See Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio in Action

The Karate Kid legacy lives on.

Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan be a part of forces within the action-packed first trailer for Karate Kid: Legends, which comes greater than 40 years after the unique 1984 film starring Macchio, now 63.

The solid of the movie additionally consists of Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley and Ming-Na Wen.

“After a household tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Wang, 24) is uprooted from his residence in Beijing and compelled to maneuver to New York City along with his mom,” reads an official synopsis. “Li struggles to let go of his previous as he tries to slot in along with his new classmates, and though he would not wish to combat, hassle appears to search out him in all places.”

“When a brand new pal wants his assist, Li enters a karate competitors — however his expertise alone aren’t sufficient,” the synopsis provides. “Li’s kung fu instructor Mr. Han (Chan, 70) enlists authentic Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) for assist, and Li learns a brand new method to combat, merging their two kinds into one for the last word martial arts showdown.”

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Karate Kid was first introduced in September 2022 and a 12 months later, it was introduced that Macchio and Chan could be reprising their franchise roles as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Han, respectively.

In the authentic Karate Kid movies, Daniel is a bullied high-school scholar whose life adjustments when he is taught self-defense expertise and life classes by sensible karate sensei Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita). He applies what he learns to guard himself and beat opponents who problem him in competitors.

Macchio returned as Daniel within the TV sequence Cobra Kai, the place his rivalry with longtime opponent Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is reignited 35 years later. In 2021, Macchio earned an Emmy nomination for excellent comedy sequence as one of many present’s government producers.

Meanwhile, Chan starred reverse Jaden Smith in 2010’s The Karate Kid, the place he performed Mr. Han, a kung fu grasp and mentor to Smith’s character, Dre Parker.

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Karate Kid: Legends is directed by Jonathan Entwistle, finest recognized for his work on the Netflix sequence The End of the F***ing World. The screenplay was written by Rob Lieber, with Karen Rosenfelt producing.

The movie will arrive in theaters after the ultimate installment of Netflix’s Cobra Kai. And as Macchio instructed PEOPLE in July, he filmed the 2 initiatives back-to-back.

“I went straight from Cobra Kai — principally the wrap occasion, saying goodbye to everybody for the second — to Montreal and jumped in and shot a few weeks straight,” he mentioned. “It’s thrilling.”

Macchio was shy about sharing any particular particulars concerning the plot of the movie, however added, “To me, this was nearly carrying the honesty and reality of Daniel LaRusso and what Miyagi, his mentor, meant to him, and paying it ahead.”

Karate Kid: Legends is in theaters May 30, 2025.