Jackie Chan: Last News

Columbia Pictures dropped the official trailer for Karate Kid: Legends today, plenty of time to launch public interest before the spring release. Karate Kid: Legends hits theaters May 30, 2025.

Michelle Yeoh has been involved in two of the biggest Asian success stories at the Oscars in the last 25 years – Ang Lee’s legendary title Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which won four Oscars in 2001, and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won seven in 2023, including a Best Actress award for Yeoh. But the prolific Malaysian-born actress said that these success stories are few and far between and encouraged gatekeepers of the entertainment industry to get better at promoting equal opportunities for storytellers.

Cobra Kai is one of the most beloved shows on Netflix and many stars from The Karate Kid films, including Ralph Macchio, returned to reprise their roles.

Cobra Kai’s season six is now out, but where do the latest episodes leave the story? Read on to find out.It was announced in early 2023 that the sixth season of the Karate Kid spinoff show would be the last, with the first five episodes landing on Netflix in July.As of last Friday (November 15), the latest five episodes arrived, with the climactic five, dubbed ‘The Finale Event’, set to bring the show to a close on February 13, 2025.Cobra Kai follows characters from the original Karate Kid films, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), reframing the franchise from Johnny’s point of view as he decides to reopen his karate dojo and rekindle his rivalry with Daniel.Elsewhere in the franchise, a new feature film, titled simply Karate Kid, is set to arrive on May 30, 2025, starring Jackie Chan alongside Macchio, as a follow-up to 2010’s The Karate Kid. Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz confirmed he was not involved in that film.With just five episodes now remaining of the Cobra Kai saga, the intertwining stories of the rival dojos Miyagi-Do, Eagle Fang and Cobra Kai have reached their height.The final season revolves around the Sekai Taikai karate tournament, where the best martial artists from around the world are competing against each other, with old rivalries and philosophies being fought out in the show.The 10th episode of the season sees the tournament come down to duels between the captains of the four remaining teams.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Veteran action movie ace Sammo Hung, Japanese actor Kurata Yasuaki and action choreographer-turned director Tanigaki Kenji had a ball on Thursday in Tokyo as they took a light-hearted trip down memory lane to discuss the state of martial art action movies from Hong Kong. In a panel discussion held in the confines of TIFFCOM, the rights market aligned with the Tokyo International Film Festival, the three were seemingly selected to represent the past, present and future of the genre. “Hong Kong’s place in the film world is well deserved.

Sony may have skipped San Diego Comic-Con, but they came to the Big Apple on Friday for New York Comic Con showing off exclusively to the room, and not to anyone else, the first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which brings back not only OG Ralph Macchio’s Danny LaRusso from the original 1984 movie and Cobra Kai series but also Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han from the 2010 Jaden Smith reboot. The film is billed as reuniting all the Karate Kid worlds.

Karate Kid” movie, titled “Karate Kid: Legends,” at New York Comic Con on Friday night. The upcoming movie, releasing in theaters on May 30, unites franchise stars Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan and introduces a new student named Li Fong, played by Ben Wang. Macchio returns as Daniel LaRusso, whom he played in the original 1984 “Karate Kid” film trilogy and later reprised in Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” series.

Michaela Zee Paul Feig appeared on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast and spoke about the poor reviews from critics for his action-comedy film “Jackpot!,” starring Awkwafina and John Cena. “Now I can be happy because we’ve been the No. 1 movie worldwide on Amazon for four weeks in a row now, which is fantastic,” director Feig said in the podcast episode, released on Tuesday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Box office in China over the country’s crucial National Day holiday season fell by 23% according to Maoyan, a leading movie ticketing platform. Gross nationwide revenues ran at approximately RMB300 million ($42.5 million) per day from Tuesday last week to Monday, adding up to RMB2.10 billion ($297 million), Maoyan Research Institute said. Some 52 million tickets were sold in the seven-day period.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Agent 86,” a rare China-Tunisia coproduction film, will have its world premiere on Friday in Tunisia, ahead of a commercial release in Tunisian theaters from Sept. 25. The film is pitched as “a fast-paced action thriller following an international Special Task Force that comes together to fight cross border drug trafficking after a devastatingly addictive drug named Devil’s Breath goes on sale in Hong Kong.” The driving force behind the movie is Tunisian actor-director Bassem Khayati, who produced and directed the film and also appears as its co-lead. Khayati is a veteran of several Jackie Chan movies including “Dragon Blade,” “Kung Fu Yoga” and “Vanguard,” as well as action roles in numerous other Chinese titles including “Fox Hunting,” “Mojin, The Lost Legend” and “Go Away Mr.

Karate Kid star Chad McQueen has sadly passed away at 63 due to organ failure.

Karate Kid actor Chad McQueen has sadly died at the age of 63. His long-term lawyer, Arthur Barens, confirmed the heartbreaking news, revealing that Chad, who is the son of legendary actor Steve McQueen, passed away at his ranch in Palm Desert, California.The star's health complications stemmed from a racing injury he suffered years ago, which led to progressive organ failure and ultimately his death. In his final moments, Chad was surrounded by his loved ones including Arthur, his wife Jeanie Galbraith, and his two children Chase McQueen and Madison McQueen, as reported by TMZ.

Cobra Kai is one of the most beloved shows on Netflix and many stars from The Karate Kid films, including Ralph Macchio, returned to reprise their roles.

Nearly two decades after the last installment in the franchise, a new Rush Hour movie is reportedly still in development and hunting for a studio.

Jackpot! is a Jackie Chan movie desperately in need of Jackie Chan.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Corey Yuen, the actor, action choreographer and director of “So Close” and “DOA: Dead or Alive,” died in 2022, the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers confirmed to Variety. Local and English-language reports say that Yuen died of COVID-19 on an undisclosed date in Hong Kong. He was born on Feb.

Paul Feig knows a thing or two about comedy. Heck, his movies have grossed well over $1.4 billion at the box office.

There was a spontaneous singalong, shrieks of “I love you” and the clanking of a cowbell one audience member had brought to remind Shah Rukh Khan of the film he made long ago in the Alps: the Indian megastar’s masterclass at the Locarno Film Festival was the closest Switzerland comes to pandemonium. Facing a capacity crowd at Locarno’s venerable Gran Rex cinema, SRK accepted the adulation and declarations of love with the gracious fan-friendliness that has made him beloved for 35 years.

Cobra Kai have just landed, but why is this the final season of the show? Read on for all the details.It was announced in early 2023 that the sixth season of the Karate Kid spinoff show would be the last one, and as of today (July 18), the first five episodes are available to stream on Netflix.These represent the first third of the final season, with the next five episodes arriving on November 28, and the climactic five, dubbed ‘The Finale Event’, at some point in 2025.The run was originally slated for a December 2023 release, only to be held back by the Hollywood strikes.Cobra Kai follows characters from the original Karate Kid films, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), reframing the franchise from Johnny’s point of view as he decides to reopen his karate dojo and rekindle his rivalry with Daniel.Elsewhere in the franchise, a new feature film, titled simply Karate Kid, is set to arrive on May 30, 2025, starring Jackie Chan alongside Macchio, as a follow-up to 2010’s The Karate Kid. Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz confirmed he was not involved in that film.Ahead of the premiere of the first third of season six, the show’s co-creators Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald have discussed the decision to bring it to an end.Schlossberg told Screen Rant that the realisation came during the making of season five.

Netflix has plenty of action films as well as summer ones in its July 2024 slate, such as the Back to the Future trilogy as well as the first two Bad Boys films. Toby Maguire’s take on the web-slinging Spider-Man will also be available to stream at the beginning of the month.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Bona Film Group, one of China’s leading movie studios, is poised to release Jackie Chan-starring “A Legend” on July 12. The film leads off the firm’s summer distribution slate. “A Legend” is pitched as a $50 million sequel to the 2005 action romance “The Myth” that involved both Chan and director Stanley Tong.