Karate Kid is an upcoming American martial arts film directed by Jonathan Entwistle and written by Rob Lieber. It is the sixth film in The Karate Kid franchise following The Karate Kid (2010), and stars Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, both reprising their roles from previous films, with Ben Wang as the main lead alongside Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight, and Wyatt Oleff. It is the first film in the series not to be produced by Jerry Weintraub, who died in 2015.

In September 2022, the film was confirmed to be in development, with the casting of Chan and Macchio announced in November 2023. Filming began in April 2024 and wrapped in June. The film is scheduled to be released on May 30, 2025 in the United States and Canada.

In September 2022, a new feature film was confirmed to be in development, being described as “the return of the original Karate Kid franchise”. In November 2023, it was reported that Jonathan Entwistle was set to direct the film, with a screenplay written by Rob Lieber and with Karen Rosenfelt serving as the producer.

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