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Jaden Smith’s ‘Karate Kid’ Sequel Draws Breck Eisner to Direct
April 7, 2014 | 12:39PM PT
Film Reporter
Dave McNary

Sony has signed Breck Eisner to direct its sequel to “The Karate Kid,” its hit 2010 actioner starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

The rebooted “Kid” grossed $343 million worldwide with Harald Zwart directing. Jerry Weintraub, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz produced.

Eisner’s credits include “Sahara” and “The Crazies.” He’s also attached to Summit’s fantasy-actioner “The Last Witch Hunter,” starring Vin Diesel.

Eisner is repped by CAA and Management 360.

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'Karate Kid 2' Lands New Writers
5:26 PM PST 06/25/2014 by Borys Kit

Karate Kid 2 has kicked up some new writers.

Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer have been tapped to work on the script for the sequel to Sony's and Overbrook’s hit 2010 movie that starred Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan.

The duo are the latest scribes on the project; Zak Penn and team Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris also have worked on the script.

Breck Eisner was on board as director but is no longer involved, and sources cited a scheduling conflict as the reason for his departure.

While Friedman and Palmer don't have any produced credits, they are known for their action comedy scripts.

They have Family Getaway set up at Warners with Todd Strauss-Schulson attached to direct; Secretaries Day set up at Columbia with Will Gluck producing; and Speeding Bullet set up at Universal with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg producing.

They are repped by at UTA, Mosaic and attorney Warren Dern.

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After the sudden death of Dre's old Kung Fu Instructor, Mr. Han, young Kung Fu Champion, Dre Parker must learn The Dark Stepstones of how to become a good Instructor and teach his old fellow enemies a little more than respect.

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