Karate Kid: Legends premiered at New York Comic Con 2024

Karate Kid: Legends is the sixth installment in the beloved Karate Kid franchise, following the 2010 film. Starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, the film features Ben Wang in the title role. The long-awaited first trailer for this American martial arts film has finally been released, sparking excitement among fans eagerly celebrating this new chapter in the iconic series.

Variety magazine reported that Sony Pictures, through which the film is distributed, released the first trailer for the newest film, starring Chan and Macchio, at New York Comic Con (a annual fan convention in New York City dedicated to Western comics and graphic novels). , anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies and TV) on Friday night. Aside from the legendary stars, the upcoming film will introduce a new student named Li Fong, played by Ben Wang. The boy is skilled in various forms of martial arts including karate, wing chun/kung fu, gumdo, Kempo and taekwondo.

The movie Karate Kid: Legends will hit the theaters on May 30, 2025 and fans are eagerly waiting for its release. At New York Comic Con, the exclusive trailer showed electrifying karate action with the film’s trio of stars. Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan and newcomer Ben Wang as Li Fong. The action-packed trailer featured exciting street and dojo fight scenes and an exciting new karate tournament. It also featured Li Fong’s impressive stunt skills, including a daring street battle where he climbs down a fire escape and flips off a wall. All of this left fans wanting more.

The American martial arts film is the first in a series of five that was not produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015. For context, the prequels to the most martial arts films recent ones were The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and The Next Karate Kid (1994), although Macchio did not return for the fourth film . Once again, Macchio returned in his role as Daniel LaRusso.

Chan reprized his role as Mr Han, the kung fu master, as depicted in the 2010 remake of the first film in the series. Seeing them together again will undoubtedly be a nostalgic moment for their fans and other moviegoers.

In addition to them, Mulan star Ming-Na Wen will be seen as Wang’s character’s mother alongside Joshua Jackson as Victor and Shaunette Renée Wilson as Ms. Morgan. Additionally, Jennifer-Lyn Christie, Aramis Knight, Sadie Stanley and Wyatt Oleff will also appear in Jonathan Entwistle’s direction.