The The Karate Kid the legacy lives on.
Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan join forces in the action-packed first trailer for Karate Kid: Legendswhich comes more than 40 years after the original 1984 film starring Macchio, now 63.
The film also stars Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley and Ming-Na Wen.
“After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Wang, 24) is banished from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York with his mother,” reads the official synopsis. “Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and while he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere.”
“When a new friend needs his help, Li signs up for a karate competition — but his skills alone aren’t enough,” the synopsis adds. “Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Chan, 70) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) to help, and Li learns a new way to fight, fusing his two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.”
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Enter Jackie Chan, Ben Wang and Ralph Macchio Karate Kid: Legends (2025).
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All about the new The Karate Kid Movie
The Karate Kid was first announced in September 2022, and a year later it was announced that Macchio and Chan would reprise their roles from the franchise as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Han.
in original The Karate Kid films, Daniel is a bullied high school student whose life changes when he is mentored by karate sensei Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita) teaches self-defense skills and life lessons. He applies what he learns to protect himself and defeat opponents who challenge him in competition.
Macchio returned as Daniel in the TV series Cobra Kaiwhere his rivalry with longtime adversary Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) reignites 35 years later. In 2021, Macchio received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series as one of the series’ executive producers.
Meanwhile, Chan starred opposite Jaden Smith in the 2010s The Karate Kidwhere he played Mr. Han, a kung fu master and mentor to Smith’s character, Dre Parker.
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Ben Wang entered Karate Kid: Legends (2025).
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The cast The Karate Kid: Where are they now?
Karate Kid: Legends directed by Jonathan Entwistle, best known for his work on the Netflix series The end of the fucking world. Rob Lieber wrote the screenplay and Karen Rosenfelt produced.
The film will hit theaters after the last installment on Netflix Cobra Kai. And as Macchio told PEOPLE in July, he shot two projects back-to-back.
“I went straight from Cobra Kai — actually the closing party, saying goodbye to everyone for a moment — to Montreal and jumped in and shot for a few weeks straight,” he said. “It’s exciting.”
Macchio was coy about sharing any details about the film’s plot, but added, “For me, this was just conveying the honesty and the truth of Daniel LaRusso and what Miyagi, his mentor, meant to him, and paying it forward.”
Karate Kid: Legends is in theaters on May 30, 2025.
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