Two remake-related items making news today: The makers of The Karate Kid remake have found their Mr. Miyagi in Jackie Chan. The remake of East of Eden is really happening, as evidenced by the hiring of a director (Tom Hooper, who directed John Adams) and a screenwriter (Christopher Hampton, who wrote the Atonement screenplay). Some thoughts: My feelings about a remake of The Karate Kid Read more

We all know that Hollywood is extremely remake-happy these days, so I'm not even going to resist the Karate Kid remake news because it was probably bound to happen, right? Now moving onto the casting: Jaden Smith is first in line to play the lead role, the Kid himself, in a new version of the 1984 pop culture staple. Variety has more info: The script is being written by Chris Murphy, and the Read more