Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan’s "The Karate Kid" sequel gets helmerApril 8, 2014 - 11:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The Karate Kid" sequel has found a new director in Breck Eisner who last served behind the lens for 2010's horror film "The Crazies". Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson are expected to reprise their respective roles in the second film, AceShowbiz said. The first movie directed by Harald Zwart was a remake of the 1984 film of the same name. It followed a young boy from Detroit, Michigan who moved to Beijing, China with his mother and got involved in altercation with the neighborhood bully. Released in June 2010, it grossed over $359 million worldwide. Zwart once said if he returned for the sequel, he'd rather do a new story than follow the existing "Karate Kid" story. "I personally think it's now so much on its own two feet, given the success, that it would be interesting to see where we could take it without ever thinking about the old ones," he explained. The story for "The Karate Kid 2" is still unclear, but "Kung Fu Panda" scribes Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff were billed to pen the screenplay when the sequel was first announced in August 2010. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |