-discovery, Wang’s character meets a disciplined martial arts master. Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their roles of Mr. Han and Daniel Larusso. Joshua Jackson (Fatal Attraction) and Ming-Na Wen (The Mandalorian) also appear in the movie, alongside Sadie Stanley (Cruel Summer) as the romantic lead. Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World) directed the movie from a script by Rob Lieber.

The official plot synopsis reads,

“In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to...

There’s a new “Karate Kid” ready to learn the art of “wax on, wax off.”

Sony has released the official trailer for “Karate Kid: Legends,” the next chapter in the martial arts franchise that’s coming to theaters on May 30.

“Karate Kid: Legends” brings together star Ralph Macchio, who began playing Daniel Larusso back in the original 1984 “Karate Kid” movie, and Jackie Chan, who played Mr. Han in the 2010 “Karate Kid” remake. “American Born Chinese” star Ben Wang plays a new student named Li Fong, who becomes the latest protege to Daniel and Mr. Han.

Wang was found after Chan and Macchio announced a worldwide search that saw thousands of young actors from around the world audition for the role. Wang was chosen in part for his variety of martial arts skills, including karate, wing chun/kung fu, gumdo, kempo and taekwondo.

“I was the target audience when that movie came out.

Entertainment Weekly‘s 2025 Preview is showing some new looks at some of the anticipated big releases of next year. First up is Marvel Studios’ film that teams up the villains of movie’s past, Thunderbolts*. The plot is about “Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster are sent by Val to kill someone in a vault. They realize they’ve been set up and were meant to die on this mission. So they team up against their boss to take her down.“

Jake Schreier directs Thunderbolts* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers.

In addition to Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Thunderbolts also stars Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as US Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster. Geraldine Viswanathan will also make an appearance,...

Ralph Macchio unites with Jackie Chan alongside Ben Wang's new Karate Kid in images from Karate Kid: Legends, showing off the new 2025 movie. The upcoming Karate Kid: Legends follows Macchio's Daniel Larusso and Chan's Mr. Han as they both begin training a new, talented student named Li Fong, portrayed by Wang. The movie will also include Shaunette Renée Wilson as Ms. Morgan and Joshua Jackson as Victor. Additional cast members include Jennifer-Lyn Christie, Aramis Knight, Danny McBride, Wyatt Oleff, Sadie Stanley, and Ming-Na Wen.

Now, Entertainment Weekly has released three new images showing the core tro of Karate Kid: Legends, as both Daniel and Mr. Han begin to train Li in the ways of martial arts. Li can be seen kicking while on top of a building, on what appears to be a helicopter pad, while another image shows him and Han training in a rooftop garden. All three...

Karate Kid: Legends has a significant advantage over any of the other installments in the Karate Kid franchise, but it will still have to fight hard to prove itself. The upcoming movie, which is expected to hit theaters in May 2025, is a highly anticipated sequel to both 1984's The Karate Kid and its 2010 remake. Though the semantics of how these two stories will come together is still unclear, the union of Ralph Macchio's Daniel Larusso and Jackie Chan's Mr. Han is undoubtedly promising. Still, these two actors and their respective characters aren't all Karate Kid: Legends has going for it over its predecessors.

The Karate Kid franchise got its first movie in 1984, featuring Macchio's Daniel Larusso in the titular role. Then came The Karate Kid Part 2 in 1986 and The Karate Kid Part 3 in 1989, both of which featured Macchio and Pat Morita as the leads. In 1994, Morita...

There's no denying that the four kids at the heart of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew are largely responsible for the positive attention the show is getting, but everything about the story got more intriguing with the introduction of Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood. The Academy Award-nominated British actor has won praise and twenty awards for his work, and as of December 12, 2024, he is a permanent part of Los Angeles when Law received a star on the Walk of Fame.

What is the Walk of Fame?

The Hollywood Walk of Fame has been an attraction in Los Angeles since February 9, 1960. California tourism site Or Los Angeles quotes its champion E.M. Stuart as proposing a "'boulevard of stars' to showcase the contributions of artists to the entertainment industry." It covers three blocks of Vine Street and 15 blocks on Hollywood Boulevard.

Jude Law's terrazzo and brass star is the 2,798th star...

Exclusive new data reveals how Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is performing, drawing a particularly powerful comparison with Obi-Wan Kenobi - Lucasfilm's most successful show. There's a lot of talk about "Star Wars fatigue," with some evidence suggesting Lucasfilm is seeing diminishing returns from their Disney+ TV shows. But is that really the case?

Screen Rant has spoken exclusively to Diesel Labs, a third-party analytics company who analyze the performance of streaming shows. Their data reveals how engaged viewers have been with Star Wars shows, including Skeleton Crew, and they point to an undeniable truth: It's no surprise there's talk of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen coming back again...

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In some of the more bizarre and unexpected casting news we've shared in quite a while, The Bear and The Iron Claw star Jeremy Allen White is set to join the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian and Grogu... as the son of Jabba the Hutt!

The news was first reported by Jeff Sneider on Kristian Harloff's YouTube show, and THR has since confirmed that White will provide the voice of Rotta the Hutt in the movie, which will see the return of Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, along with the adorable Force-sensitive alien who was dubbed "Baby Yoda" by the fan community before his real name was revealed during the Disney+ series.

Sigourney Weaver is also on board in an undisclosed role.

"I’m playing a role in The Mandalorian & Grogu [which will be directed by Jon Favreau]," confirmed the Alien icon earlier this year. "I got to meet Grogu for the first time the other day.

Jeremy Allen White has joined “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” playing the voice of Jabba the Hutt’s son, Rotta the Hutt, Variety has confirmed. The project marks the first major franchise for the actor following his Emmy-winning breakout role on the FX series “The Bear.”

Plot details have been hard to come by for “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” so White’s casting as Jabba’s son provides the first real glimpse for what could be in store for the titular bounty hunter and his adorably wee adopted son. Their Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” is set in the years following the events of 1983’s “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,” in which Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) strangles Jabba to death. The recent spin-off series “The Book of Boba Fett” revealed that Jabba’s absence left a power vacuum among the organized crime bosses on Tatooine; two of Jabba...

The box office record-breaking success of "Wicked" is once again proving the crowd-pleasing chops of Jon M. Chu, who had previously demonstrated them via the massive success of a certain swanky romantic comedy to which he was connected long before becoming its director. Based on the eponymous novel by Kevin Kwan, 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians" topped the box office in its release week and went on to gross over $239 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. It's safe to say that it's a movie with a lot of fans.

Thankfully, there are several other films you can queue up if you count yourself as one of those fans. Whether you're drawn to the perfectly executed rom-com plotting, to the Asian American representation, to the themes of familial displacement and culture clash between North America and Asia, to the snarky sense of humor, or to the ritz and sumptuousness of the wedding...

It's been revealed that one returning character in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew was originally supposed to die, but was saved for the sake of this new Star Wars story. While the majority of Skeleton Crew's cast and characters are brand-new to the galaxy, including Jude Law's Jod Na Nawood and the leading quartet of children, there is one known character who's set to make a return as one of the story's antagonists. This character, first introduced in The Mandalorian season 3, was nearly unable to become a part of Skeleton Crew, but thankfully had their fate changed.

In speaking with Den of Geek, Skeleton Crew co-creator Christopher Ford revealed that Marti Matulis' Nikto pirate, Vane, "was supposed to die in Mando." According to Ford, however, "they loved him, and they let him live, and then we took him." Because the creative team of The Mandalorian decided to spare Vane's life,...

Jackie Chan once attempted to break out of his signature comedy style in the early part of the millennium when he made New Police Story, which had him playing a more dramatic role as an alcoholic ex-cop. He would follow it up with 2005’s The Myth, which would be half of an Armor of God-type movie where he played an archeologist and half of a period film where Chan also played a General of a historical Chinese army. Chan returns with a new sequel to The Myth, titled A Legend. This film reunites him with director Stanley Tong, who directed Chan in movies like Rumble in the Bronx and Police Story 3: Supercop.

Well Go USA has just released the trailer for A Legend. Not long after the company unveiled the trailers for the upcoming action films of other martial arts icons, Tony Jaa’s Striking Rescue and Donnie Yen’s The Prosecutor.

We may be nearing the end of Cobra Kai, but the Karate Kid universe will continue with the upcoming feature film. Karate Kid: Legends will find Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their roles of Mr. Han and Daniel Larusso, and Macchio teased the film while speaking on CBS’s The Talk.

“I’m not allowed to say a lot about it, except another awesome chapter is on its way,” Macchio said. “Ben Wang is a young kid in the show, he’s very exciting to watch. And working with Jackie [Chan], he’s a legend. They found, you know, it’s its own story in the vast universe, you know, so it’s another chapter in a different area that connects the mythology of where it all began. And fortunately, I was the guy that was there when it all began.“

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The Karate Kid: Legends timeline reveals how long after Cobra Kai the movie will take place. The sixth film in the franchise, directed by Jonathan Entwistle and written by Rob Lieber, features the return of Ralph Macchio as Daniel Larusso, reprising his role from the first three films and Cobra Kai, and Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, reprising his role from 2010's The Karate Kid. The upcoming Karate Kid: Legends features a new young lead named Li Fong (played by Ben Wang) alongside a cast that includes Joshua Jackson, Shaunette Rene Wilson, Ming-Na Wen, and Danny McBride.

Now, Variety's new interview with Ralph Macchio has revealed that Karate Kid: Legends will take place three years after the events of Cobra Kai. The Daniel Larusso actor also talked about protecting the legacy of his character and the Miyagi-verse and how Cobra Kai will lead into the new movie, even though they are separate stories.

The Mandalorian has taken fans on quite a journey in the past 5 years, and the rollercoaster ride includes several shocking moments that the fandom still talks about. There is plenty to talk about, from jaw-dropping cameos to monumental reveals and Din Djarin's historic helmet reveal.

We count down the 5 most shocking moments from The Mandalorian series so far.

1. "Species age differently..."

Ig-11 (Taika Waititi) and The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

The Mandalorian's biggest surprise was revealed as a little green bundle of joy in the final few seconds of the series premiere. As a wide-eyed baby that looked strikingly familiar stared back at Mando, fans lost their minds and hearts forever. It was the best-kept secret of any Star Wars project, besides Darth Vader being Luke Skywalker's father (unless David Prowse said something).

No one expected the show to go in this direction,...

Disney movies are known for their family-friendly atmospheres, but some of the most popular Disney characters actually kill their enemies. This isn't exactly in line with Disney's image of magical family entertainment, but it just proves that Disney can get surprisingly dark sometimes. While it isn't too much of a shock to see Disney villains with a murderous streak, some beloved heroes have also killed other characters.

The charming animation style of Disney's movies can often conceal a lot of darkness and violence that wouldn't be as appropriate for younger audiences in live-action. The fact that so many Disney characters have stacked up imposing kill counts without being known as killers highlights how the studio puts a magic sheen over most things. However, when some movies are examined more closely, some beloved Disney icons are revealed to be killers.

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According to a source named Puck News, The Mandalorian and Grogu have completed filming. Via Collider, this exciting news appears to be confirmed!

According to Collider, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Star Wars' first theatrical release since The Rise of Skywalker (2019) is on track for a May 2026 release. This is the kind of news fans have been waiting for, and it's highly probable that Lucasfilm will confirm it at D23 next month, which takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is reportedly The Mandalorian's fourth season reworked into a movie; however, Lucasfilm hasn't officially confirmed this. Don't bet on them doing that anytime soon, as Dave Filoni hesitated to answer any questions about what the movie means for the show's future earlier in the year. This has left many fans hoping that the show will return with another season at some point, and Lucasfilm is hesitant to...

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Moana 2's directors teased the direction, shape, and stylish flourishes of the upcoming Disney sequel. Building off the massive global success of 2016's Moana, Moana 2 brings back the titular wayfinder and sets her out on a new journey across the seas. Traveling alongside old friends like Maui as well as some new faces from her home village, Moana finds herself confronting the wrath of the gods, along with a mysterious figure who believes a future far different from the one Moana seeks to ensure.

Starting life as a Disney+ series, the upcoming Moana 2 is shaping up to be one of the year's biggest family films. During a visit to Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California, members of the press (including Screen Rant) got the chance to check out the first act of the film and see some behind-the-scenes elements of the movie.

Here’s everything we know about the Karate Kid reboot ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Get your karate kick ready! The reboot of The Karate Kid is swinging into theaters in May 2025, and the buzz is electrifying. Directed by Jonathan Entwistle and scripted by Rob Lieber, this fresh spin marks the sixth installment in the iconic franchise. Principal photography just wrapped, and the excitement is palpable!

Recently, Entwistle took to Instagram, dropping a behind-the-scenes gem featuring Ben Wang—our new hero—clutching a clapboard like it’s the Holy Grail of martial arts. This moment signifies more than just a wrap; it starts a new era in the Karate Kid universe. Wang is set to play Li Fong, who’s stepping into the spotlight and ready to kick some serious butt while honoring the classic elements that made us all fall in love with the original.

Return of the Legends

Hold onto your black belts!

He was there when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was finding its roots with Iron Man. He was there when Marvel ventured into television shows before The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Clark Gregg in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Credits: Marvel Television

Clark Gregg aka Agent Phil Coulson, is an iconic member of the MCU that millions of fans love and adore. When he was not alongside the team in their films, he was busy working in the iconic show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Clark Gregg Really Loves His Character

An original comic book to film adaptation is quite an impossible task. Although there may be films that are authentically true to the source, then there are films like Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel that change the rules.

Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Credits: Marvel Television

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“Karate Kid: Legends” is a new live-action martial arts feature, directed by Jonathan Enteustle, starring Joshua Jackson, Jackie Chan, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Ralph Macchio, Ming-Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Sadie Stanley, Aramis Knight, Ben Wang and Jennifer-Lynn Christie, releasing May 30, 2025 in theaters:

“…’Li’ is a skilled fighter and a student who has his life uprooted when his mom decides that they're moving to Brooklyn for a work opportunity.

“Li also grapples with a past tragedy and bumping up against his doctor mother, who is dealing with the same tragedy but in an altogether different manner.

“While his mom is against violence and ‘Kung Fu’, Li finds purpose by training ‘Victor’ in the art and finds himself back in the ring as well…”

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All the Jackie Chan fans are cheering high for Karate Kid: Legends. The sixth installment in the Karate Kid universe would be directed by Jonathan Entwistle. And will feature Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their iconic roles as well as Ben Wang as Li Fong. Notably, this would also be the first movie in the franchise not produced by Jerry Weintraub, who sadly passed away in 2015.

Ralph Macchio in a still from The Karate Kid (1984) | Credits: Columbia Pictures

The anticipation for the movie is huge at the moment, given the fan-following and popularity that the Karate Kid movies have gathered throughout the years. In this article, we will take a closer look at its story details, release date, cast, and also a specific Cobra Kai connection that’s bound to intrigue the viewers.

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