No longer lengthy after “The Karate Kid” crane kicked its manner into cinemas, Sony introduced {that a} sequel was once on its manner down the manufacturing pipeline. In truth, as reported by way of Closing date again in 2014, Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson had been all set to go back as their respective characters, with Breck Eisner taking on for Harald Zwart within the director’s chair. Unfortunately, the movie would not achieve a lot momentum from right here, with a number of author shake-ups and Eisner departing a trifling few months after information broke of his hiring.
Now nearly a decade past all of this information coming to mild, “The Karate Kid 2” stays in limbo, most probably by no means to see the sunshine of day. Within the years for the reason that sequel was once introduced, the unique “Karate Kid” continuity has been revitalized by way of the YouTube Crimson original-turned-Netflix sensation “Cobra Kai,” which carries at the tales of Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) a long time after their teenage competition started. To most sensible all of it off, in accordance to Macchio himself, it is extremely not likely Dre and Mr. Han will make their manner onto the collection sooner than it wraps up.
“The Karate Kid” from 2010 had a large number of doable, boldly reimagining a loved Eighties assets for a brand new era of moviegoers. Possibly with it now streaming on Netflix, it is going to discover a resurgence in recognition that can push Sony to get the long-gestating sequel taken care of out.