Principal photography took place in Beijing, China, and filming began in July 2009 and ended on October 16. It is an international co-production between China, Hong Kong and the United States. The film's music was composed by James Horner. The screenplay was written by Christopher Murphey.
Han ( Jackie Chan), a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets of self-defense. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of an aging maintenance man, Mr. Henson) and runs afoul of the neighborhood bully Cheng (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. While marketed as a remake and following a similar narrative as the original The Karate Kid film from 1984, with the setting moved to China, and the martial art changed (despite the film's title) from karate to kung fu, the film is set in the same fictional universe as the previous films, retroactively serving as a standalone sequel to The Next Karate Kid (1994). It stars Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in lead roles, and it was produced by Jerry Weintraub, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The Karate Kid is a 2010 martial arts drama film directed by Harald Zwart and the fifth film in The Karate Kid franchise.
