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Considering that this year's Jaden Smith-starring return to "The Karate Kid" actually dealt with the martial art of kung fu, today's news about the coming sequel is sort of fitting. Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff, the writing duo who penned the fairly excellent 2008 CG-animated flick "Kung Fu Panda," have been hired to pen a ...

Who would have thought a 12-year-old descended from Hollywood royalty would be the summer box office savior?

FRIDAY PM UPDATE: My studio sources tell me that very early numbers show that Sony's kid-friendly Karate Kid reboot starring Will Smith's son will be #1 this weekend with nearly $50M. Expectedly, Fox's film action version of the 80's TV series The A-Team will finish #2 -- but only with about $30M which is embarrassing for what was supposed to be the start of another franchise. (Read my backgrounder, 11 WRITERS LATER: 'The A-Team'.) I'll have more info later tonight.

Actor to play opposite on Jaden Smith -- Jackie Chan will play the wise kung-fu master in a Hollywood-Chinese remake of the 1984 hit "The Karate Kid" that kicked off filming in the Chinese capital at the weekend, a movie company publicist said Monday.