When you make so much money, another sequel is just around the corner. The Karate Kid is no exception. It made $50 million this past opening weekend. Let the buzz start…
Speaking to MTV News, director Harald Zwart said that the team behind the movie have already kicked around some ideas.
“Every now and then we discussed it” he said. “But the truth is, when you see Jackie [Chan] and Jaden [Smith], they’re like a really good film couple. On and off camera, I was watching how they were pulling practical jokes on each other and throwing rocks in the lake, and you just want to keep looking at them because they have a great dynamic and great humor. We have just been playing with a few different ideas, but we haven’t landed on anything at the moment.”
However, it seems that a sequel would be unlikely to follow the template of the original Karate Kid Part II, with Zwart stating “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.”
