Sony Sets New ‘Karate Kid’ Movie for June 2024
thewrap.comA new “Karate Kid” movie is in the works and has been dated for a release by Sony’s Columbia Pictures for June 7, 2024. No new details were shared about the film currently in development other than that it is a return of the original “Karate Kid” franchise.
The original film from 1984 starred Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita and spawned two sequels with Macchio, a fourth film in 1994 “The Next Karate Kid” with Morita and Hilary Swank, and a remake in 2010 with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith.
But the franchise has had a major resurgence thanks to the series “Cobra Kai” looking at the villainous dojo from the original film.
The “Karate Kid” addition comes along with a slew of other Sony release date shifts and adds to the 2023 and 2024 slate. Among the new additions are an untitled film based on the book “True Haunting” in January 2023 and “Missing,” the follow-up to the Jon Cho movie “Searching.” The sequel stars Storm Reid and Nia Long and will now open in theaters February 24, 2023.
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