"The Karate Kid" Sequel In the Works!

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Here are two reports:

As we all know, The Karate Kid blew up the box office this weekend. The Jaden Smith film brought in over 56 million and made it the ninth biggest June opening of all time. Some estimates say the film might gross over 200 million. Now, The Karate Kid 2 might already be in the works. According to Comingsoon.net, the director, Harald Zwart, said:

“I think we all would love to go back and have an experience again. Certainly, I remember just watching Jaden and Jackie on and off camera and thinking, ‘They’re such a good movie couple.’ They’re just a good two characters I think. I definitely think we can take these two people somewhere else, but that’s all up to the success. I’m open for anything.”

A sequel is unavoidable but with this storyline, they should be careful — the original Karate Kid was a box office and pop culture success, which garnered an Oscar nod to Pat Morita. However, the Karate Kids that followed were commercial and critical bombs. We will see but for now let’s bask in the success of the 2010 version!

When your $40 million movie bows to $56 million, of course you’re going to start thinking about how to make a sequel. And Sony Pictures is indeed putting things into place. The studio confirmed yesterday that plans to reunite Jaden Smith with his star-making role as Dre Parker have been in the works for weeks. No writers have yet been hired, but the studio’s production president Doug Belgrad said, “We’ve been talking about it for weeks already. We didn’t want to jinx anything but we knew we had a playable movie and we were pretty excited about it. So we’re already kicking ideas around.”

Director Harald Zwart added, “I would absolutely love to do a sequel. I think working with those guys was the best part of my career. So yeah, if they want me, I would love to do it again.”

No word on ideas yet for the sequel, or even if the Smith clan would return to China for number two. But it’s clear we have not seen the last of Dre Parker.

Bring it on baby but keep it tight like the first one! Got Em!!