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The new Karate Kid has been found with Ben Wang landing the lead role alongside Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan
Nearly four months after launching a global casting search for the new Karate Kid , Sony Pictures have found their man, with Ben Wang landing the lead role.
Nearly four months after launching a global casting search for the new Karate Kid , Sony Pictures have found their man, with Ben Wang landing the lead role The new project will be set on the East Coast and focus on a teenager from China, 'who finds strength and direction via martial arts and a tough but wise mentor (or maybe even two).' All three films were directed by John G. Alvidsen (Rocky) and written by Robert Mark Kamen (Taken) and produced by Jerry Weintraub, though they weren't involved in 1994's The Next Karate Kid, starring Hilary Swank in her first leading role.
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