Jackie Chan as Mr Miyagi in Karate Kid remake?

**ghosthunter** · January 15th, 2009 02:24 PM

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144326/J...ate-Kid-remake

HONG KONG — Mr. Chan may be the new Mr. Miyagi.

Jackie Chan is in talks with Columbia Pictures to star in a remake of "The Karate Kid," a spokesman for the Hollywood studio said Thursday.

Steve Elzer, senior vice president for media relations at Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, confirmed the talks in an e-mail to The Associated Press but didn't give further details.

The plot of the remake will mirror the original, with Chan being eyed to play a mentor who helps a youngster stand up to bullies — a role similar to Pat Morita's Mr. Miyagi in the 1984 film, Hollywood trade publication Variety reported Wednesday.

The youth will be played by Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith, who starred alongside his father in "The Pursuit of Happyness" and appeared in the Keanu Reeves sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still," Variety reported.

The setting has been changed to Asia from California, with shooting due to start in Beijing this summer, according to Variety.

The movie will be a co-production with state-run China Film Group, according to Variety, which would allow Columbia to bypass China's annual quota of 20 film imports on a revenue-sharing basis.

Chan, who juggles careers in Hollywood and Chinese-language film, has been shooting the American film "The Spy Next Door," an action comedy about a Chinese spy working in the US who loses his cover. - AP

**CVT** · January 15th, 2009 02:37 PM

Maganda siguro kung mayroong twist sa istorya at gawin siyang "Drunken Master".... Hic!...

7303:soda:

**DriftGirl** · January 17th, 2009 06:09 AM

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**BoyL3** · January 17th, 2009 09:12 AM

abangan ko yan...

**boybi** · January 17th, 2009 09:15 AM

Sayang yung talent ni Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi.

**Gerbo** · January 17th, 2009 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by boybi

Sayang yung talent ni Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi.

Er. Time to have a role change....father time is catching up na.

**G01** · January 17th, 2009 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Gerbo

Er. Time to have a role change....father time is catching up na.

Jackie Chan also did a Miyagi-like character in the movie "Forbidden Kingdom"

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**niky** · January 17th, 2009 04:09 PM

Chan's character in Forbidden Kingdom was more of a tribute to the old man who played his master in Drunken Master and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.

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Hmmm... ask a Chinese man to play a Japanese character in a movie about a japanese martial art...

And even worse... the Japanese Character is an ex-soldier.

I know they're re-writing it completely, but I can see a lot of Chinese people being very unhappy about this.