According to Variety magazine, hollywood icon and crowd favorite Will Smith is slated to direct his son Jaden in a remake of (or film based on) the 1984 Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio classic, The Karate Kid. Scheduled to begin filming next year, this movie might have a Kung Fu twist with either Jackie Chan or Steven Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) under consideration to play the main Miyagi like character.

Like the idea of a remake or not, the original movie opened doors for the martial arts industry and helped to fill schools with new enrollees.

Martial Launch! predicts the remake will do the same for a new generation of kids if done right and school owners should look forward to this film and others like it that pop-up, now and then (i.e. The recent Kung Fu Panda and The Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li).

If the director, Mr. Smith himself, focuses on Martial Arts Tradition, Respect and Honor this film might just make a major impact on the MA industry.