A new “Karate Kid” movie is scheduled to hit theaters this year. The franchise’s two previous universes have been united. Original “Karate Kid” and “Cobra Kai” stars Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan from the 2010 remake reprise their old roles as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Han. The new protagonist is Ben Wang, who is best known for the Disney Plus series ‘American Born Chinese’. Now a fourth cast member has also been revealed.
Joshua Jackson returns to the big screen for The Karate Kid. It is the former teen star’s first film role in almost a decade. At that time he was in front of the camera with his then partner Diane Kruger in a small supporting role in the French film ‘Sky – The Heaven in Me’, which was released in German cinemas in 2016 after festival screenings in 2015. We have to go back to Jackson’s last Hollywood film from 2012, when the comedy ‘Lady Vegas’ was released with him alongside Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
But Joshua Jackson has not been sitting still in recent years. He was mainly seen on the small screen – in the series ‘The Affair’, ‘Little Fires Everywhere’ and ‘Dr. Dead”. With a series he also became famous among the majority of the audience. In Germany, “Dawson’s Creek” flickered on TV screens from 1999 and shaped the youth of many people in the early 2000s. Jackson later played a leading role in the mystery series for many years ‘Fringe’.
He was already active in cinema before his role in “Dawson’s Creek”, including in the series “Mighty Ducks”, in “Scream 2”, “The Model Student”, “Dark Legends” and “Ice Cold Angels”.
What role Joshua Jackson will play in ‘Karate Kid’ is still being kept secret, as is the plot of the film. According to information from trade magazines, Jackson will play a very central role and embody one of the main characters in the film. “Karate child“is expected to hit theaters on December 12, 2024.