Jackie Chan holds Jaden Smith up over a lake in the brand-new trailer for their upcoming flick, The Karate Kid.
In the remake of the 1980 classic, the flick follows a single mother (Taraji P. Henson) to move to China with her young son (Smith); in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master (Chan).
The Karate Kid hits theaters on June 11th.
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Jaden Smith wraps an arm around sister Willow as they step out in style at the premiere of The Perfect Game held at the Pacific Theater at the Grove in Los Angeles on Monday night (April 5).
Jaden, 11, has his own flick coming out soon, The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan.
The updated story follows a single mother (Taraji P. Henson) to move to China with her young son (Smith); in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master (Chan).
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Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan are looking to retell the story of The Karate Kid, out in theaters in June.
In anticipation of the flick, Six Flags is launching The Karate Kid Challenge — offering karate students and their senseis the opportunity to compete in a karate exhibition contest designed to showcase their skills and teamwork.
Participants will be judged on demonstrated movements and technique; the degree of difficulty; entertainment value, showmanship, and creativity; and basics, including balance, synchronization, and focus. At each of ten Six Flags parks, the judges will name a winner and a runner-up.
Want to know how to enter? Check out TheKarateKidChallenge.com!
Jaden Smith shows off some moves while attending Nickelodeon’s 2010 Kids’ Choice Awards held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday (March 27) in Los Angeles.
The 11-year-old actor and son of Will Smith, presented at the awards show and even showed off the classic crane kick.
In June, Jaden will be starring with Jackie Chan in a new Karate Kid movie.
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Nickelodeon starlets Miranda Cosgrove and Keke Palmer are just two of the celebs slated to present at the 2010 Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.
Joining the two 16-year-old actresses are Katy Perry, Robert Downey, Jr., Victoria Justice, Jonah Hill, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele, Jackson Rathbone, Nicola Peltz, Jaden Smith and Lily Collins, among many others.
Also, Olympian Apolo Ohno will attempt to set a new world for being catapulted into slime via the Kids’ Choice Awards Slime Slingshot, with the help of WWE superstar John Cena, who will call the shots.
The 2010 Kids Choice Awards airs LIVE on Saturday, March 27th @ 8PMET on Nickelodeon.
Jaden Smith shows off his award as he attends the 2010 ShoWest Gala held at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel on Wednesday evening (March 17).
The 11-year-old actor was honored as the Breakthrough Male Star of the Year just before a screening of his new movie, The Karate Kid.
The Karate Kid, also starring Jackie Chan, follows Dre (Smith) and his mom (Taraji P. Henson) who make the move to China. While there, Dre embraces karate, taught to him by a master of the self-defense form (Chan).
The flick is set to open June 11.
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Jaden Smith will receive the ShoWest Breakthrough Male Star of the Year Award this Wednesday at the 2010 ShoWest event in Las Vegas.
The 11-year-old actor was just announced as the recipient this afternoon by director Robert Sunshine. He shared, “Jaden Smith is an exceptional young actor who has delivered a true breakout performance with his portrayal of Dre Parker in The Karate Kid. We could not be more excited to honor such a tremendous young talent with the ShoWest Breakthrough Male Star of the Year Award and to be able to share Jaden‘s new movie The Karate Kid with our ShoWest delegates.”
Also to be honored at ShoWest are Katherine Heigl, Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer throughout the week (March 15-18).
Jaden‘s The Karate Kid hits theaters on June 11. Congrats, Jaden!
