He makes an unlikely ally in the form of an aging maintenance man, Mr. Henson) and runs afoul of the neighborhood bully (Zhenwei Wang). The plot concerns 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) from Detroit, Michigan who moves to Beijing, China with his mother (Taraji P. The Karate Kid received generally positive reviews and it earned $359.1 million on a $40 million budget. The Karate Kid was released theatrically worldwide on June 11, 2010, by Sony Pictures. Principal photography took place in Beijing, China, and filming began in July 2009 and ended on October 16, 2009. It is an international co-production between China, Hong Kong, and the United States. The film's music was composed by James Horner.
Unlike the original, this remake is set in China, and features Kung Fu instead of Japanese-OkinawanKarate. The screenplay by Christopher Murphey was from the story written by Robert Mark Kamen for the original The Karate Kid. Henson and Jackie Chan in lead roles, and it was produced by Jerry Weintraub, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz and Jaden's parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The Karate Kid (known as The Kung Fu Dream in China) is a 2010 familymartial artsdrama film directed by Harald Zwart, and part of The Karate Kid series.
