The first photos from Karate Kid: Legends have been revealed.
Karate Kid: Legends is a new Karate Kid movie coming in May 2025. The movie sees Ralph Macchio reprise his role as Daniel LaRusso, while Jackie Chan is returning to play Mr. Han. Ben Wang, meanwhile, has been tapped to play the main protagonist, Li Fong.
Entertainment Weekly has now shared a handful of first-look photos from Karate Kids: Legends, which can be viewed below via an X post from The Hollywood Handle:
A poster for Karate Kid: Legends has also been shared and can be viewed below, via DiscussingFilm:
What else do we know about Karate Kid: Legends?
According to Entertainment Weekly, Karate Kid: Legends follows Li Fong, who is originally from Beijing, as he moves to New York City with his mother, played by Ming-Na Wen. He proceeds to get into trouble at school and finds himself getting dragged into fights, which then leads him to karate.
“When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition — but his skills alone aren’t enough,” the synopsis reads. “Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.”
Director Jonathan Entwistle confirmed that Karate Kid: Legends will be set after the events of Cobra Kai.
Speaking as to how the new movie will connect to the Netflix series, Entwistle said, “ I have been a huge fan of Cobra Kai right from the beginning, and that’s one of the reasons that I thought this was such an exciting project. I was excited about the idea that the films and the series can all be part of one family. I’ve had some really detailed conversations with the Cobra Kai team about just cool stuff that we can do in the movie and can make this whole thing feel holistic. And obviously, Ralph is really, really close to it after all those years on Cobra Kai, and they’ve been involved in little steps along the way. Everything we talked about made it into the movie in some way or other, either through Ralph or through the conversations. We’re really excited that we’ve added another piece to the overall universe.”
Karate Kid: Legends will be released on May 30, 2025, from Sony Pictures.
