New Karate Kid Movie Cast Recruits 2 MCU Stars

Summary

• Marvel stars Aramis Knight and Wyatt Oleff join the cast of
  Karate Kid
  (2024).
• The roles they will be playing opposite Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, and Ben Wang are currently unknown.
• While Knight is known for
  Ms. Marvel
  and Oleff is known for
  Guardians of the Galaxy
  , both have many other projects under their belts.

Even more cast members have been brought on board for the upcoming Karate Kid movie. The 2024 feature will unite the two major branches of the Karate Kid franchise with Jackie Chan reprising his role as Mr. Han from the 2010 reboot. He will star opposite Ralph Macchio, who is reprising his original 1984 role as Daniel LaRusso, a character he has played in three movies so far, as well as the hit streaming show Cobra Kai. The titular role of the new movie, which is set to premiere in December, will be played by American Born Chinese alumnus Ben Wang.

Per Deadline, two Marvel stars have been added to the cast list for the 2024 Karate Kid movie. Ms. Marvel‘sAramis Knight and Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Wyatt Oleff have boarded the project, playing roles that have not yet been revealed. The two young stars join an ever-growing cast that also includes Ming-Na Wen in an unknown role, Sadie Stanley as the movie’s love interest, and Joshua Jackson as her father.

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Aramis Knight And Wyatt Oleff Are More Than Just Marvel

It remains to be seen how the story of this unprecedented integration of multiple worlds from within the

Karate Kid

multiverse will take shape.

Although Knight and Oleff respectively played Red Dagger and Young Peter Quill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, both stars have portrayed an array of onscreen roles that extend far outside the franchise. For instance, before joining the Karate Kid cast, Knight played Bean in the sci-fi adaptation Ender’s Game and a minor role as Kid with Apple in The Dark Knight Rises. On television, he has even more experience, appearing in shows including Dexter, Ghost Whisperer, Psych, The Mentalist, Scorpion, and Into the Badlands.

Wyatt Oleff reprised his role as Young Peter Quill in the 2017 sequel
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
.

Oleff, who is only 20 years old, has fewer credits, but the majority of them are also in well-known projects. This includes starring in 2017’s It and its 2019 sequel as the young Stanley Uris, the character played as an adult by Andy Bean. He also has extensive television experience, with his longest-running small-screen characters being lead roles as Stan in Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This and Charlie in Apple TV+’s City on Fire.

It remains to be seen how the story of this unprecedented integration of multiple worlds from within the Karate Kid multiverse will take shape. However, it seems highly likely that at least one of these stars will be playing other karate students. Knight especially has experience with action that could help him with that type of role, featuring in a showcase action moment in Ms. Marvel, but both stars are well-suited to help bring fresh blood into the franchise thanks to their many years of experience.

Source: Deadline