A few things will be different this time around: Mr. Miyagi won’t be Japanese; he’ll be Chinese. And the Karate Kid won’t be of Italian decent; he’ll be black. But the spirit of the 1984 classic, The Karate Kid, will live on in this remake, starring Jackie Chan as Miyagi and Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s 11-year-old son, who also starred in The Pursuit of Happyness) as the Kid.
Filming of the Hollywood-Chinese co-production, to be called Kung-Fu Kid, started this weekend in Beijing. The countdown is on.