No Karate Kid crane?

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Jaden Smith, co-star of the upcoming sci-fi thriller THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and son of actor Will Smith, recently signed on to star in a remake of the 1980s classic KARATE KID. Obviously I feel that perfection was achieved in the original and a remake is completely unnecessary. My protest of the remake becomes more vehement when I hear that young Jaden wants to do away with the famous crane kick. Yeah, that crane kick. Young Jaden, who by all accounts seems like a nice enough kid, would rather base his KARATE KID on (wait for it…..) video games.

When you’re done bashing your head into the wall, take a breather – there might be hope. Luckily, we have someone on the inside who is willing to fight for us: it’s Jaden’s pop Will. We got Will talking on the KARATE KID remake the other day and he said he’s “begging” Jaden to include the crane kick in KARATE KID even though Jaden wants no part of it. Will says that he plays fighting video games and wants to model some of his moves off what he sees coming out of his Xbox. While that’s truly a frightening thought, remember that Will is actually producing the film and may have to lay the smack down. You just cannot have a KARATE KID remake with out the crane kick. And some wiseass kid screaming “get him a body bag, YEAHHHH!!”

Source: JoBlo.com

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