Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
2025 film by Jonathan Entwistle
- Released
- 28 May 2025
- Country
- United States, People's Republic of China, Canada
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Jonathan Entwistle
- Screenplay
- Rob Lieber
- Producer
- Karen Rosenfelt
- Music
- Dominic Lewis
- Editing
- Dana E. Glauberman
- Starring
- Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Joshua Jackson, Ben Wang, Aramis Knight, Wyatt Oleff
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Production company
- Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Distributor
- Sony Pictures Releasing France, Netflix, InterCom
- Based on
- The Karate Kid
Karate Kid: Legends is a 2025 American martial arts drama film starring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, while introducing Ben Wang as the main lead. It is the sixth film in The Karate Kid franchise, serving as a follow-up to The Karate Kid (2010) and the television series Cobra Kai (2018–2025). Both Chan and Macchio reprise their roles from the franchise. The story follows Li (Wang), a kung fu prodigy who, after moving to New York and confronting a local karate champion, receives help from his former master Mr. Han (Chan) and karate sensei Daniel LaRusso (Macchio). It is the first film in the series not to be produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015.
The film was confirmed to be in development in September 2022, with Jonathan Entwistle set to direct and Rob Lieber set to write the screenplay in November 2023. Casting took place from November 2023 to April 2024. Principal photography took place from April to June 2024.
Cast
- Jackie Chan
- Ralph Macchio
- Sadie Stanley
- Ming-Na Wen
- Joshua Jackson
- Ben Wang
- Aramis Knight
- Wyatt Oleff
- Shaunette Renée Wilson
- Tim Rozon
- William Zabka
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q124246470 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.