Columbia has released another trailer for The Karate Kid remake starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. It’s similar to the first trailer (i.e. one big training montage), but it doesn’t look that bad. The original Karate Kid movies aren’t embedded in my childhood so I’m not as against the remake as some may be. I guess it’s up those people to decide whether this looks worthy or not.

The Karate Kid, which will be released in June, is directed by Harald Zwart (Agent Cody Banks) and produced by Will Smith.

When it was announced that The Karate Kid was going to be remade there were quite a few people over the age of 30 who weren’t keen on the idea. I haven’t seen the original film(s) in years so I didn’t really have a feeling one way or the other.

Will Smith was one of the main reasons the film went ahead as he wanted it to be a star vehicle for his son, Jaden. If I were Will I’d probably use my power and influence to help my family too, but is Jaden actually the right guy for the role? Or did he get the role purely for being Will Smith’s son?

I began watching the trailer as a sceptic, but I can’t deny Jaden has the ‘moves’.

What do you think of the trailer? Has your childhood officially been raped? Or are you actually looking forward to this?

I’m sure everyone is familiar with the recent Chinese earthquake, and its ever rising death toll. Well, Jackie Chan has already donated $1.4 million to those who need it, and is now planning to make a movie of the earthquake to raise money for the survivors. Chan is apparently meeting directors and scriptwriters to get the project off the ground.

“I want to make the movie about the earthquake because there’s so many touching stories,” he said. “Twenty channels report a different story and every story I see just makes me cry.”

“I believe there are so many touching stories so we’re going to have a big meeting to see what happens,” he said, referring to his discussions with film-makers. I want through the movie to show the whole world, I really want to salute the whole army of China, really.”

I respect his efforts and can see he has good intentions, but don’t the survivors kinda need stuff now?

[Jackie Chan to survivors]: Hey, we will provide money to rebuild this entire neighbourhood and provide you with food and everything you need…after we’ve had weeks of meetings, a further month or two to get financing, 3 months of pre-production, a further 5 months of filming and the there’s the obvious post production. If all goes well you’ll get your new house sometime near 2010…that okay?

Just give them what they need now I say.

The trailer for Jackie Chan and Jet Li’s The Forbidden Kingdom has YouTubed its way online. Well its not a real trailer, more of a first look. But here is is anyway, and it looks rather amazing.