Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The New Smith Era Begins: The Next Karate Kid

Posted by Bossip Staff

It looks like acting is in the blood for the Smith Family, and Will’s little man, Jaden, will be the next Karate Kid:

BCK reported last year in December that actor Will Smith’s son Jaden would be starring in a new version of the 1984 film “The Karate Kid”. More details are being released to further confirm 10-year-old Jaden’s role as the Karate Kid. Variety reports that the film will be produced by Jerry Weintraub (who launched the original franchise) and Overbrook Entertainment’s James Lassiter, Will Smith and Ken Stovitz. The film will be shot next year in Beijing and other cities and will center around the original plot of a bullied youth who uses Karate to stand up for himself.

Jaden’s film credits include ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’(in post-production) and ‘The Pursuit of Happyness.” The original Karate Kid featured actor Ralph Macchio

We always love to see a beautiful black family pass the success down and start a tradition. However, they must be careful because it is not uncommon for Hollyweird children to turn out, well…weird.

Fill in the blank: Little Jaden will have a________ Hollyweird career.

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  1. So_Surrus

    1st!…YAY!

  2. So_Surrus

    but lil Jayden will have a Gary Coleman Hollywhierd career…SMH..lol

  3. HARLEMBROWN

    why is it EVERYONE forgets this is Will’s second son… that first one with the first wife is the real HEIR…. this is the SPARE !

  4. Loving Life Today

    Did anyone see Will on Oprah last week??

    He is soo damn fine…but this Scientology thing has me very confused and it is his and Jada’s entire outlook!!

    But Jaden is adorable and he’s def. a star..

  5. jada

    he’s going to have a wonderful career he has 2 mommys that love him very much

  6. da darkness

    ape-man or chimp-man lol. He got paper so eff it

  7. da darkness

    ape-man or chimp-man lol? He got paper so eff it

  8. Playlist

    Little Jaden will have a great Hollyweird career.

  9. LADY ARCHITECT (DOING BIG THINGS AT 23)

    SEEMS COOL. I ALWAYS LOVED KARATE KID. I WONDER WHO WILL PLAY MR. MIAGI?

  10. Dizzy McElroy

    Little Jaden will have a blessed Hollyweird career.

  11. Mock Rock Star(Mock Rock loves U)

    Pure gorgeousness…He’ll do great!!!

  12. JOEY B

    “scratching my head in confusion” the smiths kids look bi-racial

  13. G Money

    Swinging, scientological (is that a word) LOL!

  14. Creole Baby Justa Snare & a 808

    Little Jaden will have a typical black actor’s Hollyweird career.

  15. lil latte

    he is a little cutie

  16. Vinandi

    successful career! with Will and Jada as parents and Uncle Tom Cruise and John Travolta helping out, our daughters ( when some of us decide to get ourselves sperminated), will be swooning over him!

  17. Vinandi

    successful career! with Will and Jada as parents and Uncle Tom Cruise and John Travolta helping out, our daughters ( when some of us decide to get ourselves sperminated), will be swooning over him!he is a cute boy!

  18. Oshie ("Who Wants a Bird Bath?")

    Acting doesn’t run in their blood, opportunity runs in their wallets.

    And why is acting considered such a “talent” anyway? Pretending to be someone else… please. Overglorified drama cl***** nerds.

    But anyway…

  19. OBAMA 2008...anything less is simply retarded

    Lawd…if they make Jackie Chan star as Mr. Miagi….

  20. FallinPoet(We finally have a hero we can believe in!)

    i think he’s going to have a pretty good career… and i do not think he’s goin to fall into what most hollywood kid actors do bc he seems to have better parenting.

  21. imrightdammit

    “*****-a-liscious”

  22. Hannibal (Girl just shut the ***** up and bend over)

    LITTLE JADEN WILL HAVE A HORRIBLE HOLLYWEIRD CAREER… JUST LIKE HIS FATHER…

  23. Redd Tony aka Earth Sign "When everybody thinks alike, *****ody is really thinking"

    ***** the next Karate Kid, I wanna see the next Bruce Leroy…

  24. earhustla

    Jaden did good in pursuit of happyness, he will have a wonderful career his parents already did the ground work it is called legacy. I ain’t mad at the family especially if you are talented.

    Acting is a talent and a craft – if you don’t think so look at the non-talent actresses/actors


  25. Jaden will have a successful and blessed career. Why is it that people do not appreciate other people’s success and you wonder why you bloom to absolutely nothing but blogging. Turn your lives around and feel positive in whatever your choices are and stop wishing and condemning people!

  26. sniper

    Great, just what we need – another western culture interpretation of Asian martial arts, captured on film

  27. sniper

    Another Karate kid movie – Guys like Jet Li must be rollin his eyes about this.

  28. Afiya - THIS IS A BRAND NEW DAY...WE DOIN' IT IN A BRAND NEW WAY...CLIMB ABOARD!

    He’ll have a hellava career…he’s adorable…

  29. HOLLYWOOD BS

    Jaden is a self-centered and stuck up brat…you can tell from his interviews and T.V appearances how conceited he is. Compare his T.V/public appearances and interviews to that of young stars like Abigail Breslin, Dakota Fanning and even his own younger sister. You’ll see the difference.

    Jaden will make headlines in the future…for all the wrong reasons. White girls take cover, cos this ish is about to chop you girls down in a couple of years…and more.

  30. Ara

    Will Smith makes beautiful babies both of his sons are so fine …. I know the mothers are cute too!!!

  31. *****a

    Can’t stand the hair..


  32. Top 40, Snitchezzzzz!

  33. dave

    Little Jaden will have a swinging Hollyweird career.

  34. dave

    He will have a swinging career.

  35. Nikki

    I wish his parents would cut his hair. he looks like a little girl.

  36. lala#1

    “scratching my head in confusion” the smiths kids look bi-racial

    _____________________

    I think Jada’s mom is white..

  37. lala#1

    “scratching my head in confusion” the smiths kids look bi-racial

    __________________________

    I think Jada’s mom is white…

  38. X

    I’m not mad at them at all! It would be great to have a silver spoon and the table already set for you!!!

  39. Miss Faye

    He is cute. I hope he is having fun being a kid and working. I hope that they are not putting a lot of stress on this kid to be a mega film star like his dad. I know it can be rough being a child star like the ones in the past who turned to drugs.

  40. Tahuh

    I love the Smith fam and all, but why is the studio messing up a cult cl*****ic? Jaden is too young to play Karate Kid and this damn movie has been run in the freakin ground! It really ran out of gas when Hilary S***** played the role. Jaden is talented and should be put in other films. I don’t think we need another Karate Kid. If anything, put him in another 80’s remake, like Goonies II. He could play the role of Data. Yeah, I could see that, lol. Why not Bruce Leroy’s little brother in the upcoming remake of Last Dragon…that would be dope!

  41. Jay

    GREAT career because I damn sure don’t see Jada putting up with no *****!

  42. dmarie

    The boy needs a hair cut.


  43. This boy is in dire need of a hair cut.

  44. Flawdagurl

    He is very cute! Its just that evey since I heard Jada and Will was into Scientology I havent looked at them the same.I know we all believe in other things but it just changed my whole outlook on them. I still love their work and i think they have a beautiful relationship and family.

  45. Flawdagurl

    The oldest son is the only one I havent seen acting yet!


  46. omg, jaden is such an adorable little boy. like i just wanna gobble the little munchkin right up! lol

    …. anyway, they never bring the oldest son out, like, where is he? he must feel bad or feel like no one cares about him since they always seem to only have family photos of the two younger kids, jada, and will. where do they keep him? locked up in there dungeon? lol

  47. Flawdagurl

    I know he is visible when they are on the red carpet but other than that I barely see him.

  48. quebec

    oshie. u need to shut the hell up. if u’re only gonna put negative comments on every post than stop messing on ur momma’s computer and get a life loser smh. good luck with ur career jaden!!

  49. quebec

    oshie shut up fool. if u’re gonna put negative comments on every post than stop messing around on ur mommas computer. get a life loser. and good luck to little jaden in his career.

  50. 1TruDiva w/The PlatinumVocals bought a unit from Oshie in Bikini bottom!!!

    His hair is absolutely gorgeous!!!!

    I’m loving this look!!

    I think he’ll have a good acting career. He’s got two parents that obviously have their feet rooted firmly in the parental grounds and they’ve NOT let Hollywood consume them or their children.

    I can see him as a successful actor well into his teens–maybe even into adulthood. If that’s what he chooses.

  51. 1TruDiva w/The PlatinumVocals bought a unit from Oshie in Bikini bottom!!!

    I read where someone must think that somewhere in his direct lineage there must be some white—

    Not necessarily. We come in all shades. My gravie is my Princess and the last time I checked, we’re b-l-a-c-k and proud of it!!!

    Not to offend but just because someone is “extra” light, that doesn’t make them biracial.

    Just a point I felt like sharing from experience.

    Thanks!!!

  52. CodyCole

    Will and Jada are both good looking peeps but their kids look weird to me. Maybe if the cute Jaden’s hair.

  53. CodyCole

    Will and Jada are both good looking peeps but their kids look weird to me. Maybe if they cute Jaden’s hair.

  54. CodyCole

    Will and Jada are both good looking peeps but their kids look weird to me. Maybe if they cut Jaden’s hair.

  55. roosevelt taylor

    Jaden cooler than his older brother that ***** be *****ing wit the little white broads and ***** whats that all about. I dont think Jada playing that ***** with her kids

  56. Encyclopedia Brown

    Little Jaden will have a reality show at one point in his Hollyweird career.

  57. dark cable

    My daughter has that same hairstyle….there’s something wrong with that!

  58. BAHAMAS/CHICAGO/CAYMAN GIRL

    @Hannibal

    Yeah that’s an awful career, to be know in Hoolywood as “Mr. Box Office” and makes 20 mil a film, more than some of his wife counterparts, dig that, just awful!! Jaden was wonderful in Pursuit, so an obviously Disne-esque movie wth him will be cute!

    His hair is cute!

  59. AS

    Tahuh

    I love the Smith fam and all, but why is the studio messing up a cult cl*****ic? Jaden is too young to play Karate Kid and this damn movie has been run in the freakin ground! It really ran out of gas when Hilary S***** played the role. Jaden is talented and should be put in other films. I don’t think we need another Karate Kid. If anything, put him in another 80’s remake, like Goonies II. He could play the role of Data. Yeah, I could see that, lol. Why not Bruce Leroy’s little brother in the upcoming remake of Last Dragon…that would be dope!

    ___________________________________________

    Totally agree. Why remake Karate Kid? And Jaden is too young for the roll.

  60. Asada

    call me ignorant, but why do will’s children look so biracial? Is it jada’s ancestry? THe boy looks like he could be part white or latin american.

    The kids ARE good looking however, which is luck of the draw I think.

    When I see these kids I think of the good times in my life.

  61. Graphixmeister

    I don’t care if he’s 10. I ain’t feelin’ that Jaden. He’s an annoying little *****.

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