The Karate Kid series is constantly expanding, and the next film in this franchise will give us a major nostalgia overload. The next installment of the beloved martial arts saga will star two The Karate Kid veterans: Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio.
Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World) is coming on board as a director of this untitled project, while Rob Lieber wrote the script. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports this film will “mark a continuation of the mythology of the original franchise.”
This sequel will also mark the first time Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio meet on screen in The Karate Kid universe. Macchio played Daniel LaRusso, the karate champion who trained under Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi in the original The Karate Kid film from 1984. Chan appeared in the 2010 remake as the mentor of Jaden Smith’s character, molded after Mr. Miyagi.
Entwistle’s upcoming sixth film in The Karate Kid franchise won’t mark the first modern-day project set in this universe. The spin-off series Cobra Kai is currently running on Netflix, and it sees Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso and William Zabka’s Johnny Lawrence reviving their rivalry decades after the events of the original film.
